As they have been for centuries, accountants today are involved in collecting, summarizing and communicating financial information. Accounting information remains an important and flexible tool for the support of investment analysis and management decision-making. But the roles and responsibilities of today's accountants are far broader and more challenging than those of even a few years ago. Today, accountants play a key role in the management and operation of business, government and not-for-profit entities serving as financial analysts, consultants and planners.
An accounting degree is often referred to as "the one degree with 360 degrees of freedom." The broad range of knowledge that accountants obtain about organizations' operations and how those operations impact achievement of organization goals provides them with an extensive range of career opportunities. For example, accountants may become partners in CPA firms--or FBI agents, Chief Financial Officers of major corporations--or Real Estate developers, Chief Executive Officers--or entrepreneurs.
Recent accounting graduates from Michigan Tech are pursuing the following careers:
- Auditor with international, regional and local CPA firms
- Tax specialist with CPA firms
- Corporate controller with manufacturing firms
- Financial analyst with Fortune 500 companies
- Business and real estate lawyer
- Information system security specialist
- Enforcement agent with the Internal Revenue Service
- Bank manager
- Owner of a wood products company
- Internal auditor
More information regarding career opportunities in accounting, including salary information, may be found at:
- http://www.aicpa.org/
- http://www.michcpa.org/classifieds/positions_available.asp
- http://www.roberthalf.com/
- http://www.imanet.org/
Degree requirements for the Bachelors Degree in Business Administration (BSBA), Accounting Concentration are provided in the document below. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this document. If you do not have this application, it can be downloaded for free from Adobe's Acrobat download page.