Why Choose Accountancy?

An accounting education can lead to a highly respected and rewarding career. Accountants routinely earn incomes that are in the top 5 percent of the community in which they may live. If you elect to major in accounting, you may prepare yourself for a variety of accounting careers in industry, government, not-for-profit organizations, and public accounting. Many accountants are self-employed, operating their own business.

The Accountancy program at Ferris State integrates a liberal arts foundation with a professional field of study. The emphasis is on applied, hands-on training, including internships that prepare the student to step into a job immediately upon graduation. Because of this, Ferris graduates are readily able to apply what they have learned in the “real world”, giving them an advantage over graduates from other universities.

Why Choose Accountancy with MS-ISM?

Michigan and most other states require 150 hours of university course work to be licensed as a Certified Public Accountant. Junior year Bachelor of Science in Accountancy program majors may apply for fourth year dual enrollment in Accountancy and Master of Science in Information Systems Management. By adding the MS-ISM to the existing CPA baccalaureate program as a fifth year, students interested in entering the CPA profession will get the appropriate training in accounting, satisfy the 150 minimum credit hours required to practice as a licensed Certified Public Accountant, and earn a career enhancing graduate degree.

Our Information Systems Management (ISM) masters program has been developed for individuals who wish to acquire the skills necessary to enter the information technology (IT) profession, or IT professionals who need to enhance and/or broaden technical and associated IT management skills.   The MS-ISM program focuses on the concepts and skills for effective leadership and includes concentration choices in emerging areas such as outsourcing management and several technical areas with growing career potential.

Admission Requirements

Applicants are expected to meet 3 of the 4 criteria listed below in order to be placed directly into a College of Business bachelor/associate degree program. Any mitigating circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the College of Business Dean’s Office.

Applicants not meeting the above criteria for direct admissions into a specific COB program, but still meeting Ferris State University admissions criteria, will be placed into the College of Business in the Pre-Business program until they meet the admission criteria for the program into which they desire entrance. Transfer student admission criteria can be found on the transfer student webpage.

Graduation Requirements

The Bachelor of Science in Accountancy is awarded to those individuals who have completed the 124 required credit hours with a minimum 2.0 GPA in their core classes, in their major, and overall.

The MS-ISM is awarded to those individuals who have completed the 39 required credit hours with a minimum accumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater and no course less than 2.0.

More Information

Accountancy, Finance & Information Systems
119 South Street, BUS 212
Big Rapids, Mi 49307-2284
Phone: 231-591-2434
E-mail: AFIS@ferris.edu

The College of Business is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP.)
http://www.acbsp.org/p/st/ld/&sid=s1_001