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: Information Systems and Controls, Business Analysis and Reporting, and Tax Compliance and Planning.

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: 12 Required Hours

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: Information Systems and Controls, Business Analysis and Reporting, and Tax Compliance and Planning.

• ACCT 6211 - Adv Financial & Gov Reporting Credit Hours: (3)

• (If the student had earlier passed ACCT 4211, then they must substitute a 3-hour elective approved by the MS in Accounting Advisor.)

• ACCT 7242 - Advanced Auditing ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ACCT 7521 - Taxation/Bus Entities Credit Hours: (3)
• ACCT 7322 - Advanced Managerial Acct ** Credit Hours: (3)