DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY

Earn your degree from the School of Business at Black Hills State University in Business Administration with a specialization in accounting. This degree will prepare you to analyze the internal and external operations of a business.

With a degree in accounting, you will enter into one of the most in-demand fields of study.

STUDY AT ONE OF THE TOP PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD

• SMALL CLASS SIZES allows faculty to cater to students’ different learning styles, ensuring that each student understands the material and concepts.
• LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT connect the business school to community employers.
• STUDENTS RECEIVE A WELL-ROUNDED BUSINESS DEGREE by completing a wide range of business classes.
• COURSES UTILIZE MULTIPLE TEACHING METHODS including traditional lectures, online and hybrid courses, study aboard opportunities, and internship and service learning projects.

Professional Accountancy Course Requirements

Pre-Business Core - 24 semester hours

• ACCT 210 - Principles of Accounting I
• ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting II
• BADM 320 - Quantitative Decision Analysis
• BADM 344 - Managerial Communications
• ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• BADM 220 - Business Statistics
• MIS 205 - Advanced Computer Applications

Business Core - 33 semester hours

Take 3 hours of upper level (300/400) ECON electives plus the following

• BADM 310 - Business Finance
• BADM 321 - Business Statistics II
• BADM 350 - Legal Environment of Business
• BADM 360 - Organization and Management
• BADM 370 - Marketing
• BADM 407 - International Business
• BADM 425 - Production/Operations Management
• BADM 457 - Business Ethics
• BADM 482 - Business Policy and Strategy
• MIS 325 - Management Information Systems

Professional Accountancy Core - 36 semester hours

• ACCT 310 - Intermediate Accounting I
• ACCT 311 - Intermediate Accounting II
• ACCT 361 - Accounting Computer Applications
• ACCT 430 - Income Tax Accounting
• ACCT 431 - Advanced Income Tax
• ACCT 450 - Auditing
• ACCT 454 - Advanced Auditing and Assurance
• ACCT 460 - Managerial Accounting
• ACCT 470 - Non-Profit Accounting
• ACCT 480 - Advanced Accounting
• BADM 351 - Business Law
• BADM 413 - Advanced Corporate Finance

Gen Ed Requirements - 30 semester hours

• MATH - Gen Ed - Mathematics - 3 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Social Science - 6 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Art & Humanities - 6 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Natural Science & Lab - 6-8 semester hours
• ENGL 101 - Composition I
• ENGL 201 - Composition II
• Take one of the following:
• SPCM 101 - Fundamentals of Speech
• SPCM 215 - Public Speaking
• SPCM 222 - Argumentation and Debate

*Current students, please refer to the DegreeWorks Dashboard in MyBHSU to confirm your major requirements.