Division of Business

In response to the AICPA guidelines, Spring Hill College has developed a unique five-year program (154 hours) for students wishing a career in public accounting, who want the flexibility of obtaining an M.B.A. degree. This program is for those exceptional students who are willing to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) before the spring semester of their junior year, and who can meet the admission standards of the M.B.A. program.Students pursuing this option must work closely with the graduate business advisor and their undergraduate business advisor to ensure that all foundation classes for the M.B.A. are completed before the beginning of their senior year. Students in this program should be prepared to take night classes their senior and fifth years.This exceptional program enables the student to graduate after five years with two degrees awarded at graduation: a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in public accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree with accounting electives. The total program involves a minimum of 154 semester hours. The undergraduate core requirements are unchanged, except for one variation: BUS 530, Business Ethics, can be used to help satisfy the undergraduate core requirement in philosophy.

Admission into Spring Hill College as an undergraduate does not guarantee admission into the B.S.-M.B.A. or  B.S.-M.B.A.  program. A student must have a junior standing to apply for this program. Unconditional admission requires a minimum of 3.0 grade point average at the close of the semester before application, an acceptable GMAT score, and 1000 points based on the formula (undergraduate GPA x 200 + GMAT score). While a conditional entry status may be possible for students who come close to the admission standard but do not reach it, students should not count on entry through this means. Once accepted into the program, students must meet all graduate requirements for their graduate-level studies. 

Lower Division:

• ECO 101 & 102 Principles of Economics I & II 6

• CIS 115 Business Computer Applications 3

• ACC 201 & 202 Principles of Accounting I & II 6

• BUS 263 Business Statistics 3

• MTH 140 or 121 Business Calculus or Calculus I 3-4

Upper Division:

• BUS 301 Business Law I 3

• FIN 301 Financial Management 3

• ACC 381 Information Systems 3

• ACC 331 Management Cost Analysis 3

Undergraduate Concentration:

• BUS 302 Business Law II 3

• ECO 321 Money and the Financial System 3

• ACC 301 & 302 Intermediate Accounting I and II 6

• ACC 351 Federal Income Tax 3

• ACC 401 & 402 Advanced Financial Accounting I & II 6

• ACC 481 Auditing 3

Graduate Courses:

• BUS 505* Management and Marketing Foundation 3

• BUS 520 Organizational Behavior 3

• BUS 530** Business Ethics and Social Responsibility 3

• BUS 531 Legal Environment of Business 3

• BUS 540 Quantitative Business Analysis 3

• BUS 550 Managerial Economics 3

• BUS 560 Management of Financial Resources 3

• BUS 570 Marketing Management 3

• BUS 599 Business Strategy and Policy (Comprehensive experience) 3

• ACC 530 Accounting for Management Control 3

• ACC 542 Fund Accounting 3

• ACC 551 Advanced Federal Taxation 3

• ACC 581 Advanced Auditing 3

*Students may substitute MGT 301 and MKT 311 for BUS 505 at their election.

**BUS 530 can be used to help satisfy the undergraduate core philosophy requirement.