Recent changes in the business climate and in the legislative environment has challenged the School of Accountancy at the University of Hawaii to develop programs to deal with those changes.
October 8, 2004 (Press Release) --
Following 9/11, Homeland Security procedures were initiated that directly affected international students’ ability to study in the United States. At about the same time, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in response to the Enron and WorldCom scandals.
Tightened Homeland Security procedures now require that the University of Hawaii and other schools more closely enforce student visa requirements, thus making it harder for foreign nationals to come to Hawaii for their college studies.
The Sarbanes-Oxley legislation affected Hawaii’s business community—and businesses throughout the United States—by requiring reporting of Sections 309 and Sections 404 prior to submitting year-end financial statements.
To both meet the demand for trained accountants sparked by Sarbanes-Oxley and to overcome visa difficulties for international students created by Homeland Security, Chair of the School of Accountancy, Dr. Hamid Pourjalali, recently developed an Internet-based master of accountancy degree in Hawaii.
According to Dr. Pourjalali, this new Internet-delivered master’s program is designed to attract motivated students from around the world. The program is appealing to students because of its short, intense format, enabling students to fulfill the CPA course work requirements within 6 months.
As Garrett Hoe (ghoe@hawaii.rr.com), a graduate of the prototype program, said,
“The reason I enrolled was that it allowed me to fulfill a huge part of the CPA licensing requirement in a short period of time. Had I gone part time, it would be years before I even had the credits to sit for the exam. And there was the added bonus that I was able to put the material to immediate use in my professional life.”
Another recent graduate, Mark Tagawa (mtaghawaii@hawaii.rr.com), said, “This program was packaged in an ideal format for working professionals. Through the use of technology - video files, online quizzes, message boards and email communication - the program allowed students to structure much of their study time to suit their own situations. The instructors, drawn from the UH School of Accountancy, were first rate."
Rachel Allen, a controller of an Aspen, Colorado, construction firm rachelallen916@yahoo.com), said, “The University of Hawaii's program was the most challenging and yet completely rewarding experience I've ever had. I'm from Colorado and I looked all over the country for a thorough program that I could complete in a short period of time. The UH program filled these needs and gave me the credits and accounting background that I needed to sit for the CPA Exam.
Lucy Chen, a student from Taiwan (echolucy@hotmail.com) reported that, "The Internet courses made the time schedule more flexible. Students, especially those who work full-time, can almost freely plan their studies."
For more information about the new Internet based Master of Accountancy degree, please visit http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/IBMAcc
Tightened Homeland Security procedures now require that the University of Hawaii and other schools more closely enforce student visa requirements, thus making it harder for foreign nationals to come to Hawaii for their college studies.
The Sarbanes-Oxley legislation affected Hawaii’s business community—and businesses throughout the United States—by requiring reporting of Sections 309 and Sections 404 prior to submitting year-end financial statements.
To both meet the demand for trained accountants sparked by Sarbanes-Oxley and to overcome visa difficulties for international students created by Homeland Security, Chair of the School of Accountancy, Dr. Hamid Pourjalali, recently developed an Internet-based master of accountancy degree in Hawaii.
According to Dr. Pourjalali, this new Internet-delivered master’s program is designed to attract motivated students from around the world. The program is appealing to students because of its short, intense format, enabling students to fulfill the CPA course work requirements within 6 months.
As Garrett Hoe (ghoe@hawaii.rr.com), a graduate of the prototype program, said,
“The reason I enrolled was that it allowed me to fulfill a huge part of the CPA licensing requirement in a short period of time. Had I gone part time, it would be years before I even had the credits to sit for the exam. And there was the added bonus that I was able to put the material to immediate use in my professional life.”
Another recent graduate, Mark Tagawa (mtaghawaii@hawaii.rr.com), said, “This program was packaged in an ideal format for working professionals. Through the use of technology - video files, online quizzes, message boards and email communication - the program allowed students to structure much of their study time to suit their own situations. The instructors, drawn from the UH School of Accountancy, were first rate."
Rachel Allen, a controller of an Aspen, Colorado, construction firm rachelallen916@yahoo.com), said, “The University of Hawaii's program was the most challenging and yet completely rewarding experience I've ever had. I'm from Colorado and I looked all over the country for a thorough program that I could complete in a short period of time. The UH program filled these needs and gave me the credits and accounting background that I needed to sit for the CPA Exam.
Lucy Chen, a student from Taiwan (echolucy@hotmail.com) reported that, "The Internet courses made the time schedule more flexible. Students, especially those who work full-time, can almost freely plan their studies."
For more information about the new Internet based Master of Accountancy degree, please visit http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/IBMAcc
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