Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics

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Department Head: Bruce Swindle
Faculty: Burckel, Caples, Essayyad, Groft, Jens, Mishra, Rahman, Roach, J. Watts, O. Watts
                      

The Accounting and Finance programs are designed to prepare graduates to meet the challenges from strong and growing global forces, conflicting values, changing technolgy, and demographic diversity among employees and customers. Graduates will be prepared to contribute to their organizations and society, grow personally and professionally, and pursue further graduate work. The primary emphasis of the Department’s mission is quality teaching enhanced by scholarly productivity and application through service to the business and academic community.

Curricula

The Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics offers curricula leading to the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Science in Accounting
• Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Professional Accountancy/Exam Preparation, or Taxation concentrations
• Bachelor of Science in Finance
• Bachelor of Science in Finance, Economics or Financial Analysis concentrations

The Accounting curricula are designed to prepare students for the accounting profession. For the qualified person, accounting offers unlimited opportunities in business, industry, government, and public accounting. The profession requires a strong foundation in general education and business courses in addition to thorough training in accounting subjects. While each of the accounting curricula gives students all necessary courses to take the Uniform CPA Examination, the accounting curriculum with Professional Accountancy/Exam Preparation concentration offers interested students a highly organized and specialized curriculum in preparation to become a professional in the field of accountancy. This curriculum directs students to specific courses advantageous in preparation for the CPA exam as well as other accounting-related professional examinations. The accounting curriculum with a concentration in taxation offers interested students a strong preparation in many diverse areas of personal and business taxations.

The Finance curricula require advanced course work in finance and provide training in the acquisition and use of funds. These curricula prepare students for positions in banking, investment, insurance, real estate, and financial management. The Bachelor of Science in Finance with Economics concentration curriculum requires advanced course work in economics and finance and emphasizes the theoretical and practical aspects of the field of economics. This curriculum prepares students for positions as economists in business and/or government. The Bachelor of Science in Finance with Financial Analysis concentration provides a curriculum to expose interested students to advanced study of financial accounting disclosures combined with higher-level financial analysis.

Graduation Requirements

Degree candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Bachelor of Science in Finance, must fulfill the requirements listed under “College-Wide Requirements” in the College of Business section of this catalog and complete the prescribed curricula with a minimum grade of “C” in all major courses.

Uniform CPA Examination

To be eligible to sit for The Uniform CPA Examination as a Louisiana resident, an applicant must possess, in addition to other requirements, academic credit for not less than 150 hours of post-secondary, or graduate, or post-graduate education. All of the Bachelor of Science in Accounting curricula fulfills the specific course requirements for sitting for this professional examination in Louisiana. Details of the Louisiana CPA requirements and recommendations for meeting the education requirements are available from the department head as well as the websitie of the State Board of CPAs of Louisiana.

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