Program Description
The accounting major at Thomas Jefferson University prepares students to become professionals with a broad understanding of public accounting and financial management of corporate and nonprofit organizations. Students have the opportunity to network with accounting industry professionals, participate in industry-sponsored projects, complete an exciting semester abroad, or help to run our Student Managed Investment Fund. They can also earn their iMBA degree in one additional year of study while preparing for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. Accountants serve a variety of roles in every company. Our graduates have gone to work at the Federal Reserve Bank, Ernst & Young and KPMG, just to name a few.
Learning Goals/Outcomes
- Prepare and analyze, at an in-depth level, corporate financial statements
- Apply knowledge of relevant professional accounting and auditing standards in the financial reporting and auditing of U.S. and multinational firms.
Curriculum: 4 year, 121-122 credits
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| FYS 100 | Pathways Seminar | 1 |
| WRIT 101 | Writing Sem I: Written Comm. | 3 |
| MATH 1XX | Mathematics Placeholder | 3 |
| AVIS 101 | American Visions | 3 |
| DECF 102 | Finding & Shaping Opportunity | 3 |
| ECON 205 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ACCT 101 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 102 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| MKTG 102 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MGMT 301 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| ECON 206 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| Credits | 31 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ETHIC 2xx | Ethics | 3 |
| ADIV 2xx | American Diversity | 3 |
| ACCT 203 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| WRIT 201 | Writing Seminar II:Multi Comm | 3 |
| ACCT 204 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| DECS xxx | Select one DECSYS course | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| ABA 201 | Intro to Business Analytics | 3 |
| ABA 202 | Statistical Data Analytics | 3 |
| FIN 301 | Financial Management | 3 |
| Credits | 30 | |
| Third Year | ||
| GDIV 2xx | Global Diversity | 3 |
| GCIT 2xxx | Global Citizenship | 3 |
| CGIS 300 | Contemporary Global Issues | 3 |
| ACCT 303 | Accounting Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ACCT 309 | Federal Taxes I | 3 |
| DECM 300 | Research Methods | 3 |
| ACCT 316 | Cost Accounting I | 3 |
| BLAW 301 | Business Law | 3 |
| ABA 301 | Data Mining & Predic Analytics | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 30 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| PHIL 499 | Philosophies of the Good Life | 3 |
| ABA 401 | Operations and Data Analytics | 3 |
| MGMT 498N | Bus Capstone: Strategy Sim | 3 |
| MGMT 499N | Business Capstone: CSR | 3 |
| ACCT 409 | Auditing | 3 |
| ACCT 412 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| General Electives or Internship | 12 | |
| Credits | 30 | |
| Total Credits | 121 | |