Online Bachelor of Science in Accounting Degree Program
University of Arkansas Grantham’s online Bachelor of Science in Accounting program provides a broad exposure to theories, principles and practices for increasingly needed accounting professionals. The accounting curriculum offers a solid foundation in business, management, economics and organizational behavior. At the completion of the program, the student has an opportunity to effectively apply the skills learned in audit, tax, information systems and general financial areas to a final auditing project offered in the capstone course.
What will I learn in this bachelor’s degree in Accounting online program?
You’ll learn how to set up and keep books, prepare taxes, analyze financial statements … and more. Plus, you’ll apply the skills you learned in audit, tax and general financial areas as you complete a final auditing project in your capstone course.
How long is this Accounting degree online program?
At 120 credit hours, this online accounting degree program is designed to be completed in 38 months. It could take less time depending on how much transfer credit you receive and how many classes you take every term.
How much will the online Accounting degree program cost?
The undergraduate rate is $295 per credit hour – lower if you’re a member of the military, a veteran or part of a military family. Grantham also offers scholarships and financial aid for those who qualify.
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University of Arkansas Grantham ACCREDITATION
University of Arkansas Grantham is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC).
DEAC is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a recognized accrediting agency.
DEAC is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
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Accounting (Bachelor of Science)
The Grantham Accounting program provides a broad exposure to theories, principles and practices for increasingly needed accounting professionals. The accounting curriculum offers a solid foundation in business, management, economics and organizational behavior. At the completion of the program, the student has an opportunity to effectively apply the skills learned in audit, tax, information systems and general financial areas to a final auditing project offered in the capstone course.
Online Accounting Degree Program Outcomes
- Analyze accounting problems in the foundational areas of business
- Apply accounting concepts, tools and strategies to solve problems in global business settings
- Create and analyze accounting data for business decision-making
- Explain ethical obligations for accounting and/or financial areas
- Demonstrate critical thinking through applying decision-support tools
- Demonstrate communication skills
- Describe decision making skills that are relevant to professional, ethical and social responsibilities
- Understand the importance of human and social diversity
Accounting Core Professional Competencies
University of Arkansas Grantham prepares graduates to succeed in a variety of professional and civic settings by incorporating these six critical life skills into the curriculum:
- Communication – Formulating and expressing thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and non-verbal communication skills in person, in writing and in a digital world.
- Distributed Collaboration – Working effectively across distributed locations and asynchronously to achieve a common goal through relationship-building, shared responsibility, empathy and respect.
- Professional and Social Responsibilities – Engaging in social responsibility through seeking justice, valuing diversity, respecting the environment; demonstrating professionalism through integrity, mutual accountability and ethical behavior. This includes considering the social and global impact of individual and organizational decisions and an awareness of and adherence to regulations, professional standards and industry best practices.
- Critical thinking/problem solving – Using analytical reasoning when gathering and evaluating relevant information to effectively formulate possible solutions for an issue, problem or a variety of issues. This includes the ability to recognize potential consequences of a decision.
- Data Aptitude - Developing information literacy and the capacity to manage data with subsequent finding, structuring, evaluating and interpreting in order to provide meaningful analysis to accomplish a specific purpose.
University of Arkansas Grantham’s Online Accounting Degree Program is IACBE Accredited.
Online Accounting Degree Courses and Curriculum
University of Arkansas Grantham’s 100% online business accounting degree coursework is designed to help you prepare for your next challenges.
