General Requirements

The Master of Accountancy program requires 30 semester hours of course work beyond the baccalaureate level for students with an undergraduate accounting.  Most business backgrounds similar to that found at business colleges accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) are acceptable.  The program is designed to build upon an existing accounting foundation; it is not designed to teach accounting to students who have not completed the equivalent of an undergraduate degree in accounting.

The MAcc program is a one-year program that is designed to have all students begin the program in August and graduate the following August.

Advanced Financial Reporting and the capstone course, Professional Practice Seminar, are required of all students. Three courses dealing with communications, ethics and professional responsibilities of accountants and international business are also required. Each student chooses an area of concentration and six hours of electives in consultation with his/her graduate advisor.

The MAcc program professional core ensures that all MAcc students, regardless of track specialization, receive a common base of advanced accounting coursework.  The professional core courses include:

• General Accounting Coursework (6 hours)

All students must complete a graduate level course on general accounting and financial reporting.   In addition the capstone course must be taken during the last 10 hours of the student's program.  This course is designed to provide a systhesis of issues faced by professional accountants and prior course work, and to serve as a culminating experience for MAcc students.

ACCT 621   Advanced Financial Reporting
ACCT 675   Professional Practice Seminar.

 

• Communications (3 hours)

One graduate-level communications course must be included in each student's graduate program. Nearly all students take a professional and technical writing course that has been designed especially for MAcc students and that is taught by faculty members from the English department.

ACCT 649   Accounting Communications

 

• Ethics and Professional responsibilities of accountants (3 hours)

One relevant graduate-level course dealing with ethics and professional responsibilities is required.  Nearly all MAcc students take:

ACCT 673   Professional and Ethical Responsibilities of the Accountant.

 

• International Business (3 hours)

All students must demonstrate the completion of a course that addresses international issues in business.  There are several options available and students that complete this requirement as an undergraduate may add an elective to their MAcc program.

 

ACCT 624   Financial Reporting for Multinationals

GBA 672    Global Environment of Business

MBA 610   International Business and Management  

Course descriptions for specific courses can be found here.

In addition to these requirements, students are required to choose one of the three tracks and complete the courses required for each of those.