Accounting BSBA / Accounting MSA

Major: Accounting and Accounting
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) / Master of Science (MS)
Calendar Type: Quarter

Minimum Required Credits: 225.0

Co-op Options: One Co-op (Five years)
 

About the Program

Drexel LeBow’s BS/MS program provides academically qualified undergraduate students with the opportunity to earn both a bachelor’s degree and an MBA within five years of study. Graduating with an MS and an undergraduate degree provides students with a competitive edge when entering the job market without having the time constraints of typical degree pursuits. This program is offered to all students pursuing a bachelor of science in business administration as well as students from select undergraduate programs across the university.

Additional Information

For more information please contact our Undergraduate Advising department at lebowadv@drexel.edu

Admission Requirements

The BS/MS program requires a two-tiered application process which includes both undergraduate and graduate requirements. All applicants are required to complete a BS/MS Accelerated Degree Application available through the undergraduate BS/MS advisor for each college.

A plan of study/sequence sheet must be completed for each applicant with the assistance of their undergraduate BS/MS advisor to ensure that all undergraduate degree requirements are met within the required four years. Both documents must be submitted together for approval and processing.

Undergraduate Application Requirements

At the undergraduate level, a provisional BS/MS attribute code will be placed on the student record at the time of admission. Once the student has accumulated 90.0 credits, an Accelerated Degree Application must be completed before reaching 120.0 credits, at which time a BS/MBA code will be placed on the application.

Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements
CIVC 101Introduction to Civic Engagement1.0
COOP 101Career Management and Professional Development *1.0
ENGL 101Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research3.0
or ENGL 111 English Composition I
ENGL 102Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing3.0
or ENGL 112 English Composition II
ENGL 103Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres3.0
or ENGL 113 English Composition III
MATH 101Introduction to Analysis I4.0
UNIV B101The Drexel Experience1.0
UNIV B201Career Management1.0
General Education Electives
Select 18-24 credits:
Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective **6.0-8.0
Humanities & Social Science **6.0-8.0
Natural Science & Technology **6.0-8.0
Business Requirements
ACCT 115Financial Accounting Foundations4.0
ACCT 116Managerial Accounting Foundations4.0
BLAW 201Business Law I4.0
BSAN 160Business Analytics and Data Visualization4.0
BUSN 101Foundations of Business I4.0
BUSN 102Foundations of Business II4.0
BUSN 105Applied Business Analysis0.0,3.0
ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics4.0
ECON 202Principles of Macroeconomics4.0
FIN 301Introduction to Finance4.0
MGMT 450Strategy and Competitive Advantage4.0
ORGB 300Organizational Behavior4.0
Business Flexible Requirements
INTB 200International Business4.0
MIS 200Management Information Systems0.0,4.0
MKTG 201Introduction to Marketing Management0.0,4.0
OPM 200Operations Management4.0
STAT 201Introduction to Business Statistics4.0
Business Impact Elective
Select one of the following courses with a number range of 100-499, including T280, T380, and T480: ***4.0
Any ACCT (Accounting)
Any BLAW (Business Law)
Any BSAN (Business Analytics)
Any BUSN (General Business)
Any ECON (Economics)
Any FIN (Finance)
Any HRMT (Human Resource Management)
Any INTB (International Business)
Any MGMT (Management)
Any MIS (Management Information Systems)
Any MKTG (Marketing)
Any OPM (Operations Management)
Any OPR (Operations Research)
Any ORGB (Organizational Behavior)
Any REMD (Real Estate Management & Development)
Any SMT (Sport Management)
Any STAT (Business Statistics)
Any TAX (Taxation)
Major Requirements
Required Accounting Major Courses
ACCT 321Financial Reporting I4.0
ACCT 322Financial Reporting II4.0
ACCT 331Cost Accounting4.0
or ACCT 341 Principles of Auditing
TAX 341Federal Income Taxes4.0
Required Accounting Major Electives
Select 16.0 credits from the list below:16.0
Emerging Issues in Accounting & Tax
Financial Reporting III
Financial Statement Analysis
Advanced Accounting
Cost Accounting
Principles of Auditing
Accounting Information Systems
Special Topics in Accounting
Advanced Federal Taxes
Cannabis, Cookies and Cyberspace: The New Age of State & Local Taxation
Tax Research
Tax & Business Strategy
Special Topics in Taxation
Special Topics in Taxation
Required Accounting Experiential
Select one from the list below:4.0
Emerging Industry Analysis: Accounting Perspective
Special Topics in Accounting
Tax Experiential Learning
Undergraduate Free Electives38.0
MS in Accounting Requirements
Accounting Core Courses
ACCT 600Accounting Analysis & Theory3.0
ACCT 605Advanced Auditing3.0
ACCT 606Current Issues in the Accounting Profession3.0
TAX 630Corporate Taxation3.0
Analytics & Technology Core Courses
ACCT 655Data Analytics & Technology in Accounting3.0
BSAN 601Business Analytics for Managers3.0
MIS 642Emerging Information Technologies in Business3.0
Select one of the following: 3.0
Data Visualization for Managers
Inter-Active Decision Support Systems
Datamining for Managers
Business Acumen Core Courses
BUSN 610Strategic Career Management & Professional Development3.0
or BUSN 611 Strategic Career Advancement for Professionals
ORGB 511Leading in Dynamic Environments: A Personal, Relational, and Strategic Approach3.0
ORGB 640Negotiations for Leaders3.0
Select one of the following: 3.0
Special Topics in Accounting
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Business
Special Topics in STEM Interdisciplinary Subject
Business Consulting
Tax Experiential Learning
Concentration
Select one of the options below:9.0
Business Analysis, Reporting & Planning Concentration
Select three of the following:
Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting
Advanced Financial Accounting
Strategy & the Master Budgeting Process
Financial Statement Analysis
Tax Analysis & Planning Concentration
Select ALL three of the following:
Tax Research
Flow Through Entity Taxation
Tax and Business Strategy
Accounting Information Systems & Controls Concentration
Select three of the following:
Special Topics in Accounting
Security, Policy and Governance
Database Analysis and Design for Business
Total Credits214.0-231.0
*

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

**

Please see General Education Electives catalog webpage for an up to date listing of eligible courses.

