Accounting

Why Choose Accounting?
Are you a person who enjoys working with people and who has an analytical mind? Then accounting may be the career choice for you. We no longer sit in dark cubicles with green eye shades. We are interacting with people, advising management of corporations large and small, constantly learning new things, generating new ideas, and traveling to places near and far.

At Wingate University, you will participate in small classes with professors who have professional experience as well as academic degrees and professional certifications. You will get to know your fellow students and the accounting faculty very well, both in class and out. You will have an opportunity to become a member of a student chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) as well as gain real-life experience through an internship.

Possible Careers:

• Certified public accounting (CPA)
• Certified internal auditor (CIA)
• Certified management accountant (CMA)
• Certified financial manager (CFM)
• Private or government sectors
• Investigative sciences

Curriculum
Note:  General Education Requirements including B.A. or B.S. requirements - 51-53 credit hours (must include Math 117 or 120, Economics 221, and Religion 482).  Please see the Wingate University Academic Catalog for details.  A total of 125 credit hours and an exit examination in the major with a passing grade are required for graduation.

Business School Core Required Courses- 33 credit hours
Accounting 253 and 254
Business 305, 308, 323, and 417
Economics 222
Finance 318
Management 302
Marketing 301
Computer Science 110 

Requirements for the accounting major (27 credit hours):

• Accounting 313 & 314 (Intermediate Accounting I & II)
• Accounting 325 (Cost Accounting)
• Accounting 421 & 422 (Advanced Accounting I & II)
• Accounting 427 & 428 (Federal Income Tax I & II)
• Accounting 431 (Auditing)
• Computer Science 330 (Management Information Systems)

Requirements for the accounting minor (18 credit hours):

• Accounting 253, 254, 313
• 3 courses (18 hours) selected from any 300 or 400 level accounting courses

CONTACT:
Mr. Joseph Graham
Professor of Accounting and Dean
graham@wingate.edu
704-233-8147