Beginning in early January, most interns work either in audit (ten weeks) or tax (fifteen weeks) although sometimes students may work in other areas such as information systems. There are also opportunities for students to work in industry. Students receive six credit hours for 10-week internships or nine credit hours for 15-week internships.

Ten-week interns return to campus the Monday after Spring Break to take two accelerated courses, Intermediate Accounting III (ACC 4550) and Taxation of Corporations (ACC 4580). Fifteen-week interns return to campus after April 15 to take a "super-accelerated" accounting elective, usually Internal Auditing (ACC4760), over the last two weeks of the semester.

Programs to prepare students for the internship begin in the Spring semester of the Junior Year, with a series of informational meetings called Junior Year Experience.

In early fall, recruiters from approximately 20 firms host a series of "Meet the Firms" nights for internship candidates at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center. This event allows students and firms to meet in a relaxed setting and share information about one another. In early September, the national CPA firm, McGladrey & Pullen, conducts mock interviews for all internship candidates and provides suggestions for improvement.

Internship candidates should have completed the following courses before leaving for the internship:

• Accounting Principles I & II
  (ACC 1100 & 2110)
• Intermediate Accounting I & II
  (ACC 3100 & 3110)
• Accounting Systems and Internal Control
  (ACC 3570)
• Individual Income Taxation
  (ACC 3580)
• Introduction to Auditing
  (ACC 4560)