MISSION

The School of Accountancy's mission is to advance the knowledge and practice of accounting in public, private, and governmental organizations by (1) educating both undergraduate and graduate students to be lifelong learners, (2) providing scholarly research and service to the accounting profession and academic community, (3) maintaining a liaison with the accounting and business community by encouraging active involvement of faculty and students with accounting professionals, (4) supporting the educational needs of students from other departments within the College of Business, (5) providing an innovative curriculum that is current and responsive in content and method of delivery, and (6) serving and promoting the educational needs of current and future accounting practitioners.

CONTACT

School of Accountancy
SDSU College of Business
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-8221
Phone: (619) 594-5070
Fax: (619) 594-3675
Email: accounting@sdsu.edu

SDSU's School of Accountancy was the first accredited accounting program in the state of California.

Sharon M. Lightner, Director, Ph.D., CPA

Fall 2007 Newsletter

(February 20, 2008)
SDSU’s Lightner Elected to National Board of Directors for Beta Alpha Psi

(February 7, 2008)
Accounting Professor, Will Snyder, Voted Best of State

Past Speaker Series:
Accounting and Reporting Issues for Business Combinations

Fair Value Accounting - Rules, Determination, Professional Judgement

A Single Set of Global Accounting Standards: Are We Ready?