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Description of Accounting Major
Financial information provided by accounting professionals is instrumental to conducting a successful business. An accounting career consists of collaborating with other business professionals to make successful business decisions.
Public accounting firms, large and small business enterprises, and government and other not-for-profit organizations provide abundant and lucrative employment opportunities. Accountants develop expertise in such areas as financial accounting, managerial accounting, tax accounting, auditing, and accounting systems design.
RELATED SKILLS:
Adapt well to frequent change
Analyze and interpret data
Computer literacy
Critical thinking systemizing skills
Efficient
Logical thinking
Numerical computation
Oral and written communication
Organized
Problem solver
Team work
Work independently
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Explore Majors - What Can I Do With A Major In?
Your major is not your career. Of course it can be.
A chemistry major can become a chemist, a history major can become an historian. But it is much more likely that your career choices will be enormously varied, and not tied to a specific major at all.
The 21st century workplace will challenge you to have many different jobs and most probably multiple careers. Your major will provide you a broad range of skills which will enable you to stay marketable in the fast-changing work world.
As you explore majors, be sure and take advantage of the following areas: college course bulletin, professors, upperclassmen, college alumni, family, friends and your Career Development Center Networking Program -- most importantly, don't panic! We're here to help.
In addition to the majors listed at the right, IU Southeast offers a number of certificate programs and academic minors to help students round out or expand their academic profile.
Learn more about our certificate programs and minors.
