Bachelor of Science in Accounting
The mission of the accounting degree at Gwynedd-Mercy College is to prepare graduates to enter the accounting profession, to participate and advance the goals of the profession and to achieve personal success. The degree should ready the graduate for a career in public accounting with the objective of becoming a CPA if desired, while preparing them for practice in government or industry.

Where do GMC Accounting Graduates Work?
Recent graduates in the accounting program have obtained jobs with the following employers

Big 4 Public Accounting firms
Regional Public Accounting firms
Internal Revenue Service
Department of Defense
Private Industry

Internships in Accounting
Increasingly, students preparing for accounting professions value the internship experience. More than 70 percent of the most recent graduates in accounting participated in an internship during their academic careers.

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Bachelor's Degree Curriculum

General Education Core (48 Credits)

Prerequisites (18 Credits)
ACC 105 Principles of Accounting I
ACC 106 Principles of Accounting II
CIT 101 Introduction to Desktop Computing
BUS 101 Business Theory
ECN 102 Microeconomics
ECN 103 Macroeconomics

Management Core (24 credits)
BUS 207 Principles of Marketing
BUS 230 Business Law
BUS 301 Principles of Management
BUS 310 Principles of Finance
BUS 306 Business Statistics I
BUS 340 Business Statistics II
BUS 304 Business Ethics
BUS 4000 Business Capstone

Accounting Core (27 Credits)
ACC 205 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 206 Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 301 Managerial Accounting
ACC 305 Cost Accounting
ACC 315 Personal Taxes
ACC 316 Investment and Business Taxation
ACC 405 Advanced Accounting
ACC 406 Auditing
ACC 407 Fraud Auditing

ACC 440 Internship or Electives