Academic Information
Audit and Controls
The primary objective of the audit and controls concentration is to prepare graduates for careers in the assurance function whether in public accounting, internal auditing, or government. Because the audit and controls concentration provides for greater breadth, students seeing careers in corporate accounting frequently choose this concentration. In recent years, graduates of the assurance concentration have accepted positions with Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dixon Hughes, Cherry Bakert, & Holland, LBMC, Pugh & Company, Pershing Yoakley and Associates, Rodefer Moss, IBM, Home Depot, Department of Energy, State of Tennessee, and other organizations. Students in the Assurance Concentration must take the following courses: |
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Taxation Concentration
The tax concentration is a challenging curriculum that prepares students for tax careers in public accounting, private industry, and governmental agencies. In addition to technical tax skills, students learn how to find answers to tax issues using web-based research services and, perhaps more importantly, how to communicate their research findings in writing and in oral presentations. Thus, the concentration seeks to develop the whole tax professional. Students in the Taxation Concentration must take the following courses: |
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