BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
ACCOUNTING
Mission Statement
The Department of Business of Glenville State College
is committed to educating students to be thoughtful,
productive, engaged, and responsible citizens. The
baccalaureate accounting program will supply the financial
workforce with individuals who are both technically
skilled and trained in the practice of accounting.
Goals
- Students will be able to work for CPA firms, businesses,
education, and other government agencies in the accounting
field.
- Students will be able to enter an MBA program with
a concentration in accounting or another business
discipline.
- Students will be able to complete approximately
22 additional hours of coursework and sit for the
CPA exam.
Objectives
- Students will be able to analyze basic accounting
transactions.
- Students will be able to perform quantitative business
calculations.
- Students will be able to apply technology terms
to a Windows-based operating environment.
- Students will be able to apply business communication
principles to communication situations in business
practice.
- Students will be able to classify basic principles
of management theory.
- Students will be able to apply marketing concepts
to basic business scenarios.
- Students will be able to correctly report financial
data.
- Students will determine job order costs and manufacturing
costs.
- Students will analyze corporate financial statements.
- Students will apply auditing principles to business
procedures and reports.
General goals for Glenville State College’s
business programs are:
- Develop the student’s critical thinking and
problem-solving skills.
- Develop the student’s creative capacity for
independent thought and action.
- Develop the student’s understanding of employer-employee
relationships.
- Promote the benefits of life-long learning (continuing
professional education).
- Develop the student’s global awareness of
concepts and events that affect local, state and national
business affairs.
- Develop the student’s professional, interpersonal
human relation skills.
- Develop the student’s mastery of entry-level
skills and knowledge critical to success in the business
environment.
- Develop the student’s understanding of and
a responsibility for ethical conduct.
- Be responsive to changing technological and professional
requirements.
- Develop an appreciation of service to society and
the community in which one lives.
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