Why Accounting?

Accountants keep track of payments, financial positions, and 
transfers of capital or income for individual or institutional clients. 
Some are responsible for examining the tax implications of those 
actions. 

If you major in Accounting, you'll learn how to keep financial records 
of business transactions and how to prepare statements concerning 
assets, liabilities, and operating results. 

Many employers look favorably on students with significant 
computer proficiency or work 
experience in number-intensive jobs, and some job candidates 
enhance their profiles by earning a master’s degree in business, 
accounting, or finance. 

Accountants move to positions in bank operations, budgeting 
offices, financial analysis, management consulting, the FBI (where 
accountants track, analyze, and report on illegal interstate money 
transfers and hidden asset recovery-FBI accountants even brought 
down Al Capone), and full-service brokerage firms. It is not unusual 
to see an accountants become entrepreneurs and use their 
expertise to begin, manage, and nurture a start-up company 
as its financial officer (CFO).

While it's possible to be a general accountant, specialization is a Big 
Thing in this field. Many accountants specialize in auditing, taxes, or 
consulting. There are also several professional designations within the 
field of Accounting. There's your garden-variety CPA (Certified Public 
Accountant) as well as your CMA (Certified Management Accountant) 
and your CIA (Certified Internal Auditor). Keep in mind that you've got 
to pass an extremely challenging exam after graduation in order to earn 
any one of these titles, though. 

Click here for the SFSU Accounting Program and courses.

# of people in profession: 1,100,000 
Average hours per week: 45 
Average starting salary: $33,600 
Average salary after 5 years: $50,000 
Average salary after 10 to 15 years: $97,250 

Professionals read these: CPA Journal, 
Financial Accounting Standards Board publications, 
 Journal of Accounting, Tax Law Digest Book.
Films and TV Shows Featuring the Profession: 
The Producers, Midnight Run, Weekend at Bernie's, 
Paid in Full.

Major Associations:

American Institute of Certified 
Public Accountants 
1211 Avenue of the Americas  
New York, NY 10036-8775 
Tel: 212-596-6200
Fax: 212-596-6213 
Web: www.aicpa.org 

New York State Society of CPAs 
530 5th Avenue 5th Floor New York, 
NY 10036 Tel: 212-719-8300 
Contact: Public Relations 
Department Web: www.nysscpa.org 

All information above thankfully provided by the Princeton Review.
>>Accounting at The Princeton Review

SFSU Organizations:

Accounting Students Organization

Association of Government Accountants


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