Accounting and Financial Management Major

Hiram's Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Financial Management develops the student's ability to evaluate, analyze, and critique business strategies and transactions based on a complex body to accounting, tax, auditing and cost management principles.  The Accounting and financial management major further enables students to recognize the financial and economic impact of such business strategies, use and develop financial models to assist in the analysis of business strategies, and effectively communicate the results of such analysis.

For students who are not planning on careers in public accounting, the Hiram College bachelor's degree in Accounting and Financial Management prepares them for a variety of careers in business, industry, finance, non-profit organizations or government.

Students who wish to pursue a career in public accounting have two options:

• Additional undergraduate hours: Students may take extra courses at the undergraduate level to obtain the required 150 semester hours of college credit to sit for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination.
• Graduate School: Students may take the additional hours in a graduate school program of their choice.  Hiram College has an agreement with Case Western Reserve University that enables students to apply to be accepted at the end of their junior year to Case's Masters of Accountancy program, a program that begins after the student's graduation from Hiram College, either on a full or part-time basis.

Parallel LCCC Programs

Associates of Applied Business in Accounting

Admission Requirements

• 60 semester hours of credit toward the Associate of Applied Business in AccountingComplete the following courses:ACTG 151ACTG 265ACTG 251 & 252ECNM 151BADM 251FNCE 251ENGL 161 & 162MTHM 151 or 171Natural Science w/LabElective Humanities or Fine Arts
• GPA Requirements2.5 overall GPA at LCCC2.0 overall GPA in Business/Economics courses Earn at least a 2.0 overall GPA in Accounting course
• Earn at least a "C" in all courses
• Curriculum
• The curriculum will consist of 60 semester hours of coursework to include general graduation courses and the junior and senior-level accounting and business courses listed below.  Courses taught by Hiram College Faculty will be delivered via two-way interactive distance learning technology.

Core Coursework:

General Graduation/Elective Coursework: