BYU School of Accountancy

Bookkeeping classes were taught at Brigham Young Academy (which later became BYU) in its Commercial College (the Marriott School of Management's predecessor).

[1] In 1976, under the direction of dean Merrill J. Bateman,[2] the Marriott School of Management created the Institute of Professional Accountancy within its jurisdiction.

The Ph.D. Prep Track has been successful in placing into doctoral programs 100 percent of its graduates who have submitted applications.

Students work in a team of five or six for the entire year and stay in the classroom for a three-hour block while professors rotate in and out.

The purpose of the symposium is “to unite BYU alumni and friends in our efforts to foster relevant and consequential accounting research.”[10] One of the explicit purposes of the symposium is to bring back students who have graduated from the Ph.D. Prep Track to network and receive feedback on research ideas.

[34] The Ph.D. Prep Track has been successful in placing into doctoral programs 100 percent of its graduates who have submitted applications.

[10][11] BYU alumni include many corporate executives, partners in CPA firms, and entrepreneurs.