This major does not require a minor.
Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 semester hours
Total number of hours required in major:
78 semester hours
Total number of advanced hours required in major:
66 semester hours
Accelerated BBA-ACCT to MBA, MS BUSA, MSFA, MS NPMT, MSOL
Undergraduate students may earn credit toward the following degrees while completing a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting (ACCT) through the Business Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s (ABM) degree program: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS BUSA), Master of Science in Financial Analysis (MSFA), Master of Science in Nonprofit Management (MS NPMT), and Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL). Students accepted into the Business ABM program will be eligible to take up to two courses (six credit hours) from the list of courses below concurrently with their undergraduate courses, depending on the particular graduate program. These two courses will count toward both the aforementioned graduate degree(s) and the advanced business-related course requirement in the undergraduate ACCT degree. The graduate courses also allow undergraduate students to build specific career-oriented focus areas that expand on advanced undergraduate course work.
Students in the Business Accelerated Bachelor-to-Master (ABM) degree program must adhere to the following admission requirements, deadlines, and specific program restrictions:
Admission Requirements
- Current OLLU student
- Overall GPA: 3.0 at time of application, prior to enrolling in first graduate course, and in semesters in which enrolled in graduate courses while an undergraduate student
- GPA in major: 3.0 at time of application, prior to enrolling in first graduate course, and in semesters in which enrolled in graduate courses while an undergraduate student
- At time of application, completed 75 or more credit hours that apply to a BBA in ACCT undergraduate degree with grades of C- or higher in all major requirements
- Prior to enrolling in first graduate course, completed 90 or more credit hours that apply to the ACCT undergraduate degree with grades of C- or higher in all major requirements completed
- Two faculty endorsements, submitted by:
- Student’s faculty advisor
- Another full-time faculty member in the ABM discipline
Deadlines
- To begin taking graduate course in summer or fall semesters: February 1
- To begin taking graduate courses in the spring semester: September 1
Restrictions: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
- Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:
ACCT 2311 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 2312 Principles of Accounting II
CISS 1310 Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology
ECON 2301 Principles of Economics I
ECON 2302 Principles of Economics II
ENGL 1313 Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314 Composition II
MATH 1304 College Algebra
MGMT 3350 Principles of Management
3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:
ACCT 8310 Managerial Control Systems (substitutes for ACCT 3313 )
BLAW 8301 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business and Global Decision Making (substitutes for BADM 3362 )
CISS 8319 Information Systems for Management (substitutes for CISS 3350 )
ECON 8305 The Economics of Global Business Conditions
FINC 8329 Corporate Finance (substitutes for FINC 3321 )
MGMT 8334 Management Theory and Decision-Making Practices
MGMT 8347 Supply Chain and Operations Management (prerequisites are BADM 3318 and MGMT 3344 with grade of C- or better)
MKTG 8305 Marketing Strategies and Policies (prerequisite is MKTG 3331 with grade of C- or better)
- Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
- Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
- Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
- Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major
Restrictions: Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS BUSA)
- Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
- Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:
ACCT 2311 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 2312 Principles of Accounting II
BADM 3318 Business Analytics I
CISS 1310 Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology
ECON 2301 Principles of Economics I
ECON 2302 Principles of Economics II
ENGL 1313 Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314 Composition II
MATH 1304 College Algebra
MKTG 3331 Principles of Marketing
3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:
BUSA 8325 Mathematics for Finance & Business Analytics
BUSA 8339 Dashboards, Scorecards and Visualization
CISS 8302 Database Management Systems (prerequisite is CISS 3350 with grade of C- or better)
ECON 8310 Microeconomics with Econometric Applications
FINC 8330 Data Analytics in Finance
MKTG 8310 Marketing Analytics
- Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
- Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
- Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
- Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major
Restrictions: Master of Science in Financial Analysis (MSFA)
- Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
- Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:
ACCT 2311 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 2312 Principles of Accounting II
CISS 1310 Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology
ECON 2301 Principles of Economics I
ECON 2302 Principles of Economics II
ENGL 1313 Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314 Composition II
MATH 1304 College Algebra
FINC 3321 Business Finance
3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:
FINC 8301 Financial Economic Theory
FINC 8302 Statistical Analysis in Finance
FINC 8303 Math for Finance and Business Analytics
FINC 8305 Corporate Reports & Fin. Stat. Analysis
FINC 8311 Valuation and Portfolios
FINC 8329 Corporate Finance
FINC 8330 Data Analytics in Finance
- Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
- Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
- Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
- Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major
Restrictions: Master of Science in Nonprofit Management (MS NPMT)
- Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
- Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:
ACCT 2311 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 2312 Principles of Accounting II
CISS 1310 Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology
ECON 2301 Principles of Economics I
ECON 2302 Principles of Economics II
ENGL 1313 Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314 Composition II
MATH 1304 College Algebra
MGMT 3350 Principles of Management
MKTG 3331 Principles of Marketing
3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:
NPMT 8305 Nonprofit Outcomes-Oriented Marketing
NPMT 8307 Nonprofit Talent Development
NPMT 8310 Finance Accounting for Nonprofits
NPMT 8311 Nonprofit Technology Applications for Effectiveness
NPMT 8314 Nonprofit Risk Management for Operational Continuity (prerequisite is BADM 3318 with grade of C- or better)
- Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
- Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
- Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
- Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major
Restrictions: Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL)
- Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
- Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:
ENGL 1313 Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314 Composition II
MATH 1304 College Algebra
3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:
LEAD 6314 Leadership Decision Making
LEAD 6351 Readings in Leadership
LEAD 6360 Multicultural Issues in Leadership
LEAD 6362 Written Communication for Leaders
- Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
- Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
- Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
- Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major