Department of Accounting and Finance

The Accounting and Finance Faculty at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics are dedicated to providing students with a proactive foundation for careers in accounting and finance. Our programs provide students with strong theoretical foundations while emphasizing practical applications.

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.  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.

Our students have the opportunity to participate in practical experiential learning activities; e.g., internships with public accounting firms, the Accounting Student Association, and the Atkins Investment Group - a student run organization involved with managing an all equity portfolio of approximately $50,000.

At the graduate level, we offer a Concentration in Finance in most of our MBA programs. We also offer a Master of Science in Accounting program. Launched in 2000, this 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!

2008 Excellence in Teaching:  Emily Xu, Assistant Professor of Accounting; Faculty Excellence Awards 2008

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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 conducted by Jeffrey Sohl, director of the UNH Center for Venture Research and professor of entrepreneurship and decisions sciences at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, and William Johnson, assistant professor of finance at the Whittemore School.
	10th UNH Undergraduate Research Conference Features More Than 850 Students UNH Media Relations - In 2008, UNH's Whittemore School of Business and Economics had so many students presenting their research (more than 100) that the school will have its own daylong symposium within the URC 2009.
	UNH students help others and themselves Business First - Lauren Freedman, an accounting major at the University of New Hampshire, wasn't sure which area of accounting she wanted to pursue after graduation, but a volunteer experience assisting low-income residents file their taxes has turned out to be just what she needed to help her make the decision.