THE MASTER CALCULATED T OF SUCCESS: ACCOUNTANCY MAcc PROGRAM TURNS 20
here’s a surefire way to get Stephen McCourt (BAcc ’99, MAcc ’01) to notice a resumé when applying for a job at RSM Canada’s Toronto offices. Mention your accounting degree is from Brock University’s Goodman School of Business, and you’ll pique the interest of the partner at one of North America’s largest independent audit, tax and consulting firms. “There’s no doubt for me when I see that, I’m going to dig a little deeper into that resumé,” McCourt said. “It’s definitely a differentiator in the pile for me.” That’s because McCourt, himself, is a Goodman Accounting Co-op alumnus. More notably, though, he was also one of the first students to enrol in and graduate from the School’s Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program when it launched 20 years ago last winter. Pursuing a graduate degree in accounting wasn’t a requirement of the profession at the time. But McCourt had a passion for numbers, higher learning — he was considering pursuing his PhD — and especially for Brock.
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