Program Description
The Accounting and Finance curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and the skills necessary for employment and growth in the accounting and finance profession. Accountants and finance professionals assemble and analyze, process, and communicate essential information about financial operations.
Course work may include accounting, finance, ethics, business law, computer applications, financial planning, insurance, marketing, real estate, selling, and taxation. Related skills are developed through the study of communications, computer applications, financial analysis, critical thinking skills, and ethics.
Graduates should qualify for entry-level accounting and finance positions in many types of organizations including accounting firms, small businesses, manufacturing firms, banks, hospitals, school systems, and governmental agencies.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program should be able to:
- Research an accounting issue and communicate findings in written form to upper management
- Prepare a complex set of corporate financial statements including multiple-step income statement with EPS, classified balance sheet, and cash flow statement
- Complete a corporate tax return
- Take an ethical tax issue and respond to both the taxpayer and to another tax professional about how to handle the situation
- Analyze and interpret cost/managerial accounting data, using results to form recommendations for business leadership, and present recommendations with proper supporting documentation
- Analyze internal control systems, identifying areas of weakness, and creating solutions for those weaknesses
- Complete an individual income tax return
Articulation Agreements
- 2Plus Agreement with UNC Greensboro in Accounting
- Bilateral Agreement with North Carolina Central University in Accounting
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