Accounting for Business Economics Program Minor
Department website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/undergraduate-programs/bba-business-minors/
This minor allows economics majors to take a set of accounting courses and a finance course at the McCombs School of Business for completion of a minor in accounting. Students take upper-division accounting and finance courses to explore how accounting systems utilize economic concepts and how accounting systems solve economic problems; to strengthen the quantitative and analytical skills they acquire as economics majors; and to acquire knowledge and skills in business and accounting.
Admission
To participate in the minor, students must apply and be admitted to the accounting concentration of the Business Economics Option Program (BEOP) through the Department of Economics. To be eligible, a student must:
- be a declared economics major;
- have a cumulative University GPA of at least 3.00;
- have an economics GPA of at least 3.00 (based on economics coursework taken at The University of Texas at Austin); and
- have earned a grade of at least C- in ECO 329.
Students must contact the Department of Economics to apply, and for all questions about the Business Economics Option Program.
Total Hours Required: 15
Requirements
Requirements are listed in the table below. Additional requirements may follow the table, so be sure to read the entire page. Some required courses listed below may also satisfy General Education requirements, including Core Curriculum. Students should also review the University's Undergraduate Minor and Certificate Requirements and Policies.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 311 | Fundamentals of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 312 | Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| FIN 357 | Business Finance | 3 |
| Six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in accounting | 6 | |
| College Requirements - Business | ||
| Undergraduate Minor and Certificate Requirements and Policies | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Additional Requirements and Policy
The student must fulfill the requirements for an economics major and apply to graduate with an economics major, in addition to fulfilling the BEOP ACC Minor requirements, in order to receive the BEOP ACC transcript-recognized minor. Registration for any of these courses will require that existing prerequisite course requirements are adequately met.