The Department of Accounting and Finance is part of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics . In addition to the introductory information presented here, the department has its own home page. Undergraduate course descriptions for Accounting and Finance are also available on-line. Accounting and finance are fundamental academic disciplines in business schools. Accounting provides the basic language of business and the underlying structure for information systems.
Finance provides important knowledge about asset management, capital markets, and risk strategies.
Many professional opportunities are open to students who elect individual or combine emphases in accounting and finance. A finance emphasis prepares students for jobs in corporate financial management, investments management, banking, and governmental services. An accounting emphasis prepares students for jobs in public accounting, industrial accounting, and governmental services, and gives a background for selected post-graduate studies such as law. UNH is part of the University System of New Hampshire. Web site questions.