Accounting M.S. Program Requirements
Accounting | Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration

To earn an MSA, students must successfully complete the one credit hour BADM 401 and 10 three hour courses. There are six core courses. Five electives are chosen to complete the requirements.

Core Courses

• BADM 401 General Business Orientation
• ACCT 406 Issues in Asset Valuation
• ACCT 407 Issues in Income Determination
• ACCT 442 Advanced Cost Accounting
• ACCT 450 Accounting Information Systems
• ACCT 491 Accounting Theory and Policy

Students with prior course work in Managerial Accounting and/or Accounting Information Systems can petition to substitute a more advanced course with the approval of the program director. Students entering with a non-business baccalaureate degree will have their prior course work evaluated. Based upon the evaluation, students may be required to take the Functions of Business course.

Electives

In addition to the required courses, each MSA student must complete five electives chosen from the remaining 400-level accounting classes (except for Acct 405). The electives include:

• ACCT 414 Advanced Accounting
• ACCT 433 Professional Practice of Auditing
• ACCT 447 International Accounting
• ACCT 454 Governmental Accounting
• ACCT 456 Federal Taxation
• ACCT 457 Advanced Federal Income Taxation and Research
• ACCT 471 Fraud Examination
• ACCT 473 Financial Statements and Fraud
• ACCT 475 Forensics and Auditing
• ACCT 477 Topics in Fraud Examination
• ACCT 493 Accounting Seminar

As an alternative, up to two elective courses may be taken outside the Accounting Department. The five elective courses are to be selected with the approval of the program director.

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