Ball State University
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The accounting program at Ball State University Miller College of Business is currently one of only 166 in the world to be granted accreditation by the AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The quality of the accounting program is enhanced by the fact that the department's class sizes are kept small to encourage interaction between students and teachers. Accounting courses are taught by full-time faculty members, three-fourths of whom are Certified Public Accountants and hold a doctoral degree.
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Contact Information
Ball State University
Miller College of Business
Department of Accounting, WB 303
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-5100
Fax: 765-285-4312
Email: sewert@bsu.edu
Website:http://www.bsu.edu/accounting/
Description
There are approximately 200 accounting majors in the Miller College of Business. Approximately 40 percent of graduates begin their careers with public accounting firms in Indiana, and another 40 percent accept accounting positions outside public accounting. The "Big Four" public accounting firms recruit on Ball State's campus, as do numerous regional and local CPA firms, private businesses, governmental agencies, and not-for-profit organizations.
Accounting Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Accounting supports the missions of the Miller College of Business and the University by:
- Maintaining separate AACSB International accreditation as evidence of our commitment to quality education and continuous improvement.
- Providing high quality accounting education to our students with ample opportunities for them to learn to effectively operate in a competitive business environment.
- Making intellectual contributions through a mix of discipline-based, contributions to practice, and learning and pedagogical research that can be applied to the business environment and classroom instruction.
- Maintaining strong ties with the business community, especially the accounting profession.
- Providing strong support of student organizations to foster students' acculturation to the accounting profession.
- Providing responsible service to the accounting profession, the College, the University and academic organizations.
Ball State Accounting Club
Purpose The primary purpose of the Ball State University Accounting Club is to help accounting majors and potential accounting majors obtain information about available career opportunities. The goal is to bring practitioners from different accounting career areas to speak to our club members. Activities
Meetings are informal and typically consist of the speaker's presentation. Topics have included such things as: the services provided by Ball State University Career Center, campus interviews, office visits, and career opportunities in government accounting, not-for-profit accounting, public accounting, banking, manufacturing; and balancing personal life and career. Meeting dates and topics are announced in accounting classes and posted on bulletin boards.
History Ball State University Accounting Club was started in 1968.
Membership Eligibility Major: Any Membership: Students only Attendance: Three meetings per year required.
News and Events
Congratulations to the Department of Accounting graduates placing in the top 10 performers on the 2005 CPA exam! We now have six BSU accounting grads who have placed in the top 10 in the past three years.
CPA Exam Top 10, 2005
- #1 - Timothy Shoulders (BS '02), Zimmer Corporation (Warsaw, IN)
- #4 - Jeremy Klonowski (BS '03, MS '05), Somerset CPAs (Indianapolis, IN)
- #6 - Tricia Gruss (BS '04, MS '05), Ernst & Young (Ft. Wayne, IN)
CPA Exam Top 10, 2004
- #6 - Joseph Schroeder (BS '03, MS '04), Ernst & Young (Indianapolis, IN)
CPA Exam Top 10, 2003
- #9 - Michelle Bennett (BS '02, MS '03)
- #10 - Adlai Chester (BS '02, MS '03), Rutter Communications (Muncie, IN)
