Accounting

Ohio Dominican University's Accounting program provides knowledge of accounting concepts and principles, built on a strong foundation of business theory and grounded within a liberal arts curriculum.  
 

Why Choose ODU for your Accounting Degree?

ODU Accounting students can participate in, and obtain free membership to, Future Accounting Profesionals (FAP), an on-campus student organization. FAP typically hosts four events every year. Past events have included resume writing seminars, panel discussions with alumni and meet the professions events to introduce students to professional organizations.

Qualified students have the opportunity to participate in Delta Mu Delta (DMD) Honor Society. DMD provides international, academic recognition for undergraduate and graduate business students who excel in their academic studies.

Accounting students participate in the Financial Education Teaches Children Healthy Habits (FETCH) program each year.

ODU’s Accounting program has an Educational Partnership with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). ODU is provided educational material for Fraud and Forensic Accounting Courses and students are given discounted student memberships and discounts to take the CFE exam.

Each Accounting major is assigned an Accounting faculty as an Academic Advisor.

Facts about the Program

• ODU’s Accounting program is aligned with Certified Public
  Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant
  (CMA) exam knowledge area requirements.

• ODU Accounting students typically compete in two National
  Accounting competitions; The American Institute of Certified
  Public Accountants (AICPA) Accounting Competition, and
  The Association of Government Accountants
  Accounting/Finance Case Challenge.

    • AICPA 2011 Competition: ODU had the only team in
      Ohio to place in the top ten.

    • AICPA 2010 Competition: ODU was the only college or
      university in the country to have two teams place in the top ten.

    • AICPA 2010 Competition: ODU finished third in the nation.

    • AGA 2011: ODU’s Graduate team finished second in AGA
      First Annual Graduate Case Challenge.

    • AGA 2010 Undergraduate Case Challenge Champions. ODU
      placed first in the AGA National Undergraduate Case Challenge.

Faculty Highlights

Robert Osborne  

Assistant Professor Robert Osborne is the May 2008 recipient of the Conley Award for "Outstanding Teacher" at Ohio Dominican University. Professor Osborne was nominated for the 2008 Outstanding Ohio Accounting Educator by the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, and was nominated again in 2009 for the Outstanding Ohio Accounting Educator by the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

  

Margaret Gilmore 

Professor Gilmore has several years of professional experience as a CPA, including 10 years with “Big 4” international accounting firm Deloitte with its tax consulting group. ODU recognized Assistant Professor Maggie Gilmore as its 2011-2012 Faculty Adviser of the Year for Future Accounting Professionals. In addition, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants named Professor Gilmore to serve as an AICPA CPA Ambassador starting 2012.