College of Business and Technology

Department of
ACCOUNTING/FINANCE

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• BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR
  • Business Administration Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
    • Accounting Emphasis
    • Finance Emphasis

  For additional areas of emphasis see departments of Economics, Management, and Marketing and Management Information Systems.

• Minor in Accounting
• Minor in Finance
• ACCT Courses
• FIN Courses

• Steve Hall, Chair
• Professors: Borden, Carstenson, Elder, Hall, K. Smith, Swinney, Trewin
• Associate Professors: Eschenbrenner, Frickel, Hayes
• Senior Lecturer: Dusch
• Lecturer: Borchers

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.

College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements

• 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.
• All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology are required to complete 3 hours of designated Experiential Learning (EL) coursework.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR

The Department of Accounting/Finance offers two emphases in this major:

1. Business Administration Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
   (Select one Emphasis; two Emphases maximum)
   • Accounting Emphasis
   • Finance Emphasis

For additional areas of emphasis see departments of Economics, Management, and Marketing and Management Information Systems.

A minor in Accounting or Finance is available for students pursuing majors in other disciplines.

Courses with the prefixes ACCT and FIN are offered by the department.