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Research and local internship opportunities enhance the comprehensive accounting curriculum, leading to excellent preparation for the CPA and CMA exams.

What Can Students Do With A Career In Accounting?

Accountants are an integral part of private, public and nonprofit organizations. A career in accounting provides you the opportunity to work within almost any industry imaginable, performing a variety of functions from preparing and examining financial records, forecasting and strategizing growth, analyzing organization-wide budgets, to improving the financial processes of nonprofits or government agencies. Those who hold certifications, such as the CPA, are well respected strategic business advisors and decision-makers, consulting on many issues including taxes and financial strategies.

Common Accounting-Related Job Titles

  • Accountant
  • Auditor
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
  • Controller
  • Financial Analyst
  • Forensic Accountant
  • Tax Manager

Places Where Recent Ƶ Accounting Graduates Are Working

  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • Deloitte
  • Ernst & Young
  • KPMG
  • NiSource
  • Plante Moran
  • Proctor & Gamble
  • PWC

Accounting Major Requirements

  • ACCT 225M: Financial Accounting - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 226: Managerial Accounting - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 240: Accounting Information Systems - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 325: Intermediate Accounting I - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 326: Intermediate Accounting II - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 327: Cost Accounting - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 423: Advanced Accounting - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 426: Federal Taxation - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 427W: Auditing - 4 Credits
  • ACCT 495: Accounting Research & Analysis - 4 Credits
  • Approved internship relevant to ACCT (or BUSN 381) - 0-4 Credits
  • Why You Mock Interview Program
  • Total credits: 40-44

Accounting Minor Requirements

  • ACCT 225 Financial Accounting - 4 credits
  • ACCT 226 Managerial Accounting - 4 credits
  • ACCT 240 Accounting Information Systems - 4 credits
  • Choose three courses from the following classes - 12 credits
  • ACCT 325 Intermediate Accounting I - 4 credits
  • ACCT 326 Intermediate Accounting II - 4 credits
  • ACCT 327 Cost Accounting - 4 credits
  • ACCT 423 Advanced Accounting - 4 credits
  • ACCT 426 Federal Taxation - 4 credits
  • ACCT 427 Auditing - 4 credits
  • ACCT 495 Accounting Research and Analysis - Senior Capstone - 4 credits
  • Total credits: 12

                          

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