B.S. in Accounting - Concentration in Corporate Reporting and Analysis

The broad objective of the accounting curriculum is to give the student a significant insight into all financial information - how it is generated, how it is processed, and what it means. A major in accounting is also worthy of consideration by those students who plan to attend law school or other graduate programs. Students who majored in accounting have found that their preparation was helpful not only for their graduate programs, but also for their subsequent professional careers. Students who wish to enter the field of finance and would like to develop a deeper and better understanding of the financial statements that underlie most financial decisions are encouraged to pursue the Corporate Reporting & Analysis concentration. Taken together with a Finance concentration, the Corporate Reporting & Analysis concentration provides the course work for finance majors to understand the assumptions and procedures behind the preparation of financial statements and the skill set to better understand and evaluate financial statements. Unlike the traditional accounting concentration, the Corporate Reporting and Analysis concentration focuses solely on financial accounting and provides a valuable complement to a Finance concentration. Most students who concentrate in Corporate Reporting & Analysis end up working for investment and commercial banks, mutual funds, and consulting and private equity firms. This major requires five courses (15 credits): three courses in financial accounting, one elective in accounting, and one elective in economics or statistics.