### academic discipline:

Accounting
* are explanations
  - registers
  - systems
* back-office function for many organizations.
* block-building process.
* broad field
  - term
* changing field with much of the detail work handled by computers
  - profession that demands concern for both theory and practice
* common thread throughout all of agriculture.
* communicates economic information by using periodic financial statements.
* continues to be one of the leading professions world wide.
* course that continues to build on the knowledge gained.
* demanding field, one in which change is rapid and the pressure is constant.
* discipline in which concepts build on one another
  - that can open doors to many opportunities
* dynamic discipline and a critical area of business
  - field that provides many different job opportunities within the profession
* dynamic, challenging profession.
* field that has grown in influence.
* focuses on developing the ability to analyze and solve fiscal problems.
* includes the whole range of business information management.
* involves analysis and professional judgment.
* is an academic discipline
  - ever-evolving field with constantly changing objectives
  - important tool of business
* is an information system and is often called the language of business
  - integral part of the management of business and public organizations
  - based on the concept of a financial transaction
  - built into most modern operating systems
  - essential to both business and government
  - examined as a tool for organizing business information
* is for students who wish to learn the basic principle of double entry accounting
  - tracking resource consumption
  - fundamental to a civilized society
  - how they figure out whether they succeeded
  - ingrained in our society and vital to our economic system
  - introduced as a form of communication
  - of major importance to corporations in today's business environment
  - one area where corporate funds can be better utilized in more strategic areas
* is one of the fastest growing and most lucrative majors
  - occupations in the country
  - professions in America
  - leading growth professions today on both a national and a worldwide basis
  - more respected professions
* is one of the most important components of a sound business decision-making process
  - rapidly expanding fields in today's economy
  - respected professions in the United States
  - primary functional areas of administration
  - traditional professions
  - oriented to both preparers of financial information and users of that information
  - part of measuring, communicating, and interpreting financial activity
  - recognized as one of the world's leading professions
  - responsible for posting payments and billing schools
  - something called the language of business
  - studied both as a method of communication and as a decision-making tool
  - subdivided into financial accounting and managerial accounting
* is the action of collecting data related to resource usage
  - analysis of the accounts
  - information system that provides reliable and timely data for financial decisions
  - international language of business
  - language and scorecard of business
* is the language of business and as such communication process
  - decision making
  - commerce
  - economic measurement
  - resouce measurement and management
  - spoken in every business field
  - one degree that opens doors in organizations coast to coast and around the world
  - process of measuring the resources a user has consumed
  - story of a business told in the language of numbers
  - study of how businesses track their income and assets over time
  - tracking of which services are used, by whom, when, and for how long
  - universal language of organizations regardless of the size or location
  - used in every type of organization existing today
  - vital in the conduct of business in modern society
* leading growth profession throughout the world.
* monopolistically competitive industry.
* multi-disciplinary profession.
* precise, logical and communicative skill.
* process of measurement and communication that is required by all economic entities.
* profession in which experience is very valuable
  - great emphasis is placed on individual integrity
  - steeped in tradition and continues to be the cornerstone of business
  - that is as prestigious as becoming a doctor or lawyer
* provides the measures of economic activity for our society and for our individual lives
  - skills needed for keeping business records
* refers to tracking changes to the contract.
* requires attention to detail and the ability to work with numbers and financial concepts.
* set of procedures that provides such information.
* subject learned by doing
  - that requires practice
* teaches the way companies or people track their revenue and their spending.
* technical subject.
* true international language, reaching across industries, countries, and time.
* usually focuses on costs, and IT generally translates to technology.
* vital tool used to measure and manage the performance of a business.
* wide open profession for women today.