Accounting

Bachelor’s
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Average Class Size
Collaborate with your peers. Network with your professors. Connect to countless resources and career opportunities. All thanks to NGU’s smaller class sizes.
#3
For Lowest Debt Burden
Accounting is all about maximizing value and minimizing cost. NGU ranked #3 on the “Top 50 Christian Colleges and Universities with the Lowest Debt Burden” by Christian Universities Online (2016).

What Can I Do with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting?

Are you interested in individual financial planning or million-dollar corporate budget management? Both depend on a well-rounded and God-honoring financial approach. Prepare for a variety of careers rooted in accounting skills, including working as an auditor, financial planner, consultant, and CPA. Analyze budgets, solve financial problems, and create financial strategies. All through a Bachelor in Business Administration in Accounting at NGU.

Why Choose?

  • Our Internship Program: Apply your in-class studies to real-world situations through NGU’s Accounting Directed Internship program. Opportunities include the IRS, private CPA practices, local businesses, and various governmental agencies. Gain hands-on experience and build career-launching connections.
  • CPA Prep: Elevate and expand your career potential by becoming a licensed Certified Public Accountant. Upon graduation, you are fully eligible (and prepared) to sit for the uniform CPA exam. Career opportunities include income taxation, financial planning, forensic investigation, wealth management, and estate planning. Your options are endless.

Program Overview

  • Why NGU?

    At North Greenville University, you will grow academically and spiritually to become the transformational leader God has uniquely called you to be. All courses are taught from a Christ-centered perspective, integrating faith and learning. Wherever you are, NGU is here to help you reach your academic and professional goals.

  • Purpose

    To gain insight into contemporary accounting practices and expand your career potential by becoming a licensed CPA (Certified Public Accountant) while integrating Christian principles in your practice.

Sample Courses

Accounting Year 1

Year 1 Sample Courses

  • Composition and Rhetoric
  • Algebra
  • Biological Science
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Introduction to Business
Accounting Year 2

Year 2 Sample Courses

  • Accounting I and II
  • Psychology, Sociology, or Political Science
  • Business Law
  • Accounting with Excel/Quickbooks
  • Macroeconomics
Accounting Year 3

Year 3 Sample Courses

  • Microeconomics
  • Business Law
  • Intermediate Accounting
  • Financial Management
  • Business Report Writing
Accounting Year 4

Year 4 Sample Courses

  • Federal Income Taxation
  • Advanced Accounting I and II
  • Municipal and Governmental Accounting
  • Fraud and Corporate Responsibility
  • Auditing

Get to Know Our Faculty!

John B. Duncan, PhD, CPA
Dean, College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Jason W. Cote, MAcc
Instructor, Accounting
Caleb Martin, MAcc
Instructor, Accounting

Have Questions about the Accounting Program?

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Andrew Cropsey, PhD, MBA, CPA

Chair, Department of Accounting and Business
andrew.cropsey@ngu.edu
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