Public Accounting Major, BBA

Campus: NYC, Westchester

Bachelor of Business Administration

The major in Public Accounting is intended to prepare students for careers as public accountants in business, government and the nonprofit sector. It is registered with the New York State Education Department as meeting the 150-credit hour education requirements for CPA licensure. Students are qualified to take the CPA Exam after completing 120 credits including all accounting course requirements through ACC 461 Auditing I and at least one course in taxation (TAX 250 Federal Income Taxation I Federal Income Taxation I). Students are encouraged to use their business and open elective credits to specialize or minor in another business area or declare a second business major.

Admission Requirements

Students may be admitted to the BBA in Public Accounting major either as freshmen or transfer students provided all the normal requirements for admission to Pace University and the Lubin School of Business are met. In order to continue in or join the public accounting major in the junior and senior years, students will be required to have a minimum CGPA of 2.5. Students who do not meet this academic standard will be required to change their major to another program better suited to their academic talents and interests.

Major Completion Summary

Major Completion Summary
Requirement	Credits
University Core Requirements	53
Major Requirements	79
Open Electives	15
Total Credits	150

University Core Requirements (53 Credits)

See complete University Core requirements.

Includes several of the major-required courses listed below:

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Foundation Requirement
MAT 104	Finite Mathematics	3
CIS 101	Introduction to Computing	3
or TS 105	Computers for Human Empowerment
Lubin Foundation Requirement in Quantitative Reasoning ¹
ECO 105	Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics	3
ECO 106	Principles of Economics: Microeconomics	3
MAT 111	Elementary Calculus I	3
MAT 117	Elementary Statistics ²	4
Total Credits		19

¹: These four courses are applied to the University Core Areas of Knowledge (AOK) requirement as an In-depth Sequence in Quantitative Reasoning. Therefore, Lubin majors are required to complete only one course from each of the four Areas of Knowledge. See Lubin Foundation Requirement in Quantitative Reasoning for more details.
²: MAT 117 Elementary Statistics satisfies one course in AOK- HSN (AOK5)

Major Requirements (82 Credits)

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Business Core ¹
ACC 203	Financial Accounting	4
ACC 204	Managerial Accounting	4
FIN 260	Financial Management	3
LAW 150	Business Law I	3
MAR 201	Principles of Marketing	3
MGT 150	Managerial and Organizational Concepts	3
MGT 226	Business Analytics	3
MGT 490	Business Strategy	3
Major Requirements
ACC 203	Financial Accounting ²	(4)
ACC 204	Managerial Accounting ²	(4)
ACC 301	Intermediate Accounting I	4
ACC 302	Intermediate Accounting II	4
ACC 319	Cost Accounting	4
ACC 333	Advanced Accounting	4
ACC 375	Accounting Information Systems	3
ACC 461	Auditing I	3
ACC 462	Auditing II	3
ACC 470	Accounting Research Project	3
or ACC 495	Business Honors Program Senior Thesis in Accounting
ACC Elective	Any ACC course that is not a required ACC course	3
Auxiliary Courses
CIS 122L	Advanced Spreadsheet Skills - Test Prep	3
LAW 360	Advanced Business Law	4
TAX 250	Federal Income Taxation I	3
TAX 311	Federal Income Taxation II	3
CPA Review Courses: (Non-credit) Required
ACC 040A	CPA Review - Financial Accounting Reporting	0
ACC 040B	CPA Review - Auditing and Attestation	0
Business Electives
Students may take courses from any business discipline (except Accounting), Economics, Computer Information Technology (CIT) and Computer Science to satisfy this requirement.		12
Total Credits		82

¹: See Business Core Requirements for more details.
²: Applied toward the Business Core.

Open Electives (15 Credits)

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Open Electives
Select 15 credits ¹		15
Total Credits		15

¹: Includes UNV 101 First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Community (1 credit) for all first-year students