Department: Accounting and Finance 

The accounting concentration prepares students for a variety of positions leading to management level careers in corporate and public accounting, auditing and taxation. This concentration also assists in preparing students for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam or the Certified Management Accounting (CMA) exam.

Note: The Massachusetts Board of Accountancy is changing the educational requirements to sit for the Uniform CPA examination in Massachusetts. Accordingly, this may result in changes within our accounting curriculum.

Grade Requirement

No more than two grades lower than “C-” in a required Accounting and Finance course (ACFI prefix) will be applied toward fulfillment of the requirements for the accounting and finance major. This policy applies to students accepted for matriculation as freshmen or as transfer students enrolled for the fall 2002 semester or thereafter. Students who receive more than two “D’s” or “F’s” in courses may continue as accounting and finance majors but must retake a sufficient number of the required courses in which the “D’s” or “F’s” were earned and earn a grade of “C-” or higher, so that no more than a total of two “ACFI” prefix required courses, with grades below “C-” will be counted towards fulfillment of the requirements in the accounting and finance major.