| PROGRAM SNAPSHOT: | |||
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| Program Core Credits: | 45 | ||
| General Education Core Credits: | 42 | ||
| Electives Credits: | 33 | ||
| Total Credit Hours: | 120 | ||
| Accreditation(s): | DEAC, IACBE |
| Program Core: | 45 | ||
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| Course: | Title: | Credits: | |
| Course: ACC210 | Title: Principles of Accounting I | Credits: 3 | |
| This course focuses on ways in which accounting principles are used in business operations. Students learn to identify and use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), ledgers and journals and steps of the accounting cycle. This course introduces bank reconciliation methods, balance sheets, assets and liabilities. Students also learn about financial statements, including assets, liabilities and equity. Business ethics are also discussed. | |||
| Course: ACC220 | Title: Financial Accounting | Credits: 3 | |
| This introductory financial accounting course introduces the student to the important role of financial accounting in modern business. The key role of financial accounting is to provide useful information to external users in order that a wide variety of economic decisions can be made. The course covers the theory and practice of accounting applicable to the recording, summarizing and reporting of business transactions. Topics include the different types of financial statements and accounts, asset valuation, revenue and expense recognition and appropriate accounting for asset, liability and capital accounts. | |||
| Course: ACC226 | Title: Managerial Accounting | Credits: 3 | |
| This course is a continuation of Financial Accounting, shifting the focus from external reporting to internal needs of managers. Managerial accounting information helps managers accomplish three essential functions: planning, controlling and decision making. The course provides students with an understanding of managerial accounting information to enable them to evaluate the usefulness of managerial accounting techniques in the real world. Topics include: managerial accounting terminology, budgeting, costing, break even analysis and cost-volume-profitability analysis. The methods of identifying and extracting relevant information from managerial accounting systems as an input to decision making and performance evaluation are stressed throughout the course. | |||
| Course: ACC235 | Title: Principles of Accounting II | Credits: 3 | |
| This course expands on what the student learns in Accounting I. It is focused on corporate accounting. This course discusses how corporations are structured and formed, with an emphasis on corporate characteristics. Stocks, bonds, notes, purchase investments and analysis of financial statements are included, as well as an in-depth look at managerial accounting. Statements of cash flow, budgets and budget management are also examined. | |||
| Course: ACC310 | Title: Intermediate Accounting I | Credits: 3 | |
| This course is designed to familiarize students with the fundamentals and objectives of financial and accounting practices. The basic aspects of the financial statement are analyzed, as is the relationship between the number of receipts and the time value of money. Students examine the elements of the income statement, the statement of cash flows and the methods of adjusting inventory measurements. Other topics include: balance sheets, inventory measurements, accounting issues with operational costs and the role played by investments in the accounting process. | |||
| Course: ACC330 | Title: Cost Accounting | Credits: 3 | |
| This course explores the basic principles of cost accounting, the different types of costing and how organizations use cost information to make decisions. Other topics covered include: customer profitability analysis, service costs, budgeting and financial planning, transfer pricing, responsibility accounting, performance measurement and the importance of nonfinancial indicators. | |||
| Course: ACC335 | Title: Intermediate Accounting II | Credits: 3 | |
| This course builds on the concepts students learned in Intermediate Accounting I. Students examine short-term liabilities, long-term liabilities, stockholders' equity, sharebased compensation, pensions and postretirement benefits, the statement of cash flows, and accounting changes and error correction. Other topics include: accounting for leases, accounting for tax on income, accounting for derivatives and full disclosure. | |||
| Course: ACC340 | Title: Accounting Information Systems | Credits: 3 | |
| This course provides an introduction to accounting information systems. Throughout this course, students are provided with accounting information system concepts to give them an understanding of how to analyze and modify systems controls to address threats and risks. The focus of this course is to gain knowledge of accounting information systems in order to perform the accounting function in contemporary business organizations. | |||
| Course: ACC430 | Title: Taxation - Individual | Credits: 3 | |
| This course introduces students to basic concepts of individual income taxation. Students examine the basic forms, allowable deductions and adjustments to income and tax credits. Other topics covered include: self-employment income and expenses; capital gains; income from rental properties, royalties, flow through entities and special property transactions; payroll taxes and retirement plans; at-risk rules and passive activity loss rules; and alternative minimum tax. | |||
