Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Accounting
Required GPA: 2.3
Credits Required for Major: 86
Credits Required to Graduate: 123
Degree Requirements
The accounting major leads to the B.B.A. by successfully completing 123 credits of course work, consisting of 31 credits of General Education requirements , 18 credits of liberal arts requirements (9 credits of which count towards the 31 credits of general education requirements), 9 credits of liberal arts electives, 6 credits of free electives, 44 credits of business core requirements, and 24 credits of required upper-level accounting courses.
A total of 15 accounting credits only may be transferred from a two-year college. These 15 credits must be from principles/introductory, intermediate, and cost accounting courses. No credit for other upper-level accounting courses can be accepted toward fulfilling the degree requirements.
General Education Requirements
31 credits
Note that 9 credits of Liberal art Requirements will be used to meet the General Education requirements: ECA 111 (3 cr) and ECA 112 (3 cr) meet the Social Science distribution requirement and DSC 273 (3 cr) meets the Mathematics, Computing & Logic distribution requirement.
The General Education requirements that apply to all Adelphi undergraduates are described in detail here .