Bachelor in Rechnungswesen

BS Accounting

The School of Accountancy’s mission is to foster Enlightened Practice, Professional Achievement, Knowledge Creation, and a Commitment to Community among its students, graduates, faculty, and others engaged in the accounting profession and related disciplines.

• Enlightened Practice means ensuring that our graduates understand the theory and practice of accounting and its ramifications on society, the profession, and organizations.
• Professional Achievement includes accomplishment at each level of one’s career and commitment to lifelong learning, competence, and integrity.
• Knowledge Creation means scholarship which improves our understanding of accounting, the practice of accounting and the process of educating future accountants.
• Commitment to Community is the process of giving of oneself both to the community that supports one’s efforts and achievements and to the community at large. Commitment to Community is a vital aspect of the accounting profession and is critical to the School’s ongoing success.

Our programs achieve this mission by emphasizing technical knowledge and analytical ability, interpersonal skills and intercultural understanding, and ethically-based leadership and social responsibility. In the School of Accountancy, students learn to integrate accounting concepts and business applications in the context of communication, ethics, values, and technology. This integration is accomplished in the undergraduate business core and in the School of Accountancy core.

The School of Accountancy’s strengths includes the following:

• an established reputation as a provider of quality programs
• highly qualified faculty who emphasize teaching and relevant research
• student access to faculty—both individually and in relatively small classes
• innovative curricula
• emphasis on state-of-the-art technology throughout the curricula
• emphasis on practical experience
• a rigorous educational experience

The degree prepares students to work as strategic business advisors who can analyze and understand today’s complex business environment. Students gain expertise in the traditional accounting areas of managerial accounting, financial reporting, systems, auditing, and tax, as well as in the nontraditional areas of technology, marketing, strategic planning, and finance. The School of Accountancy offers a bachelor of science in accounting (BSAcc), a master of accountancy (MAcc), and a dual degree option that allows completion of the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years.

Refer to the appropriate sections of this bulletin for the admission, retention, and graduation requirements for the School of Accountancy, which differ from the general requirements of the Daniels College of Business.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the BSAcc are to prepare students for entry-level positions in accounting. In this program, students will learn how to

prepare and interpret financial statements for business enterprises; use accounting data to evaluate performance and enable decision-making; apply the principles related to the design, integrity, and effectiveness of accounting information systems; explain the role of auditing in society, including auditing procedures and reporting requirements; apply federal tax laws pertaining to individuals; and Analyze the legal, ethical, and legislative constructs that govern the conduct of business.

About the University of Denver

Founded in 1864—just a few years after the city of Denver itself was founded—the University of Denver is one of the country's premier private universities. The University's 125-acre campus, a few miles south of downtown Denver, is home to more than 11,500 students hailing from all regions of the United States and 83 other countries. The University offers:

• more than 100 undergraduate programs of study.
• more than 120 graduate and professional programs.

Regardless of what they inquire, the students embark on a personal educational journey that helps them find and follow their individual purpose.

COLLABORATIVE, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Our students work closely with faculty, peers and members of the community on projects, research, and fieldwork. They cross disciplines to discover new perspectives and approaches to problem-solving. In and out of the classroom, our students learn by doing, whether they're collecting data in the field or putting theory into practice in a clinical setting.

MAKING AN IMPACT, LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY

Not only do we work to improve our immediate community, but we send our students and faculty abroad for study and research with wide-ranging impact. Just as important, we welcome students and faculty from all over the world to bring new ideas and insights to our campus. Through local and international service learning programs, our students have worked alongside communities everywhere from downtown Denver to Africa, Europe, Asia and beyond. Research led by our faculty and students has made a tangible difference in a huge range of fields, generating new medical technologies, environmental safeguards, archaeological discoveries and much more. But the most significant impact the University has is through its alumni. When they leave here, the students go on to make meaningful and lasting contributions to their professions and their communities.

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