Sample Courses
- Auditing
- Intermediate Financial Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- Taxation Accounting
Popular Electives
- Controllership
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Forensic Accounting
- Governmental and NFP Accounting
- Seminar in Professional Accountancy
Recent Internships
- Big Four accounting firms in NYC and Rochester
- Large regional and national accounting firms
- NYC-based regional and national accounting firms
- Rochester-based regional accounting firms
- Other WNY accounting firms
- Public company corporate accounting
- Private company corporate accounting
Alumni Spotlight
Allison Ludlow Brown ’19, ’20 MS, CPA
Major: Accounting
Career: Brown is a senior tax associate at Baker Tilly US, a leading advisory, tax, and assurance firm.
Accounting Major
Why study accounting at Geneseo?
Geneseo’s accounting major provides outstanding preparation for careers in professional and corporate accounting as well as many other areas in business and finance. It offers a deep foundation in financial, managerial, and taxation accounting in addition to electives in governmental NFP accounting and other cognate disciplines.
Accounting is the comprehensive business discipline, exposing students to issues and practices in everything from operations, marketing, and HR to financing and capital budgeting.
The accounting faculty encourage students to explore all aspects of accounting and provide students with a wealth of practical, career-oriented guidance in addition to academic advising. Many accounting students double-major or add minors, with popular areas of study including finance, international relations, languages, and history.
Program Options
Additional Options
Program Highlights
- School of Business AACSB accreditation, renewed in 2022
- Registered by NYS to qualify graduates to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy (CPA) exam
- Award-winning faculty with a mix of PhDs, CPAs, and SUNY-system awards for excellence and distinction in teaching
- Dedicated in-house Career Coach who provides job search support and guidance
- Active and committed alumni networks throughout WNY and in cities such as NYC, Boston, Chicago, and Charlotte
- Student activities such as on-campus Meet the Accountants night and annual weekend trip to NYC
- Faculty mentorship for students in the Accounting Society, the CFA Research Challenge, and directed studies
- Very competitive student performances on the CPA exam
- Consistent job placement rates from the high 90s to 100%
- VentureWorks entrepreneurial training and networking program for students interested in building a high-tech, soft-tech, or low-tech start-up company
Example Career Fields
- Public accounting, with dozens of industry and technical specializations to choose from
- Income tax specialization, with a focus on compliance and planning and specialization areas in personal or entity taxation
- Finance, with most corporate finance practitioners having a strong background in public accounting
- Entrepreneurship, with specific practical knowledge about taxation and performance measurement useful when starting own business
- Teaching at secondary, college, and university levels
Recent Employers
- BDO USA
- Berdon LLP
- The Bonadio Group
- Constellation Brands
- Defense Contract Audit Agency
- Deloitte
- EisnerAmper LLP
- Ernst & Young
- FBI
- Grant Thornton LLP
- IRS
- KPMG International
- Mazars
- NYS Department of Taxation
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- RSM US
Recent Grad Schools
- Boston College
- Harvard Law School
- Notre Dame
- UT Austin
Contact Info
Harry Howe, Distinguished Teaching Professor
howeh@geneseo.edu
South Hall 107
585-245-5465
