Master of Science Degree

The 30-hour master’s program provides students with a corporate governance perspective that emphasizes accounting in a service-oriented economy. Three concentrations within the major are offered: accounting, accounting data analytics, and taxation.

The Master of Science degree requires:

1. Prerequisites (courses indicated [C or better in each course] or their equivalents) of ACCT 2010, Financial Accounting; ACCT 3110, Intermediate Accounting I; ACCT 3120, Intermediate Accounting II; ACCT 3310, Cost Accounting; ACCT 3510, Individual Taxation; ACCT 4020 Accounting Systems; ACCT 4240, Auditing; and SCMS 3711, Business Analytics.
2. A minimum of 30 semester hours of approved graduate courses. The 30 graduate credits must include 21 hours in Accounting, with no more than 9 hours of 6000 level courses.

General Requirements: 18 hours

• ACCT 7521 - Taxation/Bus Entities
• ACCT 7140 - Financial Statement Analysis **
• ACCT 7211 - Advanced Financial Reporting **
• ACCT 6130 - Intermediate ACCT III **
• ACCT 6250 - Accounting Ethics/Regulation **
• ACCT 6320 - Mgr Decision Making/ACCT **

General: 12 hours

Note:

ACCT courses numbered 70XX, e.g., ACCT 7050  and ACCT 7080 , are not acceptable choices. An internship does not count as credit toward the degree, but is reported on the transcript. There is a limitation of three 6000-level courses for credit toward the MS degree.

¹ Not required if you took Intermediate Accounting as a two-course sequence.

² If you passed this course or its equivalent in an undergraduate program you must select a different accounting elective instead.