Accounting data are essential for planning, decision making, and control. The practicing accountant is involved in supervising the preparation, interpretation, and reporting of economic data for management operations and the general public. Typically, careers may be pursued in managerial, government, and public accounting.
Management accountants provide information and advice for the purposes of planning and control.
Professional public accounting includes auditing, tax work and management advisory services. Qualified students have the opportunity to perform paid internships during the spring semester of their junior year with public accounting firms. Interns work closely with professionals in gaining valuable hands-on experience. Successful interns often receive offers of permanent employment from their intern firms. Recent graduates have been able to advance rapidly within their initial industry choice and also have been able to shift easily in response to attractive opportunities in other institutions.