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150 hour licensure requirement is effective in August 2009. Accordingly,
students selecting the Accounting-CPA major as a path to becoming a
CPA must meet with the Chair of the Department of Business
Administration and Accounting early in their academic careers to plan
their course of study.
The Accounting-General major allows students more flexibility within the
accounting discipline. For example, students can choose courses that
focus on managerial accounting and work toward taking the CMA exam
and becoming professional management accountants.
The accounting minor offers advantages to all Hartwick students. It is a
natural complement to majors in economics, information science,
business administration, and mathematics, among others. The minor
helps prepare students for careers in business or in organizations that
interact with business. It also provides an excellent foundation in the
language of business for students planning to pursue graduate study in
business administration.
A result of the interdisciplinary nature of the accounting program is the
ease in double-majoring (e.g., accounting and economics, information
science, or business administration) or minoring in a related discipline
(e.g., economics, finance, or business administration). For additional
information, contact the department.
Finance Minor
Careers in finance include corporate finance officer, stockbroker, portfolio
manager, financial analyst, banker and financial consultant. The three
main areas of finance are corporate finance, investments and financial
institutions. The finance minor will provide a foundation in these areas as
well as in the related disciplines of accounting and economics.
A focus of the minor is corporate finance, which involves decision-making
within a firm. Corporate finance topics include underlying finance theory,
financial analysis and planning, bond and stock valuation, working capital
management, strategic long-term investment and financing decisions, and
international financial management.
The finance minor will be beneficial for a student considering a career as a
professional chartered financial analyst. The first of three professional
exams tests finance, accounting, economics and quantitative methods.
The interdisciplinary finance minor’s courses in finance, accounting, and
economics are a good beginning in preparing for this professional exam.
Faculty
Accounting and Finance Faculty: Thomas G. Sears, CPA, chair; Stephen A.
Kolenda, CPA; Priscilla Z. Wightman, CPA
Courses
141 Principles of Accounting I (4 credits) The first of two courses
designed to provide the fundamentals of accounting; focuses on the
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