***

Course cannot be applied to your major or minor.

Sample Plan of Study

4+1, 1 co-op (Accelerated program completed in 5 years)

Students complete undergraduate requirements in four years, then convert to graduate status in the fifth and final year.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
FallCredits
BUSN 101 Foundations of Business I 0.0,4.0
BUSN 105 Applied Business Analysis 0.0,3.0
ENGL 101
Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research
or English Composition I
3.0
MATH 101 Introduction to Analysis I 4.0
UNIV B101 The Drexel Experience 1.0
 Credits8-15
Winter
BSAN 160 Business Analytics and Data Visualization 4.0
BUSN 102 Foundations of Business II 0.0,4.0
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics 4.0
ENGL 102
Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing
or English Composition II
3.0
 Credits11-15
Spring
ACCT 115 Financial Accounting Foundations 0.0,4.0
CIVC 101 Introduction to Civic Engagement 1.0
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics 4.0
ENGL 103
Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres
or English Composition III
3.0
(UG) Business Flexible Requirement Course * 4.0
 Credits12-16
Summer
VACATION  
 Credits0
Second Year
Fall
ACCT 116 Managerial Accounting Foundations 4.0
(UG) Business Flexible Requirement Course * 4.0
(UG) Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective ** 3.0-4.0
(UG) Free Elective 3.0
 Credits14-15
Winter
BLAW 201 Business Law I 4.0
COOP 101 Career Management and Professional Development *** 1.0
FIN 301 Introduction to Finance 4.0
(UG) Humanities & Social Science Elective ** 3.0-4.0
(UG) Free Elective 3.0
 Credits15-16
Spring
ACCT 321 Financial Reporting I 4.0
(UG) Business Flexible Requirement Courses * 8.0
(UG) Natural Science & Technology Elective ** 3.0-4.0
 Credits15-16
Summer
ACCT 322 Financial Reporting II 4.0
(UG) Business Flexible Requirement Course * 4.0
(UG) Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective ** 3.0-4.0
(UG) Free Elective 3.0
 Credits14-15
Third Year
Fall
COOP EXPERIENCE  
 Credits0
Winter
COOP EXPERIENCE  
 Credits0
Spring
ACCT 331
Cost Accounting
or Principles of Auditing
4.0
ORGB 300 Organizational Behavior 4.0
UNIV B201 Career Management 1.0
(UG) Required Accounting Major Elective 4.0
(UG) Humanities & Social Science Elective ** 3.0-4.0
 Credits16-17
Summer
TAX 341 Federal Income Taxes 4.0
(UG) Natural Science & Technology Elective ** 3.0-4.0
(UG) Free Electives 10.0
 Credits17-18
Fourth Year
Fall
(UG) Required Accounting Major Elective 4.0
(UG) Business Impact Elective 4.0
(UG) Free Electives 6.0
BSAN 601 Business Analytics for Managers ((GR)) 3.0
 Credits17
Winter
MGMT 450 Strategy and Competitive Advantage 4.0
(UG) Required Accounting Experiential Elective 4.0
(UG) Required Accounting Major Elective 4.0
(UG) Free Elective 3.0
Analytics & Technology Elective (GR) 3.0
 Credits18
Spring
(UG) Required Accounting Major Elective 4.0
(UG) Free Electives 10.0
TAX 630 Corporate Taxation 3.0
 Credits17
Summer
Undergrad Degree Awarded  
Student classified as Graduate Student  
 Credits0
Fifth Year
Fall
ACCT 600 Accounting Analysis & Theory 3.0
ACCT 606 Current Issues in the Accounting Profession 3.0
BUSN 610
Strategic Career Management & Professional Development
or Strategic Career Advancement for Professionals
3.0
 Credits9
Winter
MIS 642 Emerging Information Technologies in Business 3.0
(GR) Concentration Requirement 3.0
(GR) Business Acumen Elective 3.0
 Credits9
Spring
ACCT 655 Data Analytics & Technology in Accounting 3.0
ORGB 511 Leading in Dynamic Environments: A Personal, Relational, and Strategic Approach 3.0
(GR) Concentration Requirement 3.0
 Credits9
Summer
ACCT 605 Advanced Auditing 3.0
ORGB 640 Negotiations for Leaders 3.0
(GR) Concentration Elective 3.0
 Credits9
 Total Credits210-231

 

*

Select INTB 200, OPM 200, MIS 200, MKTG 201 or STAT 201.

**

 Please see General Education Electives catalog webpage for an up to date listing of eligible courses.

***

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

Select a course that has one the following subject codes: (ACCT) Accounting, (BSAN) Business Analytics, (STAT) Business Statistics, (ECON) Economics, (FIN) Finance, (BUSN) General Business, (HRMT) Human Resource Management, (INTB) International Business, (BLAW) Business Law, (MGMT) Management, (MIS) Management Information Systems, (MKTG) Marketing, (OPM) Operations Management, (OPR) Operations Research, (ORGB) Organizational Behavior, (REMD) Real Estate Management & Development, (SMT) Sport Management, or (TAX) Taxation with a course number range of 100-499, including T280, T380, and T480. This course cannot be applied to your major or minor.