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MAcc Program Requirements

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 MAcc Program Requirements

The MAcc program requires a minimum of 30 credit hours.  It consists of three or four parts depending on a student’s undergraduate education. A foundation course may be waived if an equivalent course was previously completed with a grade of "C" or above. The MAcc student who is waived from foundation requirements must substitute graduate business electives to complete their 30 credit program. The student's adviser must approve these electives.

Foundation Courses

All courses are 3 credits.

ACC 531
 Advanced Financial Accounting
ACC 522
 Auditing
ACC 515
 Federal Income Taxation
ACC 518
 Intro to Accounting Systems and Databases
ACC 601  Financial Analysis
ACC 622
 Advanced Auditing
FIN 533  Financial Management
QMM 510  Statistical Analysis for Managers

Accounting Electives


Each MAcc student will be required to take a minimum of 12 credits from the following list. All courses are 3 credits.

ACC 505   Business Law for Accountants
ACC 521   Federal Income Tax II
ACC 524
  Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting
ACC 526   Acctg Info Systems: Audit and Control
ACC 533   Acctg Info Systems: Analysis and Design
ACC 617   International Financial Accounting Standards & Reporting
ACC 620   Cost Management
ACC 625   Federal Income Taxation for Business
ACC 626   Systems of Governance, Development & Assurance
ACC 630   Accounting and Communications
ACC 631   Fraud Examination
ACC 650   Professional Issues in Accounting
ACC 680
  Special Topics in Accounting
ACC 690   Independent Study in Accounting
FIN 633   Advanced Financial Management
FIN 680   Special Topics in Finance


Capstone Course

All students are required to complete this course.  The Capstone Course provides students an opportunity to integrate the concepts in the MAcc Program and is completed during the student’s last semester.

ACC 660  Professional Accounting Research


Other Electives (0-12 credits)

 

MAcc students who are waived from accounting foundation courses will have the opportunity to select graduate business electives to fulfill their 30-credit hour program.

For course descriptions see Graduate Catalog


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