The integrated 150-hour professional program gives students the opportunity to earn both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Accountancy degree upon completion of the required 150 credit hours of study. It is an integrated program consisting of 120 hours of undergraduate credits and 30 hours of graduate credits. A student declares his/her major in accounting at the end of the sophomore year. He/she enters the 150-hour program at the beginning of the junior year and earns both degrees with a major in accounting and a concentration in another area of business, such as finance or information systems. The 30 graduate credits consist of 10 courses, at least five of which the student may select from an area outside of accounting. The flexibility of electives gives students the ability to design a broad program, which supports and enhances career objectives.

A student can be guaranteed admission to the program in one of two ways:

Students who are participants in The Honors College and maintain the required scholastic standards throughout the freshman and sophomore years are guaranteed admission into the 150-hour program at the end of the sophomore year.
Students who rank in the top 15 percent of their high school class or who have a minimum unweighted 3.0 GPA, have a minimum combined SAT score of 1260 obtained in a single setting and have a VCU undergraduate cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 at the end of their sophomore year are guaranteed admission.

Students who do not meet the criteria for guaranteed admission may seek admission to the program by submitting a complete application form for graduate study, including GMAT test score. Students who apply in this manner may be admitted, depending upon the cumulative GPA at the completion of the university general education requirements and the business foundation requirements along with satisfactory performance on the GMAT.

Integrated 150-hour Professional Program curriculum

School of Business core requirements – 30 credits
ECON 303 Managerial Economics
FIRE 311 Financial Management
INFO 360 Business Information Systems
MGMT 301 Business Statistics
MGMT 319 Organizational Behavior
MGMT 320 Production/Operations Management
MGMT 325 Organizational Communication
MGMT 434 Strategic Management
MGMT 481 Law for Accountants I
MKTG 301 Marketing Principles

Accounting undergraduate requirements – 18 credits
ACCT 303 Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 304 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 306 Cost Accounting
ACCT 307 Accounting Systems*
ACCT 401 Governmental and Not-for-profit Accounting
ACCT 405 Tax Accounting
* Students are encouraged to take INFO 360 prior to taking ACCT 307.

Additional undergraduate requirements – 9 credits
Any 300- or 400-level undergraduate courses from the School of Business: These can be used to meet prerequisites for the non-accounting graduate electives.
** MGMT 302 is required for finance classes above FIRE 311.

Accounting graduate requirements – 15 credits
ACCT 506 Auditing
ACCT 513 Financial Reporting
ACCT 601 Financial Accounting Theory
ACCT 682 Corporate Taxation***
ACCT 600-level elective
***Credit will not be given for both ACCT 410 and ACCT 682.

Additional graduate requirements – 15 credits
Any 600-level courses from the School of Business

Note: This is an integrated program. Students following these requirements will not receive any degree until the full program is completed. Students should plan to take a combination of graduate and undergraduate courses in both the fourth and fifth years.