Defense Programs

Since 1952, the Defense Comptrollership Program in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has trained financial managers to handle multibillion dollar resources for the Department of Defense. Its more than 1500 military and civilian graduates are found at the highest levels of financial management in DOD, as well as in business, academia, and all levels of government. In order to increase the policy aspects of DOD financial management the program  was changed in 2002 from a 14-month 51-credit MBA program to a 14-month 60-credit MBA/Master of Arts in Public Administration Program. The first class to be awarded both an MBA and a Master of Arts in Public Administration – now an Executive Masters of Public Administration – graduated on August 8, 2003.

The 60th Defense Comptrollership class began on June 1, 2011. The 2011-2012 DCP class has 32 members. In addition to US Army military and civilian personnel, it has one US Air Force officer and one US Coast Guard officer. Our goal is to continue to improve the program and make it the best program of its kind. In the summer of 2012, we will again take the students to Washington, DC, for a week of meetings with senior DOD and Department of Homeland Security financial managers, as well as professional staff members of the US Senate and House of Representatives.

The Department of the Army also sponsors the Army Comptroller Course (ACC), the Executive Comptroller Course (ECC), the Senior Resource Managers Course (SRMC), and the Financial Management 101 course (FM 101).