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Accounting
Chair: Paul Pladson
Faculty: Quentin Gerber, Mary Jepperson, Karleen Nordquist, Jean Ochu, Jim O'Meara,
Carolyn Peterson, Paul Pladson
The accounting department offers a curriculum designed to meet the
needs of various student interests. The major provides the student the opportunity to
develop a solid conceptual foundation as well as the skills required for entry-level
positions in public, private and governmental accounting. In addition, it allows students
to prepare for graduate programs in such areas as business, government, finance and law.
Students who complete the accounting major and have earned a baccalaureate degree are
academically qualified to sit for the CPA Examination.
The discipline of accounting requires that the student develop an
ability to think analytically and to organize and categorize a mass of data. It further
requires the student to develop an ability to synthesize the information and present it in
summarized reports that are understandable to the public. Citizens in a highly developed
economic society such as ours should understand economic descriptions of its complex
organizations; they should also realize the limitations of those financial reports. As
professional accountants, our graduates will be expected to present and interpret
financial information, both in writing and orally, to the public.
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