Accounting, BA

University of Illinois Springfield accounting professors bring real world professional experience to the classroom. Our curriculum will teach you how to combine your knowledge of accountancy, information technology, business strategy and decision-making technologies to develop and guide business policies at the highest levels.

Through a combination of course work and internship experience, students in this rigorous program will be exponentially prepared to sit for professional accounting exams upon graduation.

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The University of Illinois Springfield team earned second place in the 2024 Community Bank Case Study Competition, hosted by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS). The UIS team partnered with INB in Springfield.

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The University of Illinois Springfield Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance has launched a new job shadowing program for undergraduate students to help them learn from experts in the field.

Gutierrez says he chose the UIS MS in Finance program because of the excellent reputation of UIS and that the program was entirely online and affordable. He advises future online students to do their work early in the week, as "competing priority can arise as the week progresses, making it difficult to dedicate adequate time to your studies."

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The University of Illinois Springfield College of Business and Management has awarded nearly $4,000 in prizes to local high school students who competed in a virtual stock trading competition. Spearheaded by UIS Assistant Professors of Finance Serkan Karadas and Tammy Schlosky, the competition included more than 80 students.

CFA Institute Research Challenge:

The CFA Institute, one of the leading global organizations for finance professionals, organizes the CFA Institute Research Challenge competition. Colleges around the globe send students to this competition, and students first compete regionally and if they are successful, they can go all the way to the global competition. As part of the competition, students write an equity research report on a publicly traded company that is selected by a local CFA society.

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Government contracts and audit fees

Government contracts have recently attracted much attention from researchers and the public because of the US government's significant spending on goods and services. In this study, we investigate whether audit fees are associated with audit clients' government contracts. We find that firms with a higher proportion of government sales to total sales pay higher audit fees than other firms. Our further analysis shows the audit premium is driven mainly by the federal government and local government contracts.

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The Creation of One Truth: Single-Ledger Entries for Multiple Stakeholders Using Blockchain Technology to Address the Reconciliation Problem.

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