The Accounting program is focused on well-rounded preparation, gearing students for success in all realms of accounting practice and providing them with the knowledge base required for key certifications including the CPA, CMA, and CIA. And in the process, you?ll be made ready for a career in private industry or public accounting, with courses covering a lot of ground ? from Intermediate and Cost Accounting to Individual and Corporate Income Tax.

You will learn to understand and represent the myriad complexities of business transactions, processes, and strategies through an accounting based framework founded on GAAP and IFRS. Specifically, you will develop competence across a wide range of accounting knowledge and practices:

• Gathering and recording financial information, with its compilation and communicationApplying best practices in budgeting, planning, and forecastingSupporting and integrating business operations through cost accounting and advanced analyticsEstablishing internal controls to support ethical business operations and reportingDeveloping and providing effective financial auditsReporting for non-profits, state governments, and partnershipsAccounting for advanced business transactions related to mergers & acquisitions, foreign currencies, and financial derivatives