Curriculum

Degree Requirements

Prerequisite Courses

0-24 semester hours

The prerequisite courses a student must fulfill are determined by a review of the student’s undergraduate coursework and professional experience. If prerequisite courses are needed, they should be among the first courses taken. In order to waive any of the prerequisite courses, an equivalent course must have been completed with a grade higher than a “C” and within the past seven years.

Undergraduate accounting courses can be used to satisfy the following accounting prerequisite courses:

BUS 501Corporate Accounting and Reporting I3
BUS 502Corporate Accounting and Reporting II3
BUS 506Auditing Standards & Practices3
BUS 508IFederal Taxation Concepts and Practices - Individual3
BUS 509Cost Accounting3
Total Semester Hours15

Students may also be required to take the MBA prerequisite courses. Undergraduate business courses can be used to satisfy these prerequisite courses:

BUS 600AAccounting & Finance3
BUS 600BEconomics3
BUS 600CStatistics3
Total Semester Hours9

Total Program: 30 semester hours

ACCT 501Financial Accounting Issues3
ACCT 504Corporate Taxation3
ACCT 507Advanced Cost Accounting3
ACCT 508Governmental and Not for Profit Accounting3
ACCT 510Advanced Auditing3
ACCT 543Acct Ethics & Prof Resp3
ACCT 595Accounting Research and Communication3
ACCT 596Accounting Graduate Seminar3
Electives
Select two of the following:6
ACCT 506
Forensic Accounting
BUS 505
Accounting for Specialized Entities
BUS 530
Financial Management
MDA 501
SAS Programming Essentials
MDA 502
Multivariate Statistical Analysis
Total Semester Hours30