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Mar 03, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Accounting, BBA
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Bachelor of Business Administration • ACCTG BBA
The Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting degree from Davenport combines the development of expertise and technical skills with the communications, teamwork, and leadership skills expected of today’s accounting business management professional. Students learn to develop and maintain accounting records, prepare financial statements, and begin to use accounting information as a decisionmaking tool. Intermediate and advanced courses focus on an in-depth, topical study of accounting processes and reporting, including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), International Accounting Standards (IAS), and financial statement presentation and analyses. Cost accounting, budgeting, and individual and corporate tax courses enhance the student’s professional knowledge, analytical skills, and problem-solving abilities. Interlacing accounting coursework at all levels is the understanding and use of accounting information systems technology.
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Learning Outcomes
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Prepare financial statements according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). -
Prepare a financial statement analysis of a company such that organizational performance and financial conditions can be evaluated. -
Apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to business events involving the key elements of financial reporting such that GAAP compliant journal entries can be completed. Foundations of Excellence - 39 Credits
Foundations of Business - 32 Credits
Specialties/Open Electives - 1-13 Credits
Choose 1 of the 3 options below:
• Option A: Major Specialty (Credits included with Major)
Complete one of the following plus 1 credit of open electives:
OR OR • Option B: Pathway to Graduate Program
Complete one of the following plus 1 credit of open electives:
OR • Option C: Open Electives
Complete 13 credits of open electives. |
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