Students must complete the following required classes as part of their major:
Two additional electives/internships are required, of student choice, from any Else School subject (ACCT, ADMN, ECON, ENTR, FINC, MRKT, MGMT, or MGIS).*
*Accounting majors have the option of participating in an eight-semester-hour, full-time residency program during the spring semester of the senior year. The accounting residency program allows selected undergraduate students to work full time for a Big 4, regional, or local accounting firm in the spring of their senior year. In the fall, accounting firms interview Millsaps accounting seniors for spring residency positions. Selected students work full-time, receiving full pay in positions that foster professional growth and maturity.
Students must complete the senior seminar and a comprehensive exam in their major:
A fifth year of study is optional but leads to the master of accountancy degree (M.Acc.), which provides the additional course work necessary to qualify to sit for the CPA exam, is described in the Graduate Catalog.
The Master of Accountancy degree is designed for students who intend to pursue professional careers in public accounting, business, and the government/nonprofit sector. The Master of Accountancy fulfills the educational requirements to sit for the CPA examination in the state of Mississippi and many of the states that have adopted the AICPA’s 150 credit-hour requirement. Students are encouraged to check with the state Board of Accountancy in the state where they plan to practice regarding specific course requirements. The program involves a fifth year of study beyond the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Students who plan to seek the Master of Accountancy degree should take the basic accounting major. For more details about the master of accountancy program, consult with a member of the accounting faculty, contact the graduate business admissions office, see the master of accountancy description under the Else School of Management portion of the catalog, or visit the Else School web page at www.millsaps.edu/mba-macc. The program takes about 12 months for a full time student to complete. The program takes about 24 months for a part-time student to complete.
About: Any student majoring in Business Administration, Accounting, or Economics may also add a concentration to their major. The entrepreneurship concentration allows students to demonstrate to potential employers or graduate schools particular competence in entrepreneurship within the broader context of the student’s degree program.
Students must complete the following courses for the concentration:
If a student did two internships, the class could substitute for both. The substitution must be filed in the Office of Records.
About: Any student majoring in Business Administration, Accounting, or Economics may also add a concentration to their major. The financial services concentration allows students to demonstrate to potential employers or graduate schools particular competence in finance within the broader context of the student’s degree program.
Students must complete the following courses for the concentration:
*In the event that ECON 3020 or ACCT 3000 is unavailable or when students suffer an unavoidable scheduling conflict with either of these two courses, other courses may serve as substitutes. These courses include Student Managed Fund I (FINC 4002) and Student Managed Fund II (FINC 4012), Intermediate Financial Accounting II (ACCT 3010), and certain Economics or Financial Markets courses. No substitutes are allowed for FINC 3900 or FINC 4000. Substitutions to the curriculum are made only with the permission of the Director of the Bachelor of Business Administration Program.
About: Any student majoring in Business Administration, Accounting, or Economics may also add a concentration to their major. The global business studies concentration allows students to demonstrate to potential employers or graduate schools particular competence in international business within the broader context of the student’s degree program.
Students must complete the following courses for the concentration:
One of the following:
One of the following:
