The Department of Accounting and Finance prepares students for careers in this field. Programs provide a strong theoretical foundation while emphasizing practical application.
Students participate in experiential learning activities such as internships with public accounting firms, the Accounting Student Association, and the Atkins Investment Group—a student-run organization involved in managing an all-equity portfolio of approximately $50,000.
Undergraduate Accounting Option
The undergraduate Accounting Option prepares students for a career in accounting and for certification exams, such as CPA, as well as entrance to our Master of Science in Accounting program.
Undergraduate Finance Option
The undergraduate Finance Option exposes students to all three major branches of finance: investments, corporate, and financial institutions. It also helps students planning to sit for the CFA exam.
Graduate Degree Programs
The department offers a Concentration in Finance in most MBA programs and a Master of Science in Accounting program. Launched in 2000, the MSA program draws from among the best students at the University and maintains a virtually perfect placement record. Obtaining a Master's degree is a necessary requirement for taking the CPA exam in most states, including Massachusetts and Maine. Check out Wild Accountants, the MSA newsletter.
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Nat’l angel investing up 12%
Following a contraction in 2008 and 2009, optimism in national angel investing continued in 2011, according to a new report by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
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Former Shoeshine Boy Learns to Beat the S&P 500
One day, when Colin Kelley '12 was an eighth grader at Hampton Middle School in New Hampshire, his mom gave him a tip about a job opportunity opening up at her place of business, Fisher Scientific, a Hampton-based, healthcare equipment maker.
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UNH Experts Discuss Investing in Uncertain Times of an Election Year March 7
DURHAM, N.H. – Are you wondering what impact this year’s elections and the global economy will have on your investments? If so, come hear what University of New Hampshire faculty and alumni experts have to say about the impact of recent market...
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WSBE professors advise students in rough job market
As the class of 2012 enters its last semester of college, many are nervous about entering the ‘real world' in the current economy. In the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, some professors share that nervousness, while some are hopeful for the next group of...
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How to Capitalize on the ‘January Effect’
Renewed optimism that drives resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking and save money also affects market performance, according to Stephen Ciccone, a professor of finance at the University of New Hampshire. And just as this hope too often wanes in the days and weeks following the...
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Don't Wait Until January To Play the January Effect
Stephen Ciccone and Ahmad Etebari, professors at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics, reviewed stock market performance from 1926 to 2006 and found that January produced "the highest returns of any month of the year." Their...
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Q & A with Brian Bolton
I tell my students that the two most important things to think about when it comes to finance are: risk and leverage. When those two principles are ignored, the results are devastating, as we have found as a country.
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UNH Center for Venture Research: Angel Investors, VCs Look at IPOs Differently
New research from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire...The research is presented in the working paper "Initial Public Offerings and Pre-IPO Shareholders: Angels Versus Venture Capitalists." The research was...
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MSA Newsletter
Wild Accountants is a publication of the Graduate Accounting Program at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824. The editor is Afshad J. Irani, PhD, Director, Master of Science in Accounting.
Issue 2 (May 2009)
