Accounting Department

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College of Business
Ellensburg (E)
Shaw-Smyser Hall, room 327
CWU-Des Moines (D)
CWU-Lynnwood (L)
Mail Stop 7484
509-963-3340
Fax: 509-963-2875
www.cwu.edu/accounting
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Faculty and Staff
Chair
Han Donker, PhD
Shaw-Smyser Hall, room 340

Professors
Robert E. Holtfreter, PhD, CFE, CICA, CBA (E)
Ke Zhong, PhD (L)

Associate Professors
Clemense E. Ehoff, Jr., PhD, CPA, CGMA (E)
Kenneth A. Smith, PhD (L)
James H. Thompson, PhD, CPA (D)

Assistant Professor
Fabio Ambrosio, JD/LLM, CPA/ABV/PFS, CFP, EA, CVA, MAFF, CFE, CGMA (D)
Ryan Cahalan, JD/LLM, MBA (E)

Senior Lecturers
Jenny Cravens, MAC, CPA (E), O’Shaughnessy Executive Professor of Accounting
Janie Zencak, MPA

Staff
Lisa Woods, secretary 

Program Outcomes
For information on program outcomes, please go to: www.cwu.edu/mission/assessment-improvement/slo-assessment-plans. 

Course Offerings
Frequency of course offering information can be found at the department website: www.cwu.edu/accounting or by contacting the department directly.

Programs

• Graduate Professional Accounting Certificate
• Graduate Professional Tax Practice Certificate

Courses

• ACCT 505 - Advanced Cost Accounting
• ACCT 521 - Advanced Tax 1: Business Entities
• ACCT 521A - Tax Research Lab-Entities
• ACCT 522 - Advanced Tax 2: Individuals
• ACCT 522A - Tax Research Lab - Individuals
• ACCT 523 - Advanced Tax 3: Practice and Procedure
• ACCT 523A - Practice and Procedure Tax Research Lab
• ACCT 524 - Advanced Tax 4: Current Issues in Taxation
• ACCT 524A - Tax Research Lab - Current Issues in Taxation
• ACCT 530 - Governmental and Non-profit Accounting
• ACCT 546 - Income Tax Accounting II
• ACCT 550 - Advanced Accounting
• ACCT 550A - Advanced Accounting Lab
• ACCT 555 - Accounting Information Systems
• ACCT 561 - Fraud Examination
• ACCT 565 - Current Issues in Information Technologies
• ACCT 575 - International Accounting
• ACCT 583 - Seminar in Auditing
• ACCT 583A - Seminar in Auditing Lab
• ACCT 584 - Professional Writing and Speaking for the Accountant (Put on reserve 9/16/19)
• ACCT 588 - Contemporary Issues in Accounting
• ACCT 590 - Cooperative Education
• ACCT 596 - Individual Study
• ACCT 598 - Special Topics
• ACCT 599 - Seminar
• ACCT 696 - Individual Study
• ACCT 698 - Special Topics
• ACCT 699 - Seminar
• ACCT 700 - Master’s Thesis, Project Study, and/or Examination
• BUS 541A - Advanced Business Law Lab

• ECON 552 - Managerial Economics and Business Strategy

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