Public Accounting and Business Management

Program title change from public accounting and business, management and finance to public accounting and business management awaiting approval by New York State Education Department.

This 150-credit undergraduate program is designed to allow students to meet the requirements of New York State for licensure as a CPA, while also obtaining additional exposure to business management. New York State currently requires candidates for licensure to have a total of 150 credits, including 33 credits in accounting and tax (including financial accounting and reporting, cost or managerial accounting, taxation, and auditing and attestation services) as well as 36 additional credits in business.

Program/Department Advisers

In addition to this program, students who are interested in accounting careers should consider the B.S. in Internal Accounting, the B.S. in Accounting, and a combination of the B.S. in Accounting and the M.S. in Accounting.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Ethical Reasoning

• Written Communication

• Quantitative Reasoning

• Information Literacy

• Critical Thinking

• Functional Knowledge