The College of Business: Accounting

An understanding of accounting principles is critical to business success. The Accounting department offers a wide range of courses and programs for students who strive to become accounting professionals or want a strong foundation in accounting to complement their business expertise.

Bryant's small class sizes and personal attention from faculty provide opportunities for students to assist faculty with research. Some recent faculty research projects by accounting faculty include:

XRBL is Going to Get You! by Professor Roohani
Is there an association between outside director option compensation and the likelihood of misstatement? by Professor Cullinan

For more information about the Accounting program, contact Professor Dennis Bline, Department Chair, at dbline@bryant.edu.

Concentration in Accounting

The accounting curriculum at Bryant offers a flexible program of study that provides students with a strong understanding of accounting principles, as well as cross-functional business skills and critical communication skills.

Elective courses and internship opportunities allow students to pursue specific career interests. Additionally, through the integration of business and liberal studies, students obtain the knowledge, sensitivities, and skills to become successful in an increasingly complex, globally interdependent, and technologically sophisticated world.

Bryant’s accounting program also provides the basic background for the major professional examinations (i.e., C.P.A., C.M.A., C.I.A., C.F.M., and C.I.S.A.).

Download a .pdf of the curriculum requirements

The Master of Professional Accountancy

The Bryant Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) is a full-time program for students who are entering a professional accounting career. Graduates of the program will satisfy the current requirement for all CPA candidates to complete 150 hours of education to become eligible for certification.

The MPAc was designed by accomplished accounting faculty with significant input from professionals at accounting firms throughout the region.

Although all students must submit an application for admission, Bryant students who complete their undergraduate work with a GPA of 3.8 and have earned a minimum of 93 credits are not required to pay tuition for the program. Bryant students who complete their undergraduate work with a GPA of 3.4 are not required to take the GMAT.

For more information about the MPAc, visit http://mpac.bryant.edu.

Accounting Scholars Program

Incoming freshmen with at least a 3.4 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) and a 1300 SAT score (math and critical reading sections) who are interested in studying accounting are eligible for acceptance into the Accounting Scholars Program. Some of the benefits of this program include early registration for courses and networking events with companies and business professionals in the field.

For more information about the Accounting Scholars Program, contact Professor Dennis Bline at dbline@bryant.edu.

Faculty

The Accounting faculty are noted experts and innovators in their fields.

David J. Beausejour, Professor
J.D., Suffolk University Law School
MST, Taxation, Bryant College
B.S., Business Administration, Bryant College

Academic Interests: Taxation; personal financial planning

Dennis M. Bline, Professor and Chair
Ph.D., Accounting, University of Arkansas
MBA, Accounting, University of Arkansas
B.S., Business Administration, Indiana University Southeast

Academic Interests: Financial, managerial, and behavioral accounting

Charles P. Cullinan, Professor
Ph.D., Accountancy, University of Kentucky
M.S., Accounting, State University of New York at Albany
B.S., Business Administration, Suffolk University

Academic Interests: Auditing, financial accounting

Robert Howard Farrar, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
MBA, Accounting, Northeastern University
B.S., Business Administration, Northeastern University

Academic Interests: Management and financial accounting; controllership; management control

Michael Filippelli, Professor
MST, Taxation, Bryant College
MBA, Management, University of Rhode Island
B.S., Accounting, Providence College

Academic Interests: Financial accounting

Lookman Buky Folami, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Accounting, Georgia State University
MPA, Accounting, Georgia State University
B.S., Accounting, Robert Morris University

Academic Interests: Managerial and financial accounting

Marcel G. Hebert, Professor
Ph.D., Accounting, Texas Tech University
MST, Taxation, Bryant College
MBA, Accounting, Bryant College
M.A., Mathematics, Bowling Green State University
A.B., Mathematics, St. Michael’s College
B.S., Accounting, Bryant College

Academic Interests: Not-for-profit; cost, managerial, and financial accounting

Michael F. Lynch, Professor
J.D., New England School of Law
MST, Taxation, Bentley College
B.S., Business Administration, University of Rhode Island

Academic Interests: Taxation

Timothy G. Krumwiede, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Business Administration, Texas Tech University
M.S., Accounting, Texas Tech University
B.A., Accounting, Cleveland State University

Academic Interests: Financial accounting; taxation

Saeed J. Roohani, Professor
Ph.D., Accounting, Mississippi State University
M.S., Accounting, Louisiana State University
MBA, Sul Ross State University
B.S., Accounting, The Institute of Advanced Accounting, Iran

Academic Interests: XBRL; accounting information systems; financial accounting

Kathleen A. Simons, Professor
D.B.A., Accounting, Boston University
M.S., Taxation, Bryant College
M.S., Education, Eastern Connecticut University
B.S., Education, Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania