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Accounting Major

Curriculum Overview

Topics covered include:

  • Accounting standards
  • Financial statement preparation
  • Product cost and budgeting
  • Taxation
  • Auditing, risk assessment, and control

Positions & Placements

This is just a selection of possible job titles and employers of this major. The UGA Career Center provides a more extensive list.

Sample Job Titles

  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Auditor
  • Budget Analyst
  • Controller

Prospective Employers

  • Coca-Cola
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Cox Enterprises
  • Mirant
  • Time Warner

Acceptance Criteria

What’s considered in your acceptance to the accounting major?

  1. ETS Proficiency Profile
    This is a standardized, multiple-choice assessment of the academic skills.
  2. Accounting Test
    This is a multiple-choice test that covers the content of ACCT 2101.
  3. Accounting course grades
    Grades in ACCT 2101 and ACCT 2102. Applicants currently enrolled in ACCT 2102 will be evaluated based on the grade in ACCT 2101.
  4. Statement of Purpose
    A brief essay (300-400 words) which describes your interest in the accounting major and your future goals.

Points of Pride

Rankings

One of the top accounting programs in the country, currently ranked 10th.

Student Quality

Accounting graduates who took the CPA exam for the first time recorded an 83 percent pass rate that ranked No. 4 in the country among large programs.

Faculty

For the past six years, the Tull School ranks No. 8 among public institutions in research productivity based on publications in the top 11 accounting journals.