“Nerd”

“Cool”

And now, devotees of Spiderman comics can also follow the adventures of “The Prowler,” a caped superhero, and his

svelte wife, Mindy, who works by day as a bookkeeper and by night studies for the

certified public accounting exam.

Alison Leigh Cowan, “C.P.A. Rallying Cry: Dull No More!” New York Times. (Dec. 21, 1989): 1.

Accounting really matters!

Ever wonder why so many mergers make the CEO look like Superman? Odds are,

it’s not the strategic fit. It’s the accounting.

Shawn Tully, “The Earnings Illusion,” Fortune. (April 26, 1999): 206.

Microsoft Corp. said it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commision for the

way it has recorded revenue during its long boom times.

The suit quoted electronic mail from the company’s former chief financial officer to

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, urging that the company “should do all we can do” to “smooth”

its profits and keep a “steady state earnings model.”

Lee Gomes, “Microsoft Says SEC Probes Its Accounting,” The Wall Street Journal (July 1, 1999): A3, A12.

Accounting Today’s annual study of the nation’s leading tax, accounting and

business services firms shows an industry enjoying frenzied demand from clients, breakneck growth in a broad array of

service lines, and wallet-busting revenues and profits.

Rick Telberg, “The Top 100: Going Strong into the millenium,” Accounting Today (April 1999) 4.

•Professional Services•Industry•Government

Who are the major employers?

Arthur Andersen, LLP Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Ernst & Young KPMG Peat Marwich

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Top Five Professional Service Firms...

Accenture

American Express (AMG, MP) Cap Gemini Crowe, Chizek & Company Grant Thornton H & R Block (Katz, Sapper & Miller) Olive, LLP Clif ton Gunderson LLC

Other Professional Service Firms...

Industry...American United Life Insurance Co.Dow Chemical CompanyEli Lilly & CompanyBank One CorporationIBM CorporationMotorola, Inc.Cummins, Inc.CNA InsuranceGeneral Electric CompanyJohn Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.Lockheed Martin Control SystemsProctor & Gamble CompanyQuaker OatsSubaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc.

Government...

• CIA• FBI• U.S. Army• U.S. Technical Services

• Indiana University

How does Indiana University’s Accounting program prepare

you for these careers?

•World Class Curriculum

•World Class Facilities

•World Class Faculty

World Class Curriculum1. University of Illinois2. University of Texas3. University of Michigan 4. University of Pennsylvania4. University of Southern California6. Brigham Young University

8. University of Florida9. University of North Carolina10. New York University

U.S. News ranked our Accounting Program...

7. Indiana University

FreshmanSophomoreJunior

Admission to MPA

MBAa degreeMPA degree

4-yearbachelors degree

ISS

MBAa

Senior Corecurriculum

Tax trackConsulting trackE-Business trackAssurance track

Year 1Year 2Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

IU Accounting Programs

Other 4-yeargraduates

Admission

Tax trackConsulting trackE-Business trackAssurance track

World Class Facility

MBAa Students “Plugged In” MBAa Students “Plugged In”

New Corporate & Graduate Center

World Class Faculty

Faculty

• Steve Baginski

• Daniel Beneish

• Walt Blacconiere

• Joe Fisher

• Jim Grandorf

• David Greene

• Mike Groomer

Faculty

• Les Heitger

• Peggy Hite

• Pat Hopkins

• Laureen Maines

• Jerry Salamon

• Geoff Sprinkle

• Jim Wahlen

Should I look into Accounting

as a major?

YES NO

Am I willing to put in the effort to be the best

I can be?

YES NO

Am I interested in joining a highly-

respected profession?

YES NO

Do I want to be well compensated?

Do I want a career that provides limitless

professional options and paths?

YES NO

YES NO

Am I willing to put in the effort to be the best

I can be?

Curriculum is challenging, interesting, and broad.

Financial Accounting Standards BoardThe mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public,

including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information.

YES NO

Am I interested in joining a highly-

respected profession?

YES NO

Do I want to be well compensated?

Business-Undergraduate $40,000

Masters of Business in Accounting $50,000

Do I want a career that provides limitless

professional options and paths?

Yes NOPartner in professional service firm (assurance, tax, business advisory), chief financial officer, controller, professional consultant, investment analyst, etc...

Is this for you?

Panel Members...

- Angela Grannan

David Feinberg -

- Kari Helms

Panel Members...

- Sarah Hart

Alex Kiefer -

Anna Millikan -

Panel Members...

Angela Grannan – Clifton Gunderson,

L.L.C.

David Feinberg – Crowe Chizek &

Company

Kari Helms – IBM

Anna Millikan – Indiana University

Sarah Hart – KPMG

Alex Kiefer – Motorola