| Course: ACC435 | Title: Taxation - Corporate | Credits: 3 | |
| This course includes an overview of how corporations and other business entities are taxed, with the focus primarily on federal income tax. Topics covered include: tax policy issues, tax planning, tax research, property acquisitions and dispositions, nontaxable exchanges, sole proprietorships, partnerships, S corporations, tax compliance and jurisdictional issues. | |||
| Course: ACC450 | Title: Auditing and Assurance | Credits: 3 | |
| This course integrates previously learned accounting practice with auditing standards and procedures. Course content includes a detailed study of the auditing and assurance environment, concepts, tools and reports. Specific topics include: professional standards, audit reports, professional ethics, legal liability of auditors, audit evidence, audit planning and design, internal control, audit sampling, testing cycle controls, and performing substantive tests and completing the audit. | |||
| Course: ACC499 | Title: Capstone | Credits: 3 | |
| This capstone course is required for all accounting majors. Topics include managerial use of financial data, analysis of financial statements, and ethics. The student selects a current issue in any area of accounting with a full time accounting faculty member as the research advisor. The student submits a written paper. | |||
| Course: LAW220 | Title: Business Law I | Credits: 3 | |
| This course is designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of the law that affects business operations including the topics of torts, contracts, commercial paper, and sales. New developments that affect the legal environment of business are presented from all three sources of law: statutes, regulations, and case law. The student will gain a thorough understanding of law that governs business and will gain an understanding of how new developments in technology affect business law. | |||
| Course: LAW265 | Title: Business Law II | Credits: 3 | |
| This course provides students with an understanding of the law affecting business operations, including the topics of debtor-creditor relationships, business organizations, government regulation, property and its protection, and the international legal environment. New developments on those topics are presented from three sources of law: statutes, regulations and case law. | |||
| Course: MGT150 | Title: Principles of Business Management | Credits: 3 | |
| This introductory course provides students with a practical and concrete explanation of the concepts and techniques they will need as managers in today's new organizations. The sequence of topics follows the familiar pattern of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Throughout the course, the manager's role in leading and accommodating change is emphasized. The course also introduces the student to the issues of managing global businesses, especially the ways in which managers need to develop a global perspective in order to be successful. Issues in strategy, diversity, and entrepreneurship are covered extensively. | |||
| General Education: | 42 | ||
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| Course: English Composition | Credits: 6 | ||
| Course: Math | Credits: 6 | ||
| Course: MA105 | Title: College Algebra | Credits: 3 | |
| This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of algebra. Topics include equations, polynomial and rational functions and graphing and exponential and logarithmic functions. A new textbook may be required in order to ensure needed electronic codes are valid. | |||
| Course: BMA215 | Title: Business Statistics | Credits: 3 | |
| This course applies descriptive and inferential statistics to solve business problems. Student perform statistical analysis of samples, compute the measures of location and dispersion, and perform linear and multiple regression and correlation analysis. Other topics include constructing a hypothesis, performing one-way and two-way analysis of variance, and making decisions under risk and uncertainty. NOTE: Credit may not be awarded for both MA215 and MA230 | |||
| Course: Natural/Physical Science | Credits: 3 | ||
| Course: Computer Science | Credits: 3 | ||
| Course: CS155 | Title: Computer Applications for Business | Credits: 3 | |
| This course explores applications within the Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on the tools needed in a business context. While covering Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, focus is placed on the use of Excel for analyzing and presenting data. Techniques for the creation of professional documents are addressed. | |||
| Course: Oral Communication | Credits: 6 | ||
| Course: Humanities and Fine Arts | Credits: 6 | ||
| Course: HU260 | Title: Strategies for Decision Making | Credits: 3 | |
| This course examines critical thinking and the analysis of arguments in terms of premises, reasons, and conclusions. Course topics include obstacles to critical thinking, diagramming arguments, belief and doubt, logical fallacies, inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, inferences, and judging scientific theories. | |||
| Course: Social/Behavioral Science | Credits: 9 | ||
| Course: General Education | Credits: 3 | ||