Academic Resources

Explore our Accounting academic resources, designed to support your academic aspirations.
Curriculum Guide

School of Accounting

Seidman Undergraduate Advising Center

What Can I Do With This Major? (External Resource)

Career Resources

Unlock career potential in Accounting! Discover resources to maximize your professional trajectory.

Career Assessment - PathwayU

Jobs via Handshake

Accounting Career Information

Career Communities

Sample Accounting Internship Sites

Internships provide a way for you to get hands-on, supervised experience in the world of work. You are able to apply the concepts you are learning in the classroom to a work environment.

• Ernst & Young (EY)
• DeLong & Brower, P.C.
• Perrigo
• Van Andel Institute
• Meijer
• UHY
• Plante Moran

Seidman College of Business InternshipsGeneral Information on Internship

Join A Student Organization

Get involved with a student organization related to your major. Student orgs are a great way to get connected and explore career options!

• Accounting Student Association
• National Association of Black Accountants

Student Organizations

Relevant Courses and Certificates for Building Skills

Developing the relevant skills that employers seek is an essential component of a student's education. GVSU students should consider strategic elective courses and certificates to pair with their major in order to gain additional skills.

• Workplace Technology and Communication Undergraduate Badge
• Intercultural Communications Undergraduate Certificate
• Applied Data Analytics Certificate
• Business Analytics Badge
• Enterprise Resource Planning Badge

Electives to Consider

Community Service Opportunities

Seek volunteer opportunities related to the field you're exploring as a way of testing out future careers.

The Civic Engagement Center keeps a list of current volunteer opportunities updated on their website. There are ongoing opportunities on a continuous basis, as well as on-campus and off-campus opportunities posted as they become available.
Civic Engagement Center

Accounting Study Abroad Options

Through study abroad you’ll also set yourself apart from other job-seekers and graduate-school applicants in an increasingly competitive market.

Accounting Study Abroad

Explore Internships Abroad

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Pursuing academic, creative, and research experiences and projects outside the classroom is an excellent way to learn new skills and build a body of work in your field.

Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

Getting Started

Fellowship Opportunities

Fellowships are high-impact, potentially life-changing opportunities for students and alumni, opening doors to careers in public service, advanced academic study, foreign service, international teaching, and other career and service pathways into meaningful and fulfilling lives.

Frederik Meijer Office of Fellowships

Finding a Fellowship

Where Alumni Have Landed

• Auditor – Deloitte
• Accounting Analyst – Meritage Hospitality Group
• Accounting Clerk – SpartanNash
• Accounting Administrator – Bekins
• Staff Associate – VanderPloeg, Bergakker, & Associates
• Tax Staff – Crowe LLP
• Tax Associate – BDO USA, LLP
• Risk & Accounting Advisory Services Consultant – Plante Moran
• Staff Auditor – Beene Garter LLP
• Assurance Staff – Plante Moran
• Staff Accountant – Helmholdt & Co.
• Accounting Associate – Baker Holtz
• Assistant Controller – Eikenhout, Inc.
• Assurance Associate – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
• Staff Accountant – Eenhoorn LLC
• Financial Analyst – Spectrum Health
• Internal Auditor – Gordon Food Service
• Associate International Tax Analyst - Amway
• Staff Accountant – EHTC

If you are interested in pursuing your CPA certification, you will need 150 academic credits.  If you are working in public accounting, this will be a required step for full-time employment.  Most BBA Accounting students who come out of their undergraduate degree with around 120 credits will continue on towards a Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) or a Master of Science in Taxation (MST).  For more information, visit https://www.gvsu.edu/seidmangrad/