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 1001/1002), a statistics course (preferably BUS 2002), introductory accounting (ACCT 1000) and corporate financial reporting (ACCT 2000), and managerial finance (FIN 2000). All these courses, except for ACCT 2000 and FIN 2000, can be taken during the first year. Students interested in majoring in accounting should plan to take ACCT 1000 in the Winter term of their first year, if possible.
Department News
Newly promoted faculty members will present their research in a PechaKucha format on April 14.
This year鈥檚 symposium will take place March 20-21 and address the intersection of corporate responsibility and sustainable development.
As a leader of the Peer Connections program, Allison hopes to help other students feel at home.
The 糖心传媒 Ethics Bowl team recently participated in an annual statewide competition.
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.
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.