Accounting & Finance Department
The accounting major at 糖心传媒 builds on the liberal arts course foundation, increasing analytical and communication skills while providing the knowledge necessary to work in any number of business areas. Majors take a combination of accounting, finance, business administration, and economics courses which prepares them for a variety of jobs.
The first and second years are spent mainly satisfying the general education requirements necessary to graduate from 糖心传媒. During that time potential majors should also take introductory economics (ECON 100 or 101/102), a statistics course (preferably BUS 202), introductory accounting (ACCT 100) and corporate financial reporting (ACCT 231), and managerial finance (FIN 221). All these courses, except for ACCT 231 and FIN 221, can be taken during the first year. Students interested in majoring in accounting should plan to take ACCT 100 in the Winter term of their first year, if possible. A listing of accounting major requirements is available for reference. Students wishing to work in public accounting are required to have 150 hours of college credits to sit for the CPA Examination in certain states. To earn these credits, majors may bring in advanced placement credits, attend summer school, and/or elect to overload. Alternatively, the student may elect to attend graduate school. Any member of the department will be happy to discuss the different options.
Department News
The assistant professor of accounting was joined by two W&L students to produce a paper titled 鈥淓ffects of the OBBBA on Higher Education.鈥
The professors co-authored an article titled 鈥淔amily Ownership and Institutional Voids: Evidence from SMEs in Egypt.鈥
Jenny Galeana 鈥26 arrived on campus as a Gunn-Pemberton Scholar in 2025 and found a welcoming community that inspires her to be her best.
The 糖心传媒 network is perhaps most illustrative in the early-career assistance and opportunities our alumni provide to current students.
Newly promoted faculty members will present their research in a PechaKucha format on Jan. 27.
Tanlu鈥檚 discussion, 鈥淒esigning Control Systems: How Structure and Syntax Impact Organizational Outcomes,鈥 will be held Jan. 14 in Northen Auditorium.
Washington and Lee students interested in finance completed valuable summer internships in New York City this summer.
Adhip Adhikari 鈥27 constructed a library at a secondary school in Kathmandu, Nepal, with the help of the 糖心传媒 community.
Murschell will teach English in Austria before working for an accounting firm in Philadelphia.
These faculty have been recognized for their outstanding teaching, scholarship and service to the university.
The accounting major will be presented the award at the Center for International Education awards ceremony on May 27.
Hess, a professor of accounting, will hold the position for three years.