The M.S. in Accountancy is offered to students
with a variety of backgrounds who desire a
concentrated plan of study to prepare for
a career in accountancy.
M.S. in Accountancy Sequence of Courses
Foundation Requirements*
AC 201
Principles of Accounting I
AC 202
Principles of Accounting II
AC 303
Intermediate Accounting I
AC 304
Intermediate Accounting II
AC 312
Cost Analysis & Budgetary Control
AC 321
Federal Taxes I
AC 341
Accounting Information Systems
AC 431
Auditing
MN 463
Business Law I**
MN 464
Business Law II**
EC 521
Fundamentals of Economics
EC 522
Business Statistics
FN 521
Fundamentals of Finance
MK 521
Principles of Marketing
MN 522
Management Information Systems
MN 531
Organizational Behavior
MN 532
Production/Operations Management
* subject to waiver for undergraduate equivalent
** or MN 558
Required Graduate Study
MN 550
Leadership & Management Skills
MN 591
Ethics & Business Environmental
Issues
MN 592
Corporate Strategic Management
AC 561
Comparative Accounting Systems
AC 584
Accounting Theory and Policy
AC 585
Government/Not-for-Profit Accounting
Three electives selected from:
EC 551
Managerial Economics
EC 552
Macroeconomics for Managers
FN 551
Financial Management
MK 551
Marketing Management
MN 553
Quantitative Methods
Two electives selected from:
AC 575
Fraud Examination
AC 582
Tax for Management Decision Makers
AC 583
Controllership
AC 592
Advanced Auditing
AC 598
Contemporary Topics in Accounting
Students interested in pursuing the M.S. in
Accountancy will follow one of three course-sequence
paths depending on their undergraduate degree:
(1) non-business, (2) non-accounting business,
or (3) accounting.
The candidate with a non-business undergraduate
degree will normally need to complete 28 courses
or 84 hours of business and accounting study:
48 hours taken at the undergraduate level
and 36 hours taken at the graduate level.
Several of the business preparatory courses
may be waived for the student with a business
minor or concentration.
The candidate with a business undergraduate
degree not in accounting will normally need
to complete 18 courses or 54 hours of business
study: 21 hours taken at the undergraduate
level and 33 hours taken at the graduate level.
Several of the business preparatory courses
may be waived for the student who has taken
courses such as intermediate accounting, income
taxation and/or business law. Additional preparatory
coursework may be required if there is insufficient
business or accounting coursework in the student’s
background.
Students who have an undergraduate degree
in accounting may complete the program in
as few as ten courses or 30 hours. Like the
M.B.A., the M.S. in Accountancy degree can
be completed in three semesters covering just
over one calendar year.
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