College of Business and Technology

Department of
ACCOUNTING/FINANCE

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Business Administration Comprehensive Option

• Accounting Emphasis
• Finance Emphasis
• Real Estate Emphasis
• BACC Courses
• BFIN Courses

For additional areas of emphases see Department of Business Administration/Education and Department of Management/Marketing.

Kathleen J. Smith, Chair

Professors: Borden, Elder, Morgan, Smith
Associate Professors: C. Sneed, J. Sneed, Swinney, Young
Lecturers: Gerritsen, Amundson

Department Objectives:

The Department of Accounting/Finance exists to provide University of Nebraska at Kearney students with the accounting, finance, legal and real estate knowledge necessary to compete in a global business environment. Specifically, the Department:

• provides all students of the University preparing for careers in business the foundation knowledge in accounting, finance and business law necessary to communicate in a business organization;
• provides accounting students preparing for careers in public practice, private industry, government, and not-for-profit organizations a substantial foundation in accounting, as well as critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills;
• provides finance students preparing for careers in corporate finance, banking, investment counseling, and government financial services a substantial foundation in finance, as well as critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills;
• provides real estate students preparing for careers in real estate sales, property management, development, and financial institutions a substantial foundation in real estate, as well as critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills.

College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements

All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take at least 50% of their major area credit hour requirements from the College of Business and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take a minimum of 30 of their last 36 hours of credit needed for their degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Students seeking a Business Administration Major, Business Administration Comprehensive Major, Economics Major, Agri-Business Major, or Aircraft Systems Management Major must take a minimum of 63 credit hours that exclude courses with the prefix BACC, BSAD, BFIN, BMKT, BMGT, BASM, BSED, BMIS, and ECON. BMGT 233 and up to 9 hours of economics may be included in the 63 hours.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR

The Department of Accounting/Finance offers three emphases in this major:
Business Administration Comprehensive Option

Accounting Emphasis
Finance Emphasis
Real Estate Emphasis

For additional areas of emphases see Department of Business Administration/Education and Department of Management/Marketing.

Courses with the prefixes BACC and BFIN are offered by the department.

16 May 2005