Pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting at Lycoming College! Gain critical skills, internships, and study abroad opportunities. Apply now!
Lycoming's accounting department boasts an enduring tradition of rigorous courses, excellence in teaching, and highly successful placement of graduates. Intimate class sizes and faculty with extensive corporate experience encourage and enable Lycoming students to develop strong critical thinking, writing, and research skills, which are the foundation of effective accounting. Lycoming’s 150 credit hour and 128 credit hour tracks provide students with the choice to pursue a career as a Certified Public Accountant or prepare for a position with public, private, industrial, governmental, and not-for-profit organizations. The astounding breadth of opportunities within Lycoming’s accounting department allows students to flourish as adaptable, scrappy, and intelligent future accountants. Student Opportunities: Gain teaching experience as a tutor in the accounting lab or the Academic Resource Center. Join the Accounting Society student organization or be inducted into Sigma Beta Delta (the accounting honors society). Attend educational excursions to alumni-owned businesses, large accounting firms, banks, and financial firms in major metropolitan areas. Pursue a paid internship in public accounting, industry and government through the WISE Program. Work on projects and publications alongside faculty to receive departmental honors and further explore areas of interest like corporate fraud, international reporting standards and pension plans. Earn scholarships to continue your education through organizations like the American Institute of CPAs and Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs. Study abroad in London or Prague.
