Master of Science Degree in Accounting

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: data analytics, general accounting, 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 3100, Foundations of Accounting; ACCT 3110, Intermediate Accounting I; ACCT 3120, Intermediate Accounting II; ACCT 3310, Intermediate Managerial Accounting; ACCT 3320, Accounting Analytics I; ACCT 4020 Accounting Systems; ACCT 4521, Individual Tax Compliance/Plan; ACCT 4240, Audit/Assurance Services; and SCMS 3711, Business Analytics.
2. A minimum of 30 semester hours of approved graduate courses. The 30 graduate credits must include at least 21 hours in Accounting, with no more than 9 hours of 6000 level courses.
3. An internship does not count as credit toward the degree but is reported on the transcript.

Accounting Core: 15 Required Hours

• ACCT 7050 - Corp Governance/Bus Ethics ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ACCT 7521 - Taxation/Bus Entities Credit Hours: (3)
• ACCT 7140 - Financial Statement Analysis ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ACCT 7211 - Advanced Financial Reporting ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ACCT 7322 - Advanced Managerial ACCT ** Credit Hours: (3)