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The Olin Business School Accounting program focuses on infusing students with a broad base of knowledge and the necessary research skills to enjoy a robust career as a university educator and researcher.
Program Overview
Olin doctoral students in Accounting focus on issues in two areas. One is the role of financial information in facilitating the operations of capital markets; the other is assistance for managers planning and controlling the way institutions operate.
Degree Requirements
Year 1
Five economics courses:
- Two semesters of Microeconomics (Econ 503 & Econ 504)
- Two semesters of Quantitative Methods (Econ 511 & Econ 512)
- One semester of Econometrics (Econ 513)
Research Proposal/Summer Paper Submitted in August of Year 1
Years 2 and 3
Four accounting doctoral seminars:
- Financial Accounting (664): offered spring semesters of odd-numbered years (full course)
- Applied Empirical Research in Accounting (665): offered spring semesters of even-numbered years (full course)
- Management Accounting Research (661): offered summers of even-numbered years (half course)
- Auditing Research (667): offered summers of odd-numbered years (half course)
Students take each course twice. Course work includes referee reports, written exams and research proposals/papers.
Accounting Comprehensive Exam (August of Year 2)
Research Paper II (presented in December of Year 3)
Students will meet formally with their committees three times per year until completed.
Year 4
Concentration-specific seminars:
- Students pursuing financial accounting will need to take finance seminars – at least two of four minis in corporate finance and two of four minis in asset pricing.
- Students pursuing other accounting concentrations will need to take seminars in related disciplines.
Students also work with a faculty member on teaching methods and techniques, present a substantive topic (depending on teaching interests) to faculty and students, and complete and defend dissertation.
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