All B.B.A. degree-seeking students take ACCT 2301 and ACCT 2302 as soon as they are eligible. Matriculated students must take these courses through enrollment in courses offered by the Cox School of Business .
Most accounting majors also complete an accounting internship, ACCT 5325 and ACCT 5326 , which does not count toward the B.B.A. degree requirements but is completed using additional available business credit hours.
To earn the B.B.A. degree with a major in accounting, students must complete all University-wide requirements and the core B.B.A. Requirements and satisfy the accounting requirements listed below.
Note: The core accounting courses must be taken through enrollment at SMU.
SMU Degree Requirements
An SMU undergraduate degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours and must include completion of the University’s Common Curriculum , one major and a combination of electives and/or other majors or minors. Completion of certain majors requires more than 120 hours to finish the degree. The credit hours within this curriculum are distributed as follows: