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AICPA ACCOUNTING PROGRAM FOR BUILDING THE PROFESSION (APBP)
Modeled after a class developed by Dr. Dan Deines at Kansas State University, the APBP Advanced Accounting program provides high-school accounting and business teachers with the tools needed to implement a higher-level accounting curriculum in their classrooms.
What is APBP?
The Accounting Program for Building the Profession (APBP)'s advanced accounting curriculum is a two-semester, honors-level high school course that integrates managerial and financial accounting to show how accounting facilitates business and narrates a company's inner workings through its financial statements.
A detailed list of the topics covered in this course can be found in this sample rubric.
APBP trained teachers can access the educator resources here.
How will this program benefit my students?
AICPA research has found the first accounting course high school students take greatly impacts their decision to pursue accounting as a major and career choice.
Many high school accounting classes still focus on bookkeeping and do not adequately prepare students for the rigor of college-level courses. The APBP curriculum introduces students to advanced content, challenges students to think critically, and gives them a more realistic idea of accounting as a career.
