General Information
Accounting majors may choose to specialize their course selection to prepare for either the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam or the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) exam. Accounting majors writing the CPA exam will be required to have 150 semester hours of college credit. These hours may be earned through the successful completion of additional undergraduate courses or by beginning a master’s degree program.
In conjunction with the existing mission of the university, as well as our own professional expectations and standards, we require an ethics course as one of the three required philosophy/theology courses at the competence level of 200 or above. Current offerings that would meet this requirement include THE 207, 215, 220, 315, 325, 363, 382; PHI 308, 312, PHI 325T, “Ethics in America,” and PHI 482.
Volunteer Requirement
Twenty-five hours of volunteer activity is required for the accounting major. The ideas of service, community involvement, and service learning are important and integral parts of the mission of the university. The course into which this volunteer activity will be officially incorporated is ACC 403 "Tax Planning and Business Decisions."
Registration, notification, direction, and evaluation for this activity occur through the office of the director of the Student Volunteer Program.
Outdated Course Work
Any required ACC (accounting), BUS (business administration), CIS (computer information systems) or MIS (management information systems) course will be accepted toward meeting the requirements for a major in the division if taken within the past seven academic years. Any courses taken prior to the seven-year period will be accepted only upon approval of the department chair and Business Division chair in order to ensure that the program graduate has current knowledge in his or her chosen field.
Transfers
To graduate with an accounting major, 16 upper-level (300-400) credits must be ACC courses taken from the University of Mary. Upper-level BUS or CIS electives do not count toward this requirement.
Business Division Admission Criteria
The criteria for acceptance into the Business Division include submission of the appropriate application for admission, including a resume and a letter of application which could include:
- Personal characteristics that would contribute to your success in the field.
- Personal characteristics that may hinder your success.
- A list of activities you have participated in at the University of Mary or a previous college.
- A description of the most influential factor(s) that led you to choose this profession.
- A description of the course outside your major field that has had the greatest impact on you and why.
- A description of your expectations of a career in your chosen field.
- A description of how the Benedictine values relate to your major.
Students should apply during their sophomore year or if transferring from another college or university, after completing one semester at the University of Mary.
A minimum grade point average of 2.50 within a major is required for admittance. A grade point average below 2.50 will result in being denied admittance or being provisionally admitted pending results in subsequent major courses. Additionally, a 2.00 in both your major field of study and an overall grade point average of 2.00 is required for graduation. A minimum grade of "C" is required in ENG 103 and COM 109 for admittance. |
