Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration (concentration in Accounting, online)
- 4 years
- Duration
- 36,000 USD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Online
- Format
- Kansas City / USA
- Location
- Avila University
- School
Program description
Avila University's online Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting will teach you how to analyze financial data, create data sets, and utilize that knowledge to make strategic decisions for your company. With our fully online bachelor's degree program in accounting, you'll learn all the ins and outs of accounting information systems, auditing, cost accounting, and intermediate accounting. Amass a diverse set of business skills that will open doors to a world of possibilities. Our dedicated instructors will guide you through the necessary curriculum to earn 120 of the 150 credits needed to sit for the CPA test in Missouri and Kansas.
Program structure
In order to earn the B.B.A. in Accounting online, you will complete 120 credit hours, including 35 credit hours of general education requirements, 42 credit hours of major requirements, 21 credit hours of concentration courses, and 22 credit hours of electives.
General Education Requirements (35 credit hours)
- CO 110: Fundamentals of Communication
- EN 111: Composition I
- AR 183: Survey Art II: From the Renaissance to Modernism
- BI 111: General Biology - Cell & Genes w/Lab
- EN 278: Global Lit
- HI 204: American Experience II
- MA 117: Mathematical Modeling and Reasoning
- PL 255: Ethics
- SO 101: Intro to Sociology
- RS 117: World Religions
- IS 311 (IS/GS): Peace Studies
Major Requirements (42 credit hours)
- AC 201: Accounting I
- AC 202: Principles of Accounting II
- BU 498: Writing a Business Plan
- BU 305: Legal Aspects of Business
- BU 310: Marketing
- BU 321: Management
- BU 330: Finance
- CO 312: Writing Plans & Proposals
- CS 210: Navigating the Digital Society
- EC 202: Microeconomics
- EC 203: Principles of Macroeconomics
- EC 240: Statistical Analysis
- EN 112: Composition II: Rhetorical Argument
- PY 101: General Psychology
Accounting Concentration Courses (21 credit hours)
- AC 355: Cost Accounting
- AC 361: Intermediate Accounting 1
- AC 362: Intermediate Accounting 2
- AC 365: Accounting Information Systems
- AC 451: Tax Accounting
- AC 370: Auditing
- AC 452: Tax Accounting II
Electives (22 credit hours)
Price
- Tuition fees — 300 USD per credit hour (36,000 USD per course)
Requirements for applicants
In order to be eligible to receive a bachelor’s degree from Avila University, you must have the following:
- High school diploma
- Minimum 2.0 GPA on college coursework or 2.0 GPA on high school conferred transcript
- Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended
About the university

Upon their arrival in the United States from France in the middle of the 1800s, the Sisters of St. Joseph committed themselves to the "practice of all the spiritual and corporal works of mercy and which will most benefit the dear neighbor." Avila University was founded on these tenets, and it has carried on the heritage via its values and mission.
As a result of our Catholic heritage, Avila University offers an educational experience that fosters the growth of the whole person by teaching students how to love in a way that aims to bring them closer to God and to their beloved neighbor.
The goal of Avila students is to change the world and their communities through creativity, passion, and drive. There are a lot of international students from around the globe on campus. Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, France, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam are among the nations.