Welcome to the

Accounting & Finance

Department

Harrington Hall – Room 103

508-531-1395

The Accounting & Finance Department

Note that all students in the Accounting & Finance Department, majorin Accounting & Finance. Within that major, you have a choice between two concentrations, either Accounting or Finance.

Finance ConcentrationsIf you plan to concentrate in Finance, please see the Finance Planning Guide.

Accounting ConcentrationsIf you choose Accounting as a concentration, please see the Accounting Planning Guide.

Our Accounting program is 150-hour compliant, meaning that we satisfy the education requirement to sit for the Uniform CPA exam in Massachusetts. Students may do this by completing the MSA (Masters in Accountancy) degree. Please note that qualified students must apply separately to the masters program. Admission is selective and competitive.

Finance Concentration

Requirements

ACFI 100 - Fundamentals of Financial Reporting

ACFI 200 - Financial Accounting

ACFI 305 - Business Law I

ACFI 350 - Managerial Accounting

ACFI 385 - Managerial Finance

ACFI 406 - Legal and Regulatory Processes

ACFI 455 - International Finance

ACFI 465 - Options and Futures Markets

ACFI 476 - Insurance and Risk Management

ACFI 485 - Capital Budgeting

ACFI 486 - Real Estate Investment and Finance

ACFI 490 - Investments

COMP 105 - Computers and Their Applications:An Introduction

ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics

ECON 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 210 - Statistics for Economics and Business

ECON 315 - Money and Banking

MATH 144 - Applied Calculus for Business

MGMT 130 - Principles of Management

MGMT 200 - Marketing Principles

MGMT 360 - Fundamentals of Information Systems

MGMT 426 - Service Operations Management

MGMT 490 - Strategic Management

Accounting Concentration

Requirements

ACFI 100 - Fundamentals of Financial Reporting

ACFI 200 - Financial Accounting

ACFI 305 - Business Law I

ACFI 350 - Managerial Accounting

ACFI 340 - Intermediate Accounting I

ACFI 341 - Intermediate Accounting II

ACFI 385 - Managerial Finance

ACFI 406 - Legal and Regulatory Processes

ACFI 430 - Cost Accounting I

ACFI 466 – Federal Taxation

ACFI 470 – Financial Info Systems/Control

ACFI 492 - Intermediate Accounting III

COMP 105 - Computers and Their Applications: An

Introduction

ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics

ECON 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 210 - Statistics for Economics and Business

MATH 144 - Applied Calculus for Business

MGMT 130 - Principles of Management

MGMT 200 - Marketing Principles

MGMT 426 - Service Operations Management

MGMT 490 - Strategic Management

Elective – ACFI 460 Advanced Accounting I

Elective: ACFI 445 - Auditing

Grade Policy for Accounting and

Finance Majors

•A minimum grade of “C-” is required in ALL Accounting and Finance courses (ACFI) toward fulfillment of the requirements for the accounting and finance major.

•This policy applies to students accepted for matriculation as freshmen or as transfer students enrolled for the fall 2014 semester or thereafter.

•Students who receive a “D” or “F” in courses may continue as Accounting and Finance majors but must retake the required courses in which the “D’s” or “F’s” were earned and earn a grade of “C-” or higher, so that no “ACFI” prefix required courses, with grades below “C-” will be counted towards fulfillment of the requirements in the accounting and finance major.

Accounting and Finance E-mail

ALL matriculated BSU students have access

to free e-mail accounts. Once activated,

please check your e-mail regularly for

information.

Note: Students need to use their

Bridgewater email account for our

University’s Blackboard system and many

faculty members do not respond to non-

Bridgewater email accounts.

Academic Advising in the Accounting

and Finance Department

You will be assigned an Academic Advisor in the Accounting & Finance Department. Our departmental policy is that students see their own, assigned, advisor. This individual is available to you during the regular academic year (Fall and Spring semesters). Please be sure to see this individual before the end of every semester to be advised. If you are not marked as advised by your assigned Academic Advisor, you will not be allowed to register for classes.

Please note that advisors are not available during the Summer.

Departmental Honors Program

The Accounting and Finance Department offers a

Departmental Honors Program. This program

provides an opportunity for well-qualified Accounting

and Finance majors to conduct independent research

and scholarly study in accounting and finance.

Interested students please contact Professor Caitlin

Finning-Golden, Ext. 2308 or email

caitlin.finninggolden@bridgew.edu for further

information concerning eligibility and application.

Below are some useful contacts and URL web addresses which

will be useful for

BSU Accounting and Finance majors.

Accounting & Finance Administrative Assistant:Betsy Scarbrough, Harrington Hall - Room 103 elizabeth.scarbrough@bridgew.edu or ext. 1395

Official Accounting-Finance Department Blackboard Site:VC 111-001 Dept. of Accounting & Finance - For Students

Internship Opportunities:Students interested in Accounting/Finance Internship opportunities:Dr. Shannon Donovan, Harrington Hall - Room 103Ds1donovan@bridgew.edu

Accounting/Finance Club:Prof. Mark Crowley, Harrington Hall - Room 103F mark.crowley@bridgew.edu

Recommendations for

Transfer Students

RequirementsACFI 200 - Financial AccountingACFI 305 - Business Law IACFI 350 - Managerial Accounting ACFI 340 - Intermediate Accounting IACFI 385 - Managerial FinanceACFI 406 - Business Law IICOMP 105 - Computers and Their Applications: An IntroductionECON 101 - Principles of MicroeconomicsECON 102 - Principles of MacroeconomicsECON 210 - Statistics for Economics and BusinessMATH 144 - Applied Calculus for Business

Overriding a Prerequisite

If you want to

enroll in an upper-

level course

without having the

exact prerequisite,

you must have the

following form

approved, allowing

you to enroll in the

course.

Make sure you have the correct CRN numbers for registration

noted in the yellow box on the sample registration form )

Accounting and Finance Lab

The Accounting and Finance Department offers peer tutoring

at the ACFI Desk in the Academic Achievement Center

located in the ground floor of the Maxwell Library. Students

who need help with their Accounting and Finance classes are

welcome to drop-in or make an appointment.

For more information call 508-531-3025 or visit our website

at: my.bridgew.edu/departments/AccountingFinanceLab/SitePages/Home.aspx