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Consistently ranked as one of the top five accounting programs in the nation, the USC Leventhal School of Accounting is well known for its strong ties to the business and accounting communities. The school's location, just minutes from the Los Angeles financial district, and its position within the highly rated Marshall School of Business provide students with exceptional career opportunities.
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The Leventhal School of Accounting is dedicated to maintaining a leadership position in accounting education and research. We are committed to educational programs that seek to establish in each graduate the potential for career development into the highest executive levels of public accounting, controllership, financial management and management of accounting information systems. The accounting curriculum explores not only the state of the art but also seeks to explore the accounting discipline's future structures and directions. Relevant concepts and techniques from other academic disciplines are drawn upon and integrated into all accounting programs.
Accounting education has been an integral part of the School of Business Administration since its establishment in 1920. With the inception of the School of Business Administration, the Department of Accounting offered a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting. The Leventhal School of Accounting was established in 1979, joining less than a dozen other leading institutions in the nation emphasizing formal professional accounting education. The Leventhal School of Accounting continues to rank as one of the premier AACSB-accredited accounting programs in the nation.
Currently the Leventhal School of Accounting undergraduate program offers a Bachelor of Science, Accounting degree within which a student may choose the accounting track, the accounting information systems track or the graduate track. Honors students may be eligible for admission to the progressive degree, an efficient way to complete both undergraduate and graduate degrees. An accounting minor is also offered to students outside the Marshall School of Business. The graduate programs include a Master of Accounting, a Master of Business Taxation and, in conjunction with the Law School, a Juris Doctor/Master of Business Taxation. A Ph.D. degree with an accounting major is offered through the doctoral program in the Marshall School of Business.
USC Leventhal School of Accounting
(213) 740-4838
FAX: (213) 747-2815
Email (graduate students): levgrad@usc.edu;
(undergraduate students): levugrad@usc.edu
www.marshall.usc.edu/lsoa
Administration
Randolph P. Beatty, Ph.D., C.P.A., DeanJames G. Manegold, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Shirley Maxey, M.A., Associate Dean, Master's Programs
Mildred G. Penner, M.A., Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs
Faculty
Alan Casden Dean's Chair at the Leventhal School of Accounting: Randolph P. Beatty, Ph.D., C.P.A.George Bozanic and Holman G. Hurt Chair in Sports and Entertainment Business: S. Mark Young, Ph.D.*
Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair in Accountancy: Kenneth A. Merchant, Ph.D., C.P.A.
Joseph A. DeBell Professor of Business Administration: Mark L. DeFond, Ph.D., C.P.A.
Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting: William W. Holder, D.B.A., C.P.A.
KPMG Foundation Professor of Accounting: K.R. Subramanyam, Ph.D.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers Professor of Auditing: Zoe‑Vonna Palmrose, Ph.D., C.P.A.
USC Accounting Associates Professor of Accounting: Sarah E. Bonner, Ph.D., C.P.A.
Leventhal International Faculty Fellow: Thomas W. Lin, Ph.D.
Professors: Jerry L. Arnold, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Randolph P. Beatty, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Sarah E. Bonner, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Mark L. DeFond, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Michael A. Diamond, Ph.D., C.P.A.; William W. Holder, D.B.A., C.P.A.; Thomas W. Lin, Ph.D., C.M.A.; Kenneth A. Merchant, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Theodore J. Mock, Ph.D.; Daniel E. O'Leary, Ph.D., C.P.A., C.I.S.A.; Zoe-Vonna Palmrose, Ph.D., C.P.A.; K.R. Subramanyam, Ph.D.; Charles W. Swenson, Ph.D., C.P.A.; S. Mark Young, Ph.D.
Associate Professors: John J. Barcal, J.D., C.P.A.; Mingyi Hung, Ph.D.; James G. Manegold, Ph.D.; Robert H. Trezevant, Ph.D.; Shiing‑Wu Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors: Nerissa Brown, Ph.D.; David Erkens, Ph.D.; Yaniv Konchitchki, Ph.D.; Tatiana Sandino, Ph.D.; Jieying Zhang, Ph.D.
Professors of Clinical Accounting: Rubin A. Davila, M.B.A., C.P.A.; Chrislynn Freed, M.B.A., C.P.A.; Merle Hopkins, Ph.D.; Cecil W. Jackson, Ph.D.; Joseph L. Keller, M.S.; Rose M. Layton, M.Acc., C.P.A.; Shirley Maxey, M.A.; Patricia Mills, J.D., L.L.M.; Leslie R. Porter, Ph.D.; Robert S. Roussey, B.S., C.P.A.; Robert Scharlach, B.S., C.P.A.; Bob Shames, M.B.A., C.P.A.; Kendall Simmonds, M.B.A., C.P.A.*
Emeritus Professors: Anelise N. Mosich, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Rodolph H. Redmond, J.D.; E. John Larsen, D.B.A., C.P.A.
Degree Programs
Undergraduate Degree
Bachelor of Science, Accounting
The USC Leventhal School of Accounting offers the Bachelor of Science, Accounting (B.S.) degree designed to prepare students for entry into the professional program leading to a Master of Accounting degree. The undergraduate curriculum also provides a general background in business necessary for entry into the accounting profession. There are three tracks from which students can choose: the accounting track, the accounting information systems track or the early admitted graduate track. The early admitted graduate track is for USC B.S., Accounting students who apply, and are accepted, for early admission to the Leventhal School of Accounting's Master of Accounting or Master of Business Taxation programs.Graduate Degrees
Master of Accounting
The Master of Accounting (M.Acc.) program provides an integrated curriculum designed to prepare graduates for careers in professional accounting, public accounting, industry and government. Students have the opportunity to study accounting in greater depth than is typically provided in an undergraduate accounting program or an M.B.A. program with a concentration in accounting.Admission does not require an undergraduate degree in accounting or business, nor is work experience a requirement. For students with an undergraduate degree in accounting the program requires 30-36 units for completion; for non-accounting students the program requires 45‑54 units.