Accounting and Financial Management Major

Degree Requirements

All students are required to complete overall degree requirements in addition to their major.  Please see Degree Completion Requirements for full details for students entering in the 2024-2025 catalog year. 

Those students who started at Hiram prior to the 2024-2025 academic year will follow the Degree Requirements outlined in your catalog of record.

Major Requirements

Students may only double major in two disciplines from the Scarborough School of Business & Communication with permission from the program faculty. Students must develop a proposal to outline how they will achieve breadth of knowledge in the two disciplines chosen. 

Students must have a C- or better in the core courses, except for ACCT 48000 SENIOR CAPSTONE, and must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the major. Students must earn the C- in a prerequisite course before moving on to the next course. Additional correlative requirements are as follows:

To complete the major, a minimum of 9 credit hours of accounting and financial management electives must be completed (all 9 hours must be completed through Hiram College). Additional electives may be added to the curriculum, and internships performed for academic credit can also count towards the 9 credit hours needed. Electives should be chosen in consultation with an advisor in the program and may focus on a specific career path including

1. preparation for the CPA examination, graduate school, and/or a public accounting career,
2. industry and managerial accounting, and
3. finance.

Recent graduates in accounting and financial management have found employment in top tier and regional public accounting firms, in governmental and non-profit organizations and in a number of public and private institutions as financial analysts, financial planners, auditors, cost accountants and tax accountants. Many of our students have also continued their studies in Master of Accountancy programs to prepare to become Certified Public Accountants. Hiram’s accounting program has cooperative agreements with Case Western Reserve University, Ohio Northern University, Bowling Green State University, and Baldwin Wallace University to accept qualified Hiram accounting major graduates into their Master of Accountancy programs.

Pathway

Must maintain minimum Major GPA of 2.00