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Financial Accounting (FFAC)

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91-94%

EMPLOYMENT RATE
2020-2024

$60K-$70K

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SALARY RANGE

WHAT IS FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING?

The Financial Accounting option combines upper-level coursework in both accounting and finance, and most students in this option graduate with a double-major in those two subjects.  Some of those students go on to take the CPA exam after graduation and go into roles with accounting firms, while others go into a variety of finance career paths.

WHY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING?

Many employers seek students with strong skills in both accounting and finance, and this option is designed to provide students with strength in both areas. The object of this option is to equip students with the analytical tools and skills used in financial decision-making, along with an extensive knowledge of accounting practice.  Accounting is the language of finance, and strong accounting skills give Finance majors a significant competitive advantage.

ACCOUNTING

  • Introduction to Business Analytics & Principles of Intelligence
  • Principles of Accounting
  • Introduction to Accounting Analytics
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting

BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics & Modeling
  • Operations & Supply Chain Management

ECONOMICS

  • Principles of Economics

FINANCE

  • Survey of Finance and Career Planning
  • Introduction to Finance
  • Financial Analytics
  • Investments: Debt, Equity, & Derivatives  
  • Corporate Finance
  • Credit Risk Analysis
  • Legal & Ethical Environment of Business
  • Asset Valuation & Corporate Governance
  • Bank Management & Financial Services
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Python for Finance
  • Financial Modeling in Excel
  • Equity Securities
  • International Financial Management
  • Managing Risk with Derivatives
  • Venture Capital & Investment Banking

MANAGEMENT

  • Foundations of Business
  • Principles of Management
  • Introduction to International Business
  • Strategic Management

MARKETING

  • Marketing Management
  • Principles of Management

Mathematics

  • Business Calculus

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STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OUTCOMES

Understand and apply the concepts of financial analysis and valuation Possess expertise in financial reporting, tax planning, and managerial accounting practices Understand financial instruments and their impact on corporate financial statements Combine diverse skill sets to make better-informed financial and managerial decisions

TARGETED CURRICULUM

EXAMPLE CAREERS

  • Ability to organize and analyze data
  • Ability to use Excel to organize and solve problems
  • Ability to make data-based decisions and apply them in a variety of real-world settings
  • Attention to detail
  • Auditor
  • Corporate tax planning
  • Corporate and public-sector financial planning, budgeting and analysis
  • Contract analysis
  • Valuation
  • Investment banking
  • Consulting

CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT EMPLOYERS

Our graduates have gone on to work for firms such as Accenture, Amazon, Bank of America, Caerus Commodities, Capital One, Citi, Clarabridge, Compass One Healthcare, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, EDF, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Geico, KBR, KPMG, L’Oréal, Microsoft, Northrup Grumman, SEI, Tios Capital, Tradeweb, and Wells Fargo, among many more!

INTERNSHIP PLACEMENTS

Current students have been placed in a vast array of companies for their internships encompassing investment banking, consulting, energy and commodity trading, government, investments, financial planning, and corporations.

Meet Your Financial Accounting Faculty Lead: WILL COLEMAN

The faculty lead is available to all students in the major, providing academic advising, guidance, mentorship, and collaboration to support their academic and career decisions.