Accounting
The Department of Management and Accountancy provides undergraduate degree programs of excellence in Management, Accounting, and Industrial and Engineering Management. The department’s business programs are accredited by AACSB International—Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The department’s mission is to develop lifelong learners who are effective communicators and who understand that learning is a collaborative, reflective process that requires the integration of knowledge from many sources. Our distinctive setting within a small public liberal arts university contributes to our focus on the human element in management decisions. Our size facilitates intellectual interaction among students and faculty. This interaction, as part of our emphasis on excellent teaching and active learning, encourages students to become effective contributors to their future professional and social environments.
Departmental Objectives
Upon graduation, students will be able to:
Integrate discipline-based knowledge with knowledge from the different areas within the Department of Management and Accountancy and from the Humanities and other university courses.
- Consider perspectives from a variety of cultures and value systems when addressing the human element of management.
- Develop and apply critical thinking skills.
- Develop and apply problem solving skills.
- Understand the skills associated with effective leadership and constructive participation.
- Demonstrate competency in written and oral communication.
- Demonstrate competencies in the use of business-related technology.
- Alumni will be able to continually integrate new concepts, ideas and behaviors into their knowledge base.
Program of Study
The core includes required courses in accounting, management, economics and statistics, all designed to give majors a basic understanding of the business world and a solid background in accounting.
The program’s two accounting emphases areas build upon that foundation.
The Financial Accounting emphasis prepares students for the Certified Public Accountant examination and for positions in the public accounting field.
- The Managerial Accounting emphasis is for those interested in obtaining Certification in Management Accounting and pursuing careers in the private sectors of business and industry.
Faculty
All full-time members of the accounting faculty hold doctoral degrees or professional certifications. Local leaders in business, industry, health care, government agencies and the legal profession contribute their expertise through guest speaking engagements in the classroom and the UNCA Accountancy Association.
The End Result
This combination of first-rate faculty and curriculum contributes to the program’s proven success. Accounting graduates normally sit for the CPA or CMA exams and have consistently performed above the national average. They are at work in all areas of professional accounting: in the public and private sectors, small firms and large corporations, government agencies, banking and in business for themselves. Some of our graduates continue their formal education by entering law school or other graduate programs, building on the solid foundation their undergraduate accounting degree provides.
In a recent alumni survey, 97 percent of Accounting graduates interviewed said they would choose the same major if they were starting college all over again. The Accounting program at the University of North Carolina at Asheville prepares students to pursue professional careers successfully in this diverse and rewarding field.
More Information
Department of Management
and Accountancy
110 Owen Hall, CPO #1850
UNC Asheville
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804-8507
828.251.6554