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Accounting

Overview

Official Name of Program

Accounting

Plan Code

ACCT-BS

Department(s) Sponsoring Program

Career

Undergraduate

Degree Designation

BS - Bachelor of Science

HEGIS Code

0502.00

NYSED Program Code

78794 - ACCT-BS

CIP Code

52.0301

The mission of the Accounting Program is: (1) to offer students an accounting undergraduate major with a choice of concentrations that will provide them with the theoretical, practical, intellectual and ethical resources needed to prepare them for their desired career path; (2) to ready them for leadership positions in the public, private, governmental and not-for-profit sectors; and (3) to provide a diverse student body with the tools needed to be productive members of their local, national and global communities.

Accounting Program Goals

  • To provide knowledge of each of the primary areas of accounting required for the Uniform CPA examination: financial, managerial, taxation and auditing.

  • To ensure competence with technology commonly used in the accounting profession.

  • To develop critical thinking skills.

  • To ensure competence in written and oral communications.

  • To instill ethics, including knowledge of financial regulations and professional codes of conduct.

Requirements