BA/BS in Accounting and Related Services

Professional Accounting is an extended program that equips students with analytical and decision-making skills for many accounting careers. The state education department has registered it as meeting the coursework rules for the national CPA exam. Students may choose a finance or marketing concentration. Full-time professors who specialize in accounting and law teach the advanced courses and most introductory ones, and class sizes stay small. Qualified majors can complete a work placement in the summer after their third year, and some advanced students act as tutors and assistants to professors. Several courses teach computer applications in accounting, and students may take part in a volunteer income tax assistance effort. The department is Business and the major is taught in person. Five-year degree maps are posted for the standard, finance and marketing versions of the program.