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Department of Accounting and Information Systems
Accounting builds the trust markets run on.
Department overview
AIS connects the discipline of accounting with the systems, analytics, and controls that support modern organizations. Students learn to make information accurate, useful, and secure—then apply it to decisions with professional consequences.
From the department chair
We prepare students to use data, technology, and sound judgment to make decisions organizations can trust. Rigorous coursework builds the foundation; internships and professional experiences make it real.
Programs and pathways
Undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral options move from core business fluency to specialized work in accounting, analytics, and information systems.
Develop a rigorous foundation in financial reporting, audit, taxation, controls, and data-informed professional judgment.
Learn how enterprise systems, data, and technology support operations, controls, and business performance.
Advance accounting knowledge, analytical fluency, and professional preparation through focused graduate study.
Prepare for original scholarship and academic careers through faculty-guided research in accounting and information systems.
Signature strengths
Whichever degree you choose, three strengths run through everything we do: professional rigor, technology fluency, and hands-on preparation for the career ahead.
Reporting, audit, tax, and internal control courses develop the technical discipline and judgment needed to support credible business information.
Students examine how databases, enterprise platforms, analytics, and emerging technology change the way organizations operate and decide.
Service learning, employer engagement, student organizations, and applied projects help students translate coursework into professional readiness.
Research and doctoral study
Faculty scholarship examines how accounting information is produced, governed, audited, and used—and how technology changes every step of that process.
View faculty researchThe Ph.D. in Business Administration supports advanced study and faculty mentorship in accounting and information systems, with rigorous preparation in theory, methods, and scholarly communication.
Applied learning
AIS experiences connect technical coursework with service, employers, and professional communities.
Department events bring students together with professionals to examine how AI, analytics, and new systems are changing accounting and business careers.
Apply tax knowledge through community service while developing accuracy, communication, and client responsibility.
Explore risk, controls, and assurance through the Internal Audit Student Association and profession-facing activities.
Build relationships with employers and professional organizations while learning how accounting career paths differ.
Connect through Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting Society, AITP, IMA, and related professional communities.
Hunt Insights
Student achievement, industry connection, and department activity—collected in one current feed.
Hunt College is AACSB accredited, and its accounting programs hold separate AACSB Accounting Accreditation.