Enrollment in this 152-credit dual award program allows highly qualified, Empire State University students to work on the MBA in Business Management (Management or International Business track) while completing the BS in Accounting degree. Up to 9 credits of designated master’s courses are incorporated into the bachelor’s degree program and will count toward both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Successful completion of this program qualifies graduates to pursue CPA-150 or CPA-150E licensure. The dual award program is listed among the licensure-qualifying programs by the NYS Education Department's Inventory of Registered Programs CPA 150 and CPA 150E. There is no requirement for an undergraduate concurred degree plan.  Upon meeting the program's admission requirements, students may apply directly to the graduate program.

Pathway Options to the CPA Educational Requirements: Qualified SUNY Empire undergraduates may pursue the following dual award degree programs:

• Dual Program Registered NYS Licensure Qualifying Degree Program: B.S. in Accounting to MBA in Business Management.
• Combined Degree Program: B.S./B.P.S. In BME Concentration in Accounting Practices to MBA in Business Management.
• Undergraduate Enrollment in Graduate Courses: To complete the educational requirements for the CPA License. 

ADMISSION

New applicants to the University’s B.S. in Accounting program or matriculated students in the B.S. in Accounting program will be considered for this dual degree program. Whether new to the University or matriculated, students must apply for the dual degree program. The application process includes a review of all coursework completed, one recommendation, and one application essay. The following are required for unconditional acceptance:

GPA: A GPA of 3.2 is required on the last 60 applicable college credits for unconditional acceptance.  Admission is conditional until the student has earned 60 college credits applicable to the dual degree with a minimum 3.2 GPA. 

Prerequisite Courses: Applicants to the dual program must include the following undergraduate level or their equivalent in their degree plan: statistics (3 credits), macroeconomics (3 credits), microeconomics (3 credits), and accounting (3 credits).  Applicants who do not have the courses completed at the time of application to the dual program may be accepted into the combined pending completion of the courses.

Application

Please see the Graduate Admission section of this catalog for a complete list of materials required to complete a graduate application including the Undergraduate application.

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Candidates who have less than 60 undergraduate credits and/or still need to complete any of the prerequisites can be accepted conditionally. To become officially admitted, conditional admits must maintain a minimum 3.2 GPA, and complete all of the prerequisites by 108 credits the latest. Candidates who do not maintain the requirements will be dismissed from the dual degree and allowed to complete the bachelors portion.

Curriculum

The dual award BS/MBA CPA 150 and CPA 150E program requires 152 total credits of which 36 are master's credits leading to the MBA in Business Management. Students complete up to 9 credits of graduate coursework as undergraduate students that count toward both degrees. Once the undergraduate degree has been awarded, the student may begin the remaining 27 credits required for the MBA. Students must meet master’s expectations for academic progress and grade point average in their master’s level courses to remain in the combined program.  Students may directly apply to the program, when eligible, based on the admission requirements.

DUAL Award DEGREE Program Courses

Before they have completed their undergraduate degrees, students in the Dual Program take the following “combined” graduate courses (9 credits) which count toward both the bachelor’s and MBA (General Business Concentration) degrees:

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
General Business Concentration
MGMT 6016	Financial Management	3
or MGMT 6075	International Financial Management
MGMT 6020	Leadership & Executive Development	3
MGMT 6025	Strategic Perspectives of Global Management	3

MBA (General Business Concentration) Courses

After the completion of their undergraduate degree, students take the following courses (27 credits) required to complete the MBA in Business Management (General Business Concentration).  Please note that this dual program does not allow electives and the three courses indicated below take the place of the electives allowed in the stand-alone MBA program.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
APAN 6025	Applied Management Analytics (Takes the place of elective in stand-alone MBA)	3
MGMT 6030	Management Information Systems & Data Visualization	3
MGMT 6040	High Performance Management	3
MGMT 6050	Operations and Supply Chain Management	3
MGMT 6060	Managerial Economics	3
or MGMT 6065	Economics for Global Managers
MGMT 6122	Corporate Communication and Marketing Strategy	3
or MGMT 7005	Global Marketing Strategies
FSMA 6060	Strategic Cost Analysis (Takes the place of elective in stand-alone MBA)	3
FSMA 6080	International Accounting (Takes the place of elective in stand-alone MBA)	3
MGMT 7080	Strategic Business Applications	3

For the required undergraduate courses portion of the program (116 credits), please visit the BS in Accounting Combined Program page of the Undergraduate Catalog.