The role of university extension in accountant training

Abstract

This study aims to demonstrate extension practices in the process of curricularization of the university extension program of the Accounting Sciences course at Universidade Franciscana (UFN). Thus, the research was classified as qualitative, descriptive and documentary, considering the practices developed between 2019 and 2023 by students of the courses in the disciplines of company formation and formalization, agribusiness accounting and Accounting and cost analysis II. The extension during this period was carried out through direct contact between academics and the chosen territory, in some cases the academics went to the location, and in other moments the participants from the territory went to the UFN. The results demonstrated the evolution of the actions carried out by the course throughout its trajectory in extension, enabling the development of new practices in light of the periods experienced, as well as the improvement of the training and feedback of students with the activities carried out in the territories. It can be concluded that the course advanced in the actions carried out in attention to the institutional objectives and with a view to the role of extension in the training of accounting professionals.