Degree Overview
Maranatha's Accounting Management major is designed to train you as a manager with specialized knowledge in accounting, enabling you to prepare and analyze financial reports for businesses, governments, and other organizations. Godly, experienced business faculty members reinforce the importance of possessing both technical skills and personal integrity. This major results in a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, providing you with an ideal foundation for graduate study in more specialized accounting fields or other areas of business. In a recent survey of all accounting graduates on record, 82 percent of MBU accounting graduates are employed in their field of study, and the remaining 18 percent are employed in business management or leadership.
Program Outcomes
- Knowledge of accounting terminology and concepts
- Ability to solve accounting problems
- Skill in written and oral communication
- Expertise in using technology
- Ability to gain employment or pursue graduate education in accounting or a related field
Suggested Course Schedule
Semester 1
- Intro. to Business & Management (3)
- Computer Applications (3)
- Old or New Testament Survey (3)
- English Composition 1 (3)
- The Modern World
Total Credits: 15
Semester 2
- Old or New Testament Survey (3)
- English Composition 2 (3)
- Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2)
- Science Elective (3)
- Music Elective (2)
- Open Elective (3)
Total Credits: 16
Related Majors
Related Minors
- Accounting Management
- Business Management
- Digital Media Communications
Potential Career Fields
- Financial officer
- Investment analyst
- Banker
- Business owner
- Financial analyst
- Tax accountant
- Auditor
- Comptroller
*Some careers and employment positions require graduate degrees, specialized training, or additional certification and licenses.
MBU Program Faculty
Meet some of the people in who lead this program
Jeff Drost
Credentials
Doctoral Candidate, Regent University
BM, Graduate School of Banking, University of Madison
BS Business Management, Cardinal Stritch University
Mark Stevens
Credentials
BS Business Management, Maranatha Baptist University
BS, Baptist University of America
Tracy Foster
Credentials
DBA, Walden University
MBA, Syracuse University
BS, Montana State University
CPA, CGMA, and CDFM-A
Corey Pfaffe
Credentials
PhD Management Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MBA Management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
BBA Accounting, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
AS Accounting, Mankato Commercial College
