C.W. Post Revamps Accounting Curriculum
Plans Calls for Creation of advisory Board and
"Smart Classrooms"
August 12, 1999 -- The School of Professional Accountancy at the C.W.
Post Campus of Long Island University has redesigned its curriculum to
include more high-tech courses, has created an advisory board consisting
of leading professionals in the accounting field, and is installing new
"smart classrooms" in the accounting school's headquarters.
The new undergraduate and graduate accounting curriculum has also been
designed to meet the new 150-hour education requirements of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Education
Department. New undergraduate and graduate courses that will be taught
in state-of-the-art "smart classrooms" include computer auditing,
web-based tax research and accounting information systems.
"This new curriculum will thoroughly prepare future accountants
and tax specialists to meet the challenge of dramatic changes in the areas
of technology, accounting and tax rules, and business practices,"
said Lawrence Kalbers, Associate Dean of the C.W. Post College of Management
and Director of the School of Professional Accountancy.
New State Approved Degree Programs: Revamped C.W. Post degree
programs approved by the New York State Education Department include:
- The Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy, a 129-credit
program which will continue to be CPA-licensure qualifying through the
year 2008, when the 150 hours will be required. This program will now offer
a new accounting information systems course.
- The Accelerated Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Accountancy,
which is a 150-hour CPA licensure-qualifying degree that can be completed
in five years (153 credits). It includes master's level concentrations
in professional accounting, information systems, and taxation. Students
qualify for a one-year reduction in the New York CPA experience requirement.
- Master of Science in Accountancy, which is a 150-hour CPA licensure-qualifying
30-credit program for qualified students with a B.S. in Accounting. Concentrations
are available in professional accounting, information systems, and taxation.
Core courses include financial reporting, accounting information systems,
computer auditing, and internet-based tax research tools. Students qualify
for a one-year reduction in the New York CPA experience requirement.
- Master of Science degree in Taxation is a 30-credit program
for qualified students with a B.S. in Accounting. The curriculum includes
internet-based tax research tools.
- Smart Classrooms: Construction is nearing completion for three
computerized smart classrooms in Lorber Hall, which will allow students
to hook-up laptop computers right at their desks and have direct access
to the Internet and their personal files. Smart classrooms also provide
professors with a projection system to display their computer screens or
other audio-visual output to the entire class. Following the lead of other
top rated universities like Stanford and MIT, C.W. Post's smart classrooms
will be one of the first of their kind at a Long Island institution.
- Advisory Board Formed: A newly formed advisory board will provide
guidance, assistance, and feedback to the School of Professional Accountancy
in the areas of curriculum development, student recruitment and retention,
fund-raising, student internships and full-time employment, and facilities
and resource utilization. Members of the Advisory Board are leading professionals
in the field of accountancy who currently hold, or recently have held,
positions as partners in public accounting or professional service firms;
or executive positions in corporations, government, or not-for-profit organizations.
Current board members include: Steve Burgess of the Internal Revenue
Service; James Clous of PricewaterhouseCoopers; Ellis Ende of Raich Ende
Malter Lerner & Co.; Alan Frank of BDO Seidman, LLP; Robert Israeloff
of Israeloff, Trattner & Co., CPA's P.C.; Ira Lamel of Ernst &
Young LLP; Howard Lorber, CEO of Nathan's Famous, Inc. and a graduate of
the C.W. Post School of Professional Accountancy; Charles Peluso of Margolin,
Winer & Evens LLP; Peter Rothman of Volt Information Sciences, Inc.;
Lawrence Waldman of KPMG; Adam Weisman of Deloitte & Touche LLP; Christopher
Wright of Arthur Andersen; and Charles Zwicker, retired professor from
the School of Professional Accountancy.
For more information contact Dr. Larry Kalbers at (516) 299-2092 or
lkalbers@liu.edu; or visit the School
of Professional Accountancy website at www.liu.edu/msacc
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu
or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
