Accounting, M.S.

Accounting Core

(15 credits)

• BUS 500 - Graduate Preparation Course
• ACCT 555 - Ethics and Professional Responsibilities for Accounting
• ACCT 650 - Accounting Research and Communication
• ACCT 670 - Advanced Auditing or ACCT 675-Advanced Audit and Accounting Information Systems  
• ACCT 671 - Advanced Accounting, Not-for-Profit and Data Analytics or ACCT 674-Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting  
• ACCT 673 - Advanced Tax Foundations or ACCT 676-Advanced Accounting Regulation  

Track Options

Students must complete one track

Foundational Course Requirements

The following foundational courses must be completed at either the undergraduate or graduate level before beginning the required courses. If all foundational courses have been completed at the time of acceptance, then students are accepted directly into the Master of Science in Accounting program. However, if any one of the foundational courses has not been completed at the time of acceptance, then students are accepted into the Master of Science in Accounting Bridge program. Once all foundational courses are completed, students may begin the required Master of Science in Accounting courses. Foundational course requirements may be waived if the applicant possesses an undergraduate degree in accounting.  BUS-501, Survey of Business, will be required as part of the foundational courses if the applicant’s GPA is below a 3.0 and/or if the applicant’s undergraduate degree was outside the area of business. ​

Foundational Course Requirements (some prerequisite courses may be required, as noted below):

• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Business Law
• Principles of Finance
• Macroeconomics or Microeconomics
• Business Statistics or Elementary Statistics
• Financial Reporting I (or Intermediate Accounting I)
• Financial Reporting II (or Intermediate Accounting II)
• Advanced Managerial Accounting (or Cost Accounting)
• Auditing
• Individual Income Tax
• Accounting Information Systems
• Financial Data Analytics