Nerd Cool And now devotees of Spiderman comics

“Nerd”

“Cool”

And now, devotees of Spiderman comics can also follow the adventures of “The Prowler, ” a caped superhero, and his svelte wife, Mindy, who works by day as a bookkeeper and by night studies for the certified public accounting exam. Alison Leigh Cowan, “C. P. A. Rallying Cry: Dull No More!” New York Times. (Dec. 21, 1989): 1.

Accounting really matters!

Ever wonder why so many mergers make the CEO look like Superman? Odds are, it’s not the strategic fit. It’s the accounting. Shawn Tully, “The Earnings Illusion, ” Fortune. (April 26, 1999): 206.

Microsoft Corp. said it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commision for the way it has recorded revenue during its long boom times. The suit quoted electronic mail from the company’s former chief financial officer to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, urging that the company “should do all we can do” to “smooth” its profits and keep a “steady state earnings model. ” Lee Gomes, “Microsoft Says SEC Probes Its Accounting, ” The Wall Street Journal (July 1, 1999): A 3, A 12.

Accounting Today’s annual study of the nation’s leading tax, accounting and business services firms shows an industry enjoying frenzied demand from clients, breakneck growth in a broad array of service lines, and wallet-busting revenues and profits. Rick Telberg, “The Top 100: Going Strong into the millenium, ” Accounting Today (April 1999) 4.

Who are the major employers? • Professional Services • Industry • Government

Top Five Professional Service Firms. . .

Other Professional Service Firms. . .

Industry. . . American United Life Insurance Co. Dow Chemical Company Eli Lilly & Company Bank One Corporation IBM Corporation Motorola, Inc. Cummins, Inc. CNA Insurance General Electric Company John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. Lockheed Martin Control Systems Proctor & Gamble Company Quaker Oats Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc.

Government. . . • CIA • FBI • U. S. Army • U. S. Technical Services • Indiana University

How does Indiana University’s Accounting program prepare you for these careers?

• World Class Curriculum • World Class Facilities • World Class Faculty

World Class Curriculum U. S. News ranked our Accounting Program. . . 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 6. University of Illinois University of Texas University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California Brigham Young University 7. Indiana University 8. University of Florida 9. University of North Carolina 10. New York University

IU Accounting Programs Freshman Sophomore Junior Admission Senior 4 -year bachelors degree MBAa Core curriculum Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Admission to MPA ISS Other 4 -year graduates Tax track Consulting track E-Business track Assurance track MPA degree Tax track Consulting track E-Business track Assurance track MBAa degree Year 5

World Class Facility

MBAa Students “Plugged In”

New Corporate & Graduate Center

World Class Faculty

Faculty • • Steve Baginski Daniel Beneish Walt Blacconiere Joe Fisher Jim Grandorf David Greene Mike Groomer

Faculty • • Les Heitger Peggy Hite Pat Hopkins Laureen Maines Jerry Salamon Geoff Sprinkle Jim Wahlen

Should I look into Accounting as a major?

Am I willing to put in the effort to be the best I can be? YES NO

Am I interested in joining a highlyrespected profession? YES NO

Do I want to be well compensated? YES NO

Do I want a career that provides limitless professional options and paths? YES NO

Am I willing to put in the effort to be the best I can be? YES NO Curriculum is challenging, interesting, and broad.

Am I interested in joining a highlyrespected profession? YES NO Financial Accounting Standards Board The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information.

Do I want to be well compensated? YES NO Business-Undergraduate $40, 000 Masters of Business in Accounting $50, 000

Do I want a career that provides limitless professional options and paths? Yes NO Partner in professional service firm (assurance, tax, business advisory), chief financial officer, controller, professional consultant, investment analyst, etc. . .

Is this for you?

Panel Members. . . - Angela Grannan David Feinberg - - Kari Helms

Panel Members. . . Anna Millikan - - Sarah Hart Alex Kiefer -

Panel Members. . . Angela Grannan – Clifton Gunderson, L. L. C. David Feinberg – Crowe Chizek & Company Kari Helms – IBM Anna Millikan – Indiana University Sarah Hart – KPMG Alex Kiefer – Motorola