Accounting is a dynamic, challenging profession.
Much of the bean-counting traditionally associated with accounting is now performed by computers. As a result, accountants have had to become knowledge workers , people who have skills and abilities which contribute to the improvement of their employers or clients business. Employers are seeking graduates who can think critically, work with diverse constituencies, deal with global issues, communicate effectively, and conduct research. In the traditional accounting course, educators lecture, assign problems for students to work, and solve those problems on the chalkboard. Typically, students have been passive recipients of knowledge.