Accounting
http://accounting.wharton.upenn.edu
Accounting Concentration Advisor:
Professor Victor Defeo - 1311 SH-DH (215-898-4895)
The Accounting Department at Wharton offers courses in financial, managerial and cost accounting, tax planning, auditing, international accounting, accounting for decision-making and control and accounting for mergers and acquisitions. Although strong quantitative skills and attention to detail are important qualities for an accounting concentration, students need to acquire other skills as well. Many students find the accounting concentration to be useful preparation for careers in consulting, investment banking, general management, public accounting, and securities analysis.
ACCT 101 and 102 are required and must be completed prior to taking upper-level courses for the concentration.
Required:
- ACCT 201 Intermediate Financial Accounting (1st Semester)
- ACCT 202 Intermediate Financial Accounting (2nd Semester)
One of:
- ACCT 203 Cost Accounting
- ACCT 243 Accounting for Mergers Acquisitions& Complex Financial Structures
One of:
- ACCT 203 Cost Accounting
- ACCT 205 Tax Planning and Administration
- ACCT 208 Auditing
- ACCT 230 International Accounting
- ACCT 242 Financial Accounting: Analysis & Reporting Incentives
- ACCT 243 Accounting for Mergers, Acquisitions & Complex Financial Structures
- ACCT 297 Taxes and Business Strategy
- FNCE 207 Corporate Valuation
For those students concentrating in accounting and anticipating sitting for the CPA exam, we strongly urge taking the following accounting courses: 101, 102, 201, 202, 203, 205, 208, and 243.
Wharton's overall curriculum and the accounting concentration are registered with the various states. Anyone planning on taking the CPA exam in a particular state should contact that state board for its requirements. A summary of the states' requirements can be found at www.nasba.org.
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