The ability to understand and manage finances is essential to all organizations and individuals. If you'd like a career with high value and a lifetime of opportunity, the Accounting program at Quincy University provides you a firm foundation and the ability to prosper in a dynamic economic climate. Through our Accounting curriculum, you'll develop a broad working knowledge of the theory and practice in this complex field and be prepared to sit for the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) examination. You'll gain fluency in the language of business, which includes fundamental principles of accounting, economics, and business law, and master the qualitative and quantitative tools of the field. To comprehend the key issues of the profession, you'll explore the common core of knowledge that includes Principles of Marketing, Principles of Management, Business Finance, and Strategic Management. Your specialized expertise will be honed in such courses as Cost Accounting, Federal Tax Law, and Auditing Theory.You'll learn from faculty members who combine doctoral or master's degrees in the field with firsthand experience in the marketplace. Their commitment to the Franciscan value of individualized education means that the experienced Quincy team will give you the feedback and support you need. Our Accounting program offers a four-year bachelor of science degree in Business, with a major in Accounting, as well as a minor in Accounting.

Nearly all Quincy Accounting graduates find immediate employment in public accounting firms, corporate accounting, or governmental accounting. Our Accounting graduates have held such positions as: * Revenue Auditor, Illinois Department of Revenue * Director of Internal Audit, Controller's Office, State of Illinois * Internal Revenue Agent, Treasury Department, Federal Government * Vice President, Northern Trust Company * Vice President/Controller, Core Source, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill. * President, BAS, New Jersey * Treasurer/Controller, Illinois Ayers Oil Company * Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Nevada * President, Delta Health Care Management * Accountant and Financial Analyst, ADM * Credit Analyst, Great Southern Bank, Kansas City, Mo. * Auditor, Deloitte and Touche, St. Louis * Staff Auditor, Reliance Bank, St. Louis.