Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Build foundational skills in accounting, management, finance and statistics to pursue a career as a financial analyst, auditor, tax professional, cost accountant or controller.
Your skill set will give you the flexibility to work across the private, nonprofit or governmental sectors.
You’ll navigate financial accounting reporting and auditing, learn to make business decisions by interpreting financial data, and embody the responsibilities and ethics required of accounting professionals.
Do more in real time
- Master data analytics tools and theories you’ll use on the job.
- Learn how to manage an investment portfolio.
- Study managerial economics at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy.
- Provide free tax filing services to low-income taxpayers.
- Leverage an accounting internship into a full-time job.
- Add an optional one-year MBA.
Core accounting courses give you a foundation in financial and management accounting, taxation, analysis, auditing, accounting information systems and reporting procedures.
Required courses fulfill the general education goals for entering the accounting profession and meet the requirements established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and California Board of Accountancy educational requirements of the California CPA Certificate. (A total of 150 units is required.)
Don’t just learn something. Live it.
At Marymount, you’ll gain real-world experience in real time.
Start your search with the Internship & Career Planning Office. We’ll help you create your resume, search for internships and jobs, prepare for interviews and perfect your networking skills.
Where our students have interned
- American Automotive Resources Group
- American Honda Finance Corporation
- Finance of America
- FlixBus, Inc.
- New Times Media Group
- Accounting firms
- Deloitte
- Enterprise Holdings
- Oracle
- Raytheon
- Toyota
Start your MBA
Add a Marymount MBA to any bachelor’s degree and graduate in as little as one year. We’ll help you tailor an MBA that accelerates your career. Get started on your MBA as a Marymount undergrad.
Cool class: Voluntary Income Tax Assistance
Assume the role of a tax professional as you work with real clients. In this class, you’ll provide free tax preparation assistance to low-income taxpayers.
David Padovan
David mastered QuickBooks in an accounting internship and is now a staff accountant at the car rental company Enterprise Holdings, one of the largest private companies in the country.