Quick List: Degree Requirements
Accounting
Sophomore Year
- Accounting 201 - 202
- Economics 101-102
- Interdepartmental 201-202
Junior and Senior Years
You will do a minimum of six accounting courses from the following ten, though most of our majors choose to do at least eight:
- Accounting 211
- Accounting 320
- Accounting 321
- Accounting 330
- Accounting 340
- Accounting 355
- Accounting 356
- Accounting 360
- Accounting 395
- Accounting 396
The business administration elements of the program are handled in the following six Business Administration department courses that are required for the accounting major:
- Business Administration 205
- Business Administration 211
- Business Administration 217
- Business Administration 221
- Business Administration 340 or
- Business Administration 375
- What is Accounting at W&L?
- Degree Requirements
- After Graduation
- Internships
- Online Resources
- Mission
Accounting
After Graduation
Washington and Lee accounting majors have enjoyed great success in receiving offers of career positions in prestigious firms in recent years. Quite a number move into positions after graduation which come their way as a direct result of internships that they occupied during the summer following their junior year. See Accounting Department internships for more information.
Prominent among the firms that attract our accounting majors are such firms as:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Deloitte & Touche
- Ernst & Young
- Reznick Group
- Protivit
- J. P. Morgan
- Merrill Lynch
- Lehman Brothers
- Wacovia
About one-third of our graduating seniors are recruited by Big Four accounting firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte & Touche. Another third go to appointments in prestigious investment and commercial banking firms, such as J. P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Lehman Brothers, Wachovia, and Bank of America. The remaining third follow a variety of paths after graduation, including attending highly regarded law schools or graduate programs in business or accounting. Generally, up to about 90 percent of our senior class are recruited by early March for the positions they will take up after graduation.
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