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University of San Francisco Master of Science in Accounting Information Session

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

12 p.m. PT

Online

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You’re here because you’re thinking strategically about your career. Maybe you’re drawn to accounting as a stable, growing field. Maybe you need the 150 credit hours required for CPA licensure. Or maybe you’re already in finance or business and want to deepen your accounting expertise to open new doors.

Why This Session Matters

The accounting talent shortage means opportunity for those with the right credentials. With 130,800 annual job openings and six percent projected growth, demand is strong. While routine jobs are becoming automated, strategic roles continue to expand in areas like financial analysis, compliance, and advisory services.

What We’ll Cover

How our curriculum prepares you for the evolving accounting profession

What 100 percent online learning looks like when you’re juggling work and life

The career paths available to MSA graduates

The application process, your financial investment, and what support USF can provide

A Q&A session with a few of our program faculty and enrollment specialists

Who Should Attend?

CPA candidates

Career changers

Finance professionals who need accounting credentials

Current accountants seeking strategic roles

Ambitious professionals ready for leadership

The Presenters

Fernando Heineck Comiran

Associate Professor, University of San Francisco

Assistant Professor Fernando Comiran brings to USF both an enthusiasm for accounting and a philosophy that attempts to integrate real-world application and leading-edge research in the classroom. His research areas of interest include Earnings Management, Accounting Fraud, Voluntary Disclosure, Financial Statement Analysis, and Security Valuation.

Currently, Professor Comiran is focusing his research on individual investor behavior and company incentives to better understand how disclosure affects stock returns and to uncover possible mispricing. Moreover, he is conducting an examination of local vs. non-local analyst access to information, and he is investigating market reactions to natural disasters and the impact on individual firms.

Prior to academia, Professor Comiran worked as an engineer at one of the four largest Telecom companies in Brazil, where he sought to improve call quality, optimize interconnection links, network traffic, and cell phone coverage.

Elizabeth Woods

Enrollment Specialist, AllCampus

Elizabeth Woods is a senior enrollment specialist with over eight years of experience in higher education admissions. She earned her undergraduate degree in communications from The University of Kansas and a Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She takes pride in being an advocate and cheerleader for students while they navigate the challenging task of applying to schools.