• Accountancy is the language of business, providing a way to describe and report business transactions. Accountants organize, analyze, and interpret the business information necessary to make decisions and plan for the future. They prepare profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cost studies, and tax reports, and they advise clients on other accounting and tax problems. Accounting knowledge is critical to understanding the factors that drive company performance. As a result, a significant percentage of business leaders and corporate executives have accounting backgrounds.
  • The accountancy major begins with courses in the principles of accounting. Then students will take courses in financial and managerial accounting, accounting systems, taxation, and auditing. Students will also take six hours of business electives. Students may also consider a double-major or a minor in another area inside or outside of business.
  • Students may graduate at the end of four years with a bachelor's degree and find employment with accounting firms, corporations, and nonprofit organizations where undergraduate education is sufficient. Students may also choose to continue their graduate education elsewhere or build toward 150 hours of undergraduate education.