Accounting

Professor, Bannister (Chair), Jaeger, S. Wahab
Associate Professors, Gantt, Lamberton, Smith
Assistant Professors, Generas, Oz, Tang
Instructors, Butler, Goldstein, Ingram, Messier

Accounting is a professional major designed to provide students with the opportunity to acquire the basic knowledge of accounting theory and practice that will qualify them for careers in public, financial, managerial or governmental accounting. The field of accounting includes course work in auditing, federal income taxation, cost accounting, financial reporting, and accounting information systems.

Courses are designed so that a student understands the intellectual threads of modern accounting and its interrelationship to the fields of statistics, operations research, and computers. The program provides the solid background in accounting theory and practice, which is a definite plus in today’s job market.

The Accounting department regularly offers major requirement courses in the evening. Most are offered at least once in a two-year period in the evening. Students are advised to check with the Accounting department for specific schedules of evening offerings.

Fifth-Year Program. Students who wish to undertake a fifth year of study to meet the professional qualifications required by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Connecticut State Board of Accountancy may apply for admission to the Master of Science in Accounting and Taxation (MSAT) program at the end of their junior year. Students who meet the admission requirements will be conditionally admitted to the MSAT program and allowed to take up to 6 credits of graduate course work in addition to their undergraduate requirements. Once their undergraduate degree is awarded they will be fully admitted into the program. The specific courses that may be taken at the undergraduate level are denoted in the curriculum as level 5 courses. Students who do not meet the requirements for conditional admittance to the MSAT may still apply to the MSAT program as seniors for admittance after graduation. See specific program requirements in the Graduate Bulletin.

CPA Examinations. Information regarding specific CPA requirements in all states and territories should be obtained from the respective boards of accountancy in those states.

CFM and CMA Examinations. Students who have completed the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in accounting are eligible to sit for the CMA and CFM examinations as administered by the Institute of Management Accountants. Information regarding the examinations may be obtained directly from the Institute.

Programs

Undergraduate Program(s) & Major(s)

Accounting, B.S.B.A.

Minor(s)