Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Accounting, B.S.B.A.


Learning Outcomes

Students completing the undergraduate accounting program will demonstrate the:

  • financial accounting skills necessary to become a successful professional in the field of accounting.
  • accounting information systems and auditing skills necessary to become a successful professional in the field of accounting.
  • tax skills necessary to become a successful professional in the field of accounting.
  • cost accounting skills necessary to become a successful professional in the field of accounting.

Tulsa Curriculum and First Year Experience


General Curriculum


Some major required courses may be double counted to fulfill a quad requirement.

Language Requirement (8 hours)


Students must complete or show proficiency through the first year of a modern foreign language (8 hours)1 or a student may meet the foreign language requirement by earning nine (9) hours of credit in American Sign Language by successfully completing CDDE 1003 - American Sign Language 1, CDDE 1013 - American Sign Language 2 and CDDE 2003 - American Sign Language 3 with a grade of at least a C in each course. (This provision does not apply to International Business and Language (IBL) majors who must earn 14 hours of a foreign language to earn an IBL degree.)​

The faculty of the Collins College of Business have voted to recognize Cherokee as a modern foreign language. Business majors may elect to meet the foreign language requirement by successfully completing Beginning Cherokee 1, CHRK 1004, and Beginning Cherokee II, CHRK 1014. (This provision does not apply to International Business and Language (IBL) majors who must earn 14 hours of a foreign language to earn an IBL degree.)

General Education Electives (9 hours)


Only courses from outside of the Collins College of Business may be used for general education electives.

Free Electives (9 hours)


Any non-required undergraduate course offered by the institution.

Applied Option


A student who selects the “Applied Option” in accounting will apply business principles in an actual business environment through a formal Collins College of Business internship. In addition to completing all the requirements for the B.S.B.A., the student must satisfactorily complete ACCT 4983 Internship in Accounting  which may take the place of a free elective. The internship will be secured by the student but must be approved by the faculty member guiding the internship.

Total: 120 hours


Accounting, B.S.B.A., Additional Requirements


Accounting majors must complete ENGL 1033 , MATH 1143 , MATH 1243  (or higher level math courses), and ENGL 3003  with a grade of C or higher.

Accounting majors must meet the college’s language requirements .

Accounting majors must complete each of the Business Core courses with a grade of C or higher, except for courses designated Pass/Fail.

ECON 2013  and ECON 2023  are required courses in the Business Core which are also used to fulfill part of the Tulsa Curriculum Block II requirement.