BBA - Accounting Stream

Bachelor of Business Administration

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Business Administration degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements. Please refer to the Degree Requirement section for further information.

Program Requirements:

Students completing the BBA (Honours) must achieve a minimum average of 70% in the program, and must also include an additional six credits at the 4000 level in Business.

Students completing the BBA (four-year) must achieve a minimum average of 60% in the program.

To graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) or a Bachelor of Business Administration (four-year), students must complete 120 credits, including 60 credits of core requirements as outlined below.

ACCT 1107	Introductory Financial Accounting II	3 cr.
ADMN 1607	Business Mathematics	3 cr.
ECON 1006	Introduction to Microeconomics	3 cr.
ECON 1007	Introduction to Macroeconomics	3 cr.
MKTG 1126	Marketing Concepts	3 cr.
ORGS 1136	Introduction to Organizational Behaviour	3 cr.
ORGS 1137	Management of Human Resources	3 cr.
TMGT 1107	Introduction to Innovation, Technology and Sustainability	3 cr.
ACCT 2146	Management Accounting and Control I	3 cr.
ADMN 2136	Research in Management	3 cr.
ADMN 2306	Business Ethics	3 cr.
ADMN 2606	Business Statistics	3 cr.
MKTG 2127	Marketing for Managers	3 cr.
ADMN 3046	Operations Management	3 cr.
ADMN 3056	Economic and Management Decision Making	3 cr.
FINC 3116	Financial Management I	3 cr.
FINC 3117	Financial Management II	3 cr.
TMGT 3856	Information Systems	3 cr.
ADMN 4606	Business Strategy and Policy I	3 cr.
ADMN 4607	Business Strategy and Policy II	3 cr.
ACCT, ADMN, ECON, FINC, MKTG, ORGS, TMGT (For the Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours), these six credits must be at the 4000 level.)		6 cr.

Breadth Requirements:

Humanities		6 cr.
Science		6 cr.

Note:

Students without any prior background in accounting will be required to take ACCT 1106 Introductory Financial Accounting I in preparation for ACCT 1107 Introductory Financial Accounting II.

Students are limited to no more than 39 credits of advanced standing from the Canadian Securities Institute/Institute of Canadian Bankers courses.

It is recommended that students include ACAD 1601 in their first 30 Nipissing credits. ACAD 1601 will count towards three credits of the Humanities requirements.

Accounting Stream

In addition to the 12 credits of accounting in the core, students must complete 18 credits during their second, third and fourth years of study, as follows:

ACCT 2106	Intermediate Accounting I	3 cr.
ACCT 2107	Intermediate Accounting II	3 cr.
ACCT 2147	Management Accounting and Control II	3 cr.
Nine credits from the following:
ACCT 3127	Accounting Information Systems	3 cr.
ACCT 4816	Personal Taxation	3 cr.
ACCT 4817	Corporate Taxation	3 cr.
ACCT 4827	Auditing	3 cr.
ACCT 4836	Advanced Accounting Topics I	3 cr.
ACCT 4837	Advanced Accounting Topics II	3 cr.
ACCT 4887	Advanced Management Accounting	3 cr.
ACCT 4866	Advanced Cost Accounting Topics I	3 cr.
ACCT 4926	Information Systems Auditing and Assurance	3 cr.
ACCT 4927	Advanced Auditing	3 cr.

Students intending to pursue an accounting designation are strongly advised to take ACCT 2106, ACCT 2107 and ACCT 2147 in their second year. Students should consult with the faculty co-ordinator regarding courses. If students are pursuing a professional accounting designation, they should ensure they are meeting the entrance requirements for the specific designation as those may be more demanding than the accounting stream requirements.