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Accounting: Comprehensive Examinations

Our Strength: Our Program

Comprehensive Exams are an important step in achieving a doctorate degree. Our exams are designed to test a student's competency in several academic areas that are critical to their discipline and support their research.

After completing required course work at the end of the second year, students complete a set of two qualifying examinations. The exams test a student's synthesis of the literature in the field and assess readiness to proceed to independent research. The exams include three components:

  1. Financial Accounting 
  2. Managerial Accounting 
  3. Auditing