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Accounting Program Overview
Our major in Accountancy prepares students
for accounting careers in businesses, not-for-profit agencies
and government. MacMurray also offers a Major in Business Administration
with emphases in Management, Marketing, Finance, Accounting,
and International Business.
Our accounting major combines a well directed liberal arts education and a solid
study of business administration with an in-depth study of accounting. The ability
to communicate, both orally and in writing, are emphasized throughout the program.
Viewing business from a global perspective
begins in the freshman year and continues to be emphasized
throughout the program. Small class size and a caring faculty
enhance the learning experience.
Program of Study
Freshman Year
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Accounting I
- Principles of Accounting II
- Microcomputers and Business Applications
- Rhetoric 101
- Rhetoric 102
- Laboratory Science
- Breadth Requirement or Elective
Sophomore Year
- Intermediate Accounting I
- Intermediate Accounting II
- Business Finance
- Principles of Management
- Statistics for the Social Sciences
- Cultural Environment of International Business
- Rhetoric 103
- Ideas 210
- Ideas 211
- Breadth Requirement or Elective
Junior Year
- Advanced Accounting or Auditing
- Cost Accounting
- Federal Income Tax
- Business Law
- Business Communications
- Ideas 310
- Ideas 311
- Breadth Requirement or Elective
- Elective
Senior Year
- Advanced Accounting or Auditing
- Principles of Marketing
- Business Communications or Logic
- Ideas 400
- Breadth Requirement or Elective
- Elective
Internships
Internships are encouraged for juniors and seniors concentrating in all areas
of Business Administration and Accountancy. Internships provide exposure to and
experience in the professional worlds of businesses, charitable organizations
and government.
Faculty members in the Business Department, working with the Director of Career
Services, assist students in obtaining internship positions and oversee the supervision
of the student during the experience. The positions vary from a few hours per
week to full-time and from unpaid to entry-level. Positions have been held in
government agencies, charitable organizations, financial institutions, businesses
and accounting firms. Some are in the Jacksonville area and some are near the
students' homes or in other major metropolitan areas.
Faculty Biographical Sketches
Our faculty brings a broad range of educational and
professional experience to the classroom.
Kathleen White, M.A.
Associate Professor of Business
Kathleen White holds master's degrees in both psychology
and business administration. Professor White has over ten years of teaching
experience at MacMurray. She specializes in management, marketing and
international studies.
E-mail: kathleen.white@mac.edu
Charles Smith, D.A.
Associate Professor of Business
Charles Smith has a Doctor of Arts in economics with
a concentration on the teaching of college-level economics and finance
from Illinois State University. His major teaching interests are Macroeconomics,
Microeconomics, Business Finance and Investments, and Statistics and
Research Methods. His research interest is in evaluating the impact and
effectiveness of different teaching techniques and innovations. He has
seven years of full-time college teaching experience and eight additional
years of part-time teaching. For 29 years he was a civil engineer with
the Illinois Department of Transportation. He has been active in the
Illinois National Guard for almost 30 years. He is an active member of
a United Methodist Church in Springfield.
E-mail: charles.smith@mac.edu
Because our business faculty is small in
number, we make use of part-time faculty to strengthen our
programs.
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