The practicing accountant supervises 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. Students in management follow a program that is broad in scope and aimed at developing the student's grasp of administrative and organizational principles. Basic subject matter offered includes administration and organizational theory, motivational and social systems, human resource management, production systems, and decision and policy making systems. This course of studies is designed to prepare students for professional positions in a variety of fields including advertising, sales, retail management, marketing research, international marketing, and the marketing of services.