Transcript Acct/Econ Maj. - Marshall University

What is Accounting?
Practice and body of knowledge concerned primarily with (1) methods for
recording transactions, (2) keeping financial records, (3) performing internal
audits, (4) reporting and analyzing financial information to the management,
and (5) advising on taxation matters. It is a systematic process of identifying,
recording, measuring, classifying, verifying, summarizing, interpreting and
communicating financial information. It reveals profit or loss for a given period,
and the value and nature of a firm's assets, liabilities and owners' equity.
Accounting provides information on the (1) resources available to a firm, (2)
the means employed to finance those resources, and (3) the results achieved
through their use.
Read more:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/accounting.html#ixzz1rhCmaLGV
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What is Economics?
Economics is the study of how people choose to use resources.
From: http://www.aeaweb.org/students/
American Economics Association
AEA Undergraduate Student Web Site
The average salary for accounting majors is up 3.7 percent to $50,500. For
these graduates, the top industry—in terms of number of hires—is
accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services, with an
average salary of $47,050. Highest-paying employers of accounting
majors, however, were securities, commodities, and financial investments
employers; the average salary in this industry stands at $53,910.
http://www.jobsearchintelligence.com/NACE/jobseekers/salary-calculator.php#
http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/NACEWeb/Research/Salary_Survey/Repor
ts/SS_January_exsummary_4web.pdf
Economics majors currently average $54,400—up 6.3 percent over the
average posted in 2010. The most likely explanation for this: Securities,
commodities, funds, trusts, and other financial investment firms are both
the largest employer for these graduates and provided the highest
average starting salary—$77,640.
http://www.jobsearchintelligence.com/NACE/jobseekers/salarycalculator.php#
http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/NACEWeb/Research/Salary_Survey/Repor
ts/SS_January_exsummary_4web.pdf
Careers for Economics Majors
Students find that the major provides an excellent stepping stone for jobs in
the private sector, including careers in:
Investment banker
Financial analyst
Insurance broker
Consultant
Economic analyst
Statistician Trade specialist
Professor
Trade researcher
Business management
Department of Commerce
Federal Reserve Board
Department of Labor
Treasury Department
Department of Agriculture