The Mission of the School of Accountancy is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life as they cultivate commitment to life-long learning and service, effective and ethical leadership, management, and interpersonal skills, and excellence in the use of accounting, and tax to provide solutions to problems facing family, church, community, and business.

Many other universities have tried to copy the junior core structure since its formulation; however, no other university has been able to achieve the same level of coordination, cohesiveness, and success as BYU. Kevin Stocks, former School of Accountancy director, attributes the program’s success to its extraordinary faculty. “They’re willing to try new things and give up traditional ways to do it,” Stocks says. The level of collaboration and planning required among faculty for the benefits of the program to be realized is staggeringly high, and complete implementation of this teaching model has only been achieved by BYU.

The junior core curriculum was designed to include the most critical competencies for accountants as specified by industry professionals and accounting educators.