Success, by the numbers. If you want to break into the fast-growing field of accounting but lack the fundamental knowledge and technical skills necessary to excel, this program specialization is for you! This degree will prepare you for professional certification as a Certified Public Accountant and expand your opportunities to work in a variety of positions both in and outside the traditional role of preparing, analyzing and verifying financial documents. These include budget analysis, financial and investment planning, information technology consulting and even limited legal services.
Candidates who complete this program:
Analyze and apply fundamental principles of cost accounting to a variety of industries
Understand and apply advanced financial accounting topics as part of the information system that supports organizational decision making
Acquaint the student with the economic and social policy issues of taxation
Examine the common ground between financial theory and tax law
Develop a framework of federal income taxation that allows for future tax law changes
Develop foundational business knowledge and skills through the core courses
Who should enroll:
This degree program is ideal for students who want to work in public, management, and government accounting as well as internal auditing. Our flexible, project-based program will enable you to structure your studies to focus on budget analysis, financial and investment planning and information technology consulting so that you may pursue your personal and professional goals.
Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Colorado, a Fellow of the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics, 2001 Nobel Prize recipient in Physics