Double Degree - Bachelor of Arts - Urban and Regional Studies & Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting (Optional Co-op)

The Combined B.A./B.Mgt. degree program takes five years (50 courses) to complete and leads to the conferral of two degrees.

Accountants are central to the operations and strategies of all types of organizations as well as the foundation of short- and long-term success. Accountants provide business and financial advice by measuring, analyzing, forecasting and reporting organizational performance, resources and risk. They are required to have integrity and the ability to think critically, communicate, and interact with others effectively.

Accounting students gain technical skills and learn how to address a broad range of business problems. They will acquire and practice the skills needed for success, including writing and presenting, using professional tools and case analyses. Students study financial reporting, individual and corporate taxation, business analytics and information systems, auditing, management control systems and costing, as well as variety of other management disciplines.

Urban & regional studies (URS) delves into the physical, social, economic and political factors that shape cities. It looks at the role of planning to manage dynamic forces of change such as immigration, global warming, aging populations, energy conservation, congestion, urban forests, homelessness and smog, to name just a few.

Students in this program will learn to approach contemporary development challenges from various frames of reference. Issues include the evolving social, ethnic and architectural character of urban neighborhoods, the decline of agricultural service centers in the west or the governance of urban sprawl.

This multidisciplinary major will provide students with a broad range of conceptual and practical tools to understand cities and regions. Urban & regional studies is housed in the Department of Geography & Environment, but as a multidisciplinary major, the program includes courses outside the department’s offerings, such as anthropology, economics, political science, sociology and statistics.

The knowledge and experience students gain in the Urban & regional studies program will provide an exceptional stepping stone, whether students choose to continue their studies to the master’s or doctoral level or to enter the working world. Either way, they will have the educational background to play an important role in providing an understanding of, and solutions for, some of the most pressing urban and regional concerns.