Accounting Concentration
Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Science in Management degree, with a concentration in Accounting, is designed to focus on accounting theory and practice. Throughout the program, students will gain the necessary skills to identify, measure, communicate, and interpret economic information. The field of accounting offers a variety of career choices that include, but are not limited to: positions in public accounting, tax preparation, management accounting, and financial consulting.
| First Year | Credit hours | |
|---|---|---|
| AC121 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| CM105 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| CS101 | Computer Concepts and Applications | 3 |
| CS245 | Management Application and Information Systems | 3 |
| EC101 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| EC102 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| EN101 | English I | 3 |
| EN102 | English II | 3 |
| IS105 | Common Experience | 3 |
| MA107/117 | College Algebra/ Finite Math |
3 |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
| Second Year | Credit hours | |
| AC122 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| AC204 | Income Taxes | 3 |
| FI201 | Pinciples of Business Finance | 3 |
| LA204 | Business Law | 3 |
| MA121 | Basic Statistics | 3 |
| MG201 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MG202 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MK201 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| PS101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| Lab Science Elective | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 31 |
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| Third Year | Credit hours | |
| AC201 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| AC202 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| IS210 | Professional Development for Internship* | 1 |
| MG304 | Leadership and Ethics |
3 |
| MG315 | International Management | 3 |
| MG321 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| PS315 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| Free Electives | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 30/31 | |
| Fourth Year | Credit hours | |
| AC301 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| AC401 | Auditing | 3 |
| 300- or 400-Level Literature | 3 | |
| CS400 | Project Management | 3 |
| MG303 | Managerial Communications | 3 |
| MG390 | Management Internship*** | 3 |
| MG435 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MG441 | Business Policy and Strategic Management | 3 |
| MG450 | Senior Project*** | 3 |
| Free Electives | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
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| ***Accounting focus. Minimum credits required for graduation--121/122. |
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Graduate Competencies
Potential Careers and Earnings
Donna Brady is a Certified Public Accountant licensed to practice accounting in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy at Northeastern University, where she graduated with honors. Additionally she holds two masters degrees, one in taxation from Bentley University and one in Applied Management from Lesley University. She has over 20 years teaching experience, which includes adjunct teaching positions at Bentley University, Suffolk University and Western New England College. For the past 10 years she has taught Accounting and Tax courses at Fisher College. Donna has been working in the field of accounting for over 35 years. Her experience ranges from starting as a Bookkeeper at a small high tech company to becoming a Supervisor at the international accounting firm, Coopers and Lybrand (now Price Waterhouse Coopers).
"In 1988 after working in industry for many years, I made the decision to establish an Accounting firm. While I was trying to build a client base, I decided to teach on a part time basis. I immediately fell in love with teaching and the students that I taught. It was a wonderful combination of practicing in a profession that I truly enjoyed and being able to introduce the subject of accounting and taxation to students. Because I have been a practitioner for a number of years, my approach to teaching is hands-on. I believe that students benefit from hearing about real life situations. Since the day that I started, I have loved teaching accounting at Fisher College. Over the years, I have had students from all over the United States and the World. I have come to know most of them on a personal level and have learned about their culture and background. Also, I have met a number of students that have the same background as me. In fact many of them graduated from the same high school that I did, Cambridge High and Latin (now Cambridge Rindge and Latin.)"