Winter Field Experience

We are proud to announce a second successful year of our Winter Field Experience program. This year, approximately 1/3 of the MAcc Class of 2012 will take advantage of the WFE program.

Winter Field Experiences provide students with the chance to work 8-9 weeks during busy season: early January through early March. This year's employers include the Big Four, Grant Thornton, regional powerhouse Dixon Hughes Goodman and private industry. Locations range from New York to DC to California to Taiwan and many points in between.

Students apply for the program during the fall recruiting process. The WFE often provides the first crucial step in building a successful career and is especially valuable for those students who have not yet had the chance to pursue an accounting internship.

Students who pursue a WFE still graduate with the class in May. While students arrange their individual programs of study in consultation with the Director, a typical schedule might include the following: 3 credits of Tax and Cost taken in August before fall classes begin, 15 credits of fall semester classes, 3 credits of Business Law pursued during the Winter Field Experience in a blended format and a final 9 credits taken during the last half of the spring semester.

Is it rigorous? You bet. But students who have chosen the Winter Field Experience option wouldn't have it any other way.