The Certified Public Accountant (CPA) requirements in the overwhelming majority of states, including Virginia, require 150 credits (undergraduate and/or graduate credit) with varying requirements across the states for particular coursework.  The curricula for students majoring in accounting are differentiated based on a student's intent to pursue graduate study in accounting. 

• Pursuing Graduate Accounting Study:  emphasize undergraduate interdisciplinary study and graduate specialization. 
• Not Pursing Graduate Accounting Study:  emphasize undergraduate specialization in accounting.

Interested in accounting?  Check out the Gibbs Society!  Gibbs provides career insight and helps students network with current professionals.  Each year, the Gibbs Society invites different speakers from the accounting world to speak on various topics.  Some speakers and visiting companies from this past year include:

• Deloitte
• KPMG
• Ernst & Young
• Johnson Lambert
• Navigant Consulting
• Beers & Cutler
• Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Check out the Gibbs Accounting Society today!

An accounting major provides you the background to succeed in today's business environment. 

• Prepare for continuing accounting education
• Learn from specialized courses
• Prepare for the CPA exam
• Improve critical thinking
• Develop an understanding of today's best practices

A concentration in accounting helps to bring into focus your major in an accounting context.  Nearly all aspects of business rely upon accounting as a foundation.  The accounting concentration:

• Provides a financial and managerial context
• Increases understanding of how accounting fuels change
• Teaches students to find creative solutions with strong quantitative support