Our Mission Statement

• Prepare accounting graduates for leadership roles in business, government, and nonprofit organizations,
• Conduct research that advances accounting and business knowledge,
• Perform service that benefits our College, University, and community, and
• Develop a reputation as a leading department of accountancy and taxation.

Objectives

Overall Teaching Objectives:

• Recruit quality students at the local, regional, and national levels.
• Offer quality education utilizing innovative and effective instructional methods.
• Offer instructional programs that rigorously blend theory and practical applications.
• Instill our alumni with a life-long commitment to the Department, College, and University.
• Impress upon our alumni the importance of life-long learning.
• Offer students opportunities for interactions with business leaders from the community.
• Provide students with distance and alternative education adapted to their needs.

Undergraduate Program Teaching Objective:

• Prepare students for accounting careers in industry, government, and nonprofit organizations.

Graduate Program Teaching Objectives:

• Prepare students for leadership positions in public accounting, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations.
• Prepare students to pass the uniform CPA exam.
• Provide students with integrated courses geared towards decision making in a global business environment.

Doctoral Program Teaching Objectives:

• Prepare students for successful careers in accounting education and research.
• Place graduates in academic institutions with strong research and educational requirements.

Research Objectives:

• Publish articles of theoretical and empirical significance in high quality academic journals.
• Publish articles with practical implications in widely read professional journals.
• Publish instructional cases, textbooks, and other materials that facilitate the learning process.
• Develop faculty with national reputations.

Service Objectives:

• Participate in academic and professional organizations at the local, regional, and national levels.
• Engage and lead in the decision-making processes of the College and University.
• Serve as a resource to the College, University, and community.
• Host regional and national conferences.