The George Washington University
School of Business: Undergraduate Programs

Bachelor of Accountancy

Degree Overview

Curriculum Outline

Year One

  • BADM 001- First Year Development Program (0 credits)
  • BADM 002- First Year Development Program (1 credit)
  • BADM 66 - Organizational Behavior
  • ECON 11 - Principles of Economics I (Micro)
  • ECON 12 - Principles of Economics II (Macro)
  • UW 20 - University Writing
  • MATH 51- Finite Mathematics
  • MATH 52 - Calculus
  • Foreign Language and Culture – Two courses (must take 2 foreign language OR two culture courses)
  • Science - Two Courses (a full-year sequence)

Year Two

  • ACCY 51 - Introductory Financial Accounting
  • ACCY 52 - Introductory Managerial Accounting
  • BADM 53* - Management, Organizations and Society
  • BADM 64 - Management Information Systems Technology
  • BADM 59* - International Financial Environment
  • STAT 51 or STAT 53 - Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics or Introduction to Statistics in Social Science
  • BADM 76W – Analysis of Business Issues
  • Political Science 1, 2, or 3 – One of these
  • Humanities - One Course
  • One Non-Business - One 3-credit elective academic courses outside the following departments: ACCY, CSCI, BADM, ECON, FINA, IBUS, MATH, MGT, MKTG, SMPP, STAT, TSTD, ISTM and EDUC 180 (must be numbered between 1-199).

Year Three

  • ACCY 121 - Intermediate Accounting I
  • ACCY 122 - Intermediate Accounting II
  • ACCY 151 - Business Law: Contracts, Torts and Property I
  • ACCY 161 - Federal Income Taxation: Individuals
  • ACCY 192 - Advanced Financial and Tax Accounting
  • BADM 110 - Marketing Management
  • BADM 115 - Financial Management and Markets
  • Three Unrestricted Courses -Three 3-credit academic courses (must be 100 level business or non-business courses, but cannot be Accountancy courses).
  • BADM 122- Career Management Strategy (1 credit)

Year Four

  • ACCY 171 - Auditing
  • ACCY 181 - Accounting Systems
  • ACCY 193 - Cases and Practice in Management Accounting
  • ACCY 196 - Accountancy Capstone
  • BADM 150 - Business and Government Relations
  • BADM 197 - Strategy Formulation and Implementation
  • ACCY 152 – Business Law: Enterprise Organization
  • Two Unrestricted Courses -Two 3-credit academic course (must be 100 level business or non-business courses, but cannot be Accountancy courses).
  • Two Non-Business - Two 3-credit elective academic courses outside the following departments: ACCY, CSCI, BADM, ECON, FINA, IBUS, MATH, MGT, MKTG, SMPP, STAT, TSTD and ISTM (must be numbered 100-199).

*Module Courses; 1.5 credits, 7 weeks each.