The Bachelor's Degree Programin Accounting provides students with a core of accounting courses in preparation for a career in corporate accounting and an M.B.A. degree. In addition, the program helps students develop talents and interests through a wide selection of elective courses. Students are required to take courses in mathematics and business, as well as comprehensive liberal arts courses, which will provide them with perspectives into the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.

At Monroe, you'll develop expertise in these highly sought-after areas:

• Financial Accounting (manual and computerized)
• Accounting I (Bedford software)
• Budgeting (cash budgets, sales budgets, production budgets, etc.)
• Cost Accounting for manufacturing companies
• Standard Costing
• Income Tax Preparation (manual and computerized)
• Preparation of payroll

Computerized Accounting II (Accounting using Excel; Peachtree Accounting; ACCPAC-Simply Accounting; and Integrated Accoutning)

Accountants and Auditors help to ensure that firms are run efficiently, their public records are kept accurately, and their taxes paid properly and on time. Accountants provide many business and accounting services including public management and government accounting, as well as internal auditing, to their clients.

Specific job duties vary among the major fields of accounting: public, management, government accounting, and internal auditing.

The following are a sample of the many career options open to Monroe graduates in the field of accounting:Staff Accountant, Public Accountant, Staff Internal Auditor, Management Accountants, Government Accountants and Auditors and Tax Accountants, Budget Analysts, Cost Estimators, Loan Officers, Financial Analysts and Revenue Analysts

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