College of Business and Technology
Department of
ACCOUNTING/FINANCE
Go directly to:
- Steve Hall, Chair
- Professors: Borden,
Carstenson, Elder,
Hall, Morgan,
Smith, Swinney
- Associate Professors: Camp,
Frickel, Seaton,
Trewin, Young
- Assistant Professor: Hayes
Department Objectives:
The Department of Accounting/Finance exists to provide University of Nebraska at
Kearney students with the accounting, finance, and legal knowledge necessary to compete in a global business environment.
Specifically, the Department:
- provides all students of the University preparing for careers in business the foundation
knowledge in accounting, finance and business law necessary to communicate in a business
organization;
- provides accounting students preparing for careers in public practice, private industry,
government, and not-for-profit organizations a substantial foundation in accounting, as
well as critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills;
- provides finance students preparing for careers in corporate finance,
banking, investment counseling, and government financial services a substantial foundation in finance,
as well as critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must
take at least 50% of their major area credit hour requirements from the College of
Business and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
- All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must
take a minimum of 30 of their last 36 hours of credit needed for their degree from the
University of Nebraska at Kearney.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR
The Department of Accounting/Finance offers two emphases in this major:
- Business Administration Comprehensive Option - Bachelor of Science Degree
(Select one Emphasis; two Emphases maximum)
For additional areas of emphasis see Department of
Management and Department of
Marketing and Management Information Systems.
A minor in Accounting or Finance is available for students pursuing majors in other disciplines.
Courses with the prefixes BACC and BFIN are offered by the department.
