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Accounting 303
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Accounting 303 Summary
Throughout the duration of class on Friday the 27th, the main
professions that were discussed consisted of Academia, Government,
and Non-For Profit sectors of Accounting. The guest speakers during
the lecture were Susan Scholz who is the KU School of Business
Associate Dean, Stephanie Goings who is a Senior Auditor at the Office
of Inspector General, Robin Potts who is the Finance Director at
Harvesters, and Jeff Carlstedt who works for CBIZ as a Public Auditor.
Susan Scholz was the first speaker and talked about a career in
Academia. The main topics discussed were pursuing tenure versus
non-tenure. One of her first points that stuck in my mind was the
structure of accounting for outcomes opposed to timeliness. Moving
along the tenure track requires teaching, research, service, and of
course a PHD. Steps needed to attain tenure are generally two years of
class (statistics, existing research), 2-3 years of dissertation to become
an apprentice, and then an additional 5 years of work to become an
assistant professor. If you do well as an assistant professor and get 2-5
major journal publications you can get promoted to associate
professor. After continuous administrative work, diverse class
teachings, and about 5-10 years of experience you can transition from