Undergraduate

Accounting

Overview

Accountants are evolving from financial historians to the most trusted of business advisors, from tax return preparers to tax consultants, from reactionary overseers of accounting data to proactive developers of internal and external information for business decision-making. The accounting department values the Jesuit tradition of education and in that tradition, expects excellence in our students, our faculty, and our staff. We value integrity, accountability, and transparency as cornerstones of the profession in financial reporting and in the other disciplines of accounting. To major in accounting, you must apply.

* Important * Admission to the Accounting Program requires junior standing, a cumulative overall quality-point average of 2.5 or better, no grade lower than "C" in 200-level Accounting courses, and/or permission of the Department Chair.

Plan of Study

The accounting curriculum is concerned with conceptual understanding of accounting and accounting competence. Our objective is to enable students to comprehend the functions of accounting and the underlying concepts of accounting theory, and apply accounting knowledge to business problems. The program is designed to prepare students for leadership in the community and careers in governmental, managerial or public accounting; teaching positions; one of the sub-fields of accounting, such as tax, accounting systems, and others; and for further graduate professional training

Field of Concentration Curriculum

ACC 313 External Financial Reporting Issues (3 credits)
ACC 315 Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (3 credits)
ACC 319 Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (3 credits)
ACC 343 Principles of Taxation (3 credits)
ACC 377 Accounting Information Systems (3 credits)
ACC 423 Auditing (3 credits)
Three credits from the following (3 credits):
     ACC 493 Directed Independent Readings (1-3 credits)
     ACC 516 Special Managerial Accounting Issues (3 credits)
     ACC 521 Advanced Accounting (3 credits)
     ACC 544 Advanced Taxation (3 credits)
     ACC 579 Seminar in Accounting (3 credits)

Outcomes

Many nationally recognized firms recruit students from Creighton’s accounting program and place these graduates in locations around the world. While the majority of services offered by accounting in public practice consists of auditing services, the recent growth fields of this practice area include tax and business consulting, business valuations, litigation support, forensic accounting, fraud examination, and other services.

The average starting salary for a 2011 Creighton graduate in Accounting was $47,000.