Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP) ACAP Week: June 16-21, 2013 on the campus of SMU

Get Acquainted

Intro to College Life

Corporate Tour

Relationships

Group Project; Talent Show

NABA – 2009 ACAP

Celebration

Touch point

Sunday: Students engage in

activities designed to meet, greet, and interact with other students and

Counselors; bonding.

Monday: Students are given a heads-up as to what to expect when they go to college—what to do, what not to do, how to select majors, classes, roommates, compute GPA, etc.

Tuesday: Students explore careers in accounting and business, and focus

on relationships—how to relate to others, socially and professionally.

Wednesday: Students visit a company and gain exposure to the corporate environment and culture.

Thursday: Students experience working in teams on a group project—drawing upon each other’s strengths and successes. Students also showcase their talents in the Talent Show. Friday: Students celebrate the week’s accomplishments. They leave the camp with a greater understanding of college life and possible career opportunities. They stay in the NABA pipeline!

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Accounting; Relationships

ACAP Targeted Curriculum At-A-GlanceSunday,

June 16

Monday, June 17

Tuesday, June 18

Wednesday, June 19

Thursday, June 20

Friday, June 21

Get-Acquainted Introduction to College Life;

Interactions with Professionals &

ACAP Alumni

Accounting & Business;

Relationships

Corporate Tour; Group Project

Group Project Celebration

Morning:

(7:30 am – 12 pm)

•Choosing:

--College

--Major

--Classes

--Roommates

--School Activities•Good Study Habits•Discipline•Campus Tour•Individual Assignments

•Accounting & Finance: It’s a Career, Not a Job

•Advanced Degrees & Certifications

•Entrepreneurship

•Individual Assignments

•Corporate Tour:

--Job Duties

--Positions

--Required Skills

--Experiences

--Culture

•Individual Assignments

•Group Project-- Computer Lab:

--Start Company

--Create Logo

--Select Key Officers

--Develop Marketing

--Prepare Financials

•Individual Assignments

•Wrap Up

•Packing

•Closing Luncheon

Afternoon/Night

( 1 pm – 11 pm)

• Check-In (4 pm)

• Opening Reception

• Get-Acquainted Activities

• Pros & Cons of Social Media

•College Admissions

•Financial Aid

•Executive RT/Dinner

•ACAP Alumni Night

•Financial Literacy

•Personal Branding

•Generational Differences

•Computer Lab

•Male/Female Rap Session: Keeping It Real

•Group Project

•Main Event: Bowling

•Group Project

•Young Professionals Panel

•Group Project

•Group Presentation (Practice)

•Talent Show

•Group Project Presentations

•Student Voting

•Student Evaluations

•Check-out (2pm)

•Dismissal