MS in Accounting Courses

The Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems offers a program leading to the Master of Science degree in Accounting & MIS. The objective of the M.S. in Accounting & MIS program is to extend the education of qualified students into advanced study in each of the major areas of the field of accounting (financial, managerial, information systems, auditing, and taxation), as well as in the supporting fields of finance and quantitative methods. In taking the student beyond the level of study offered by an undergraduate program in accounting, the M.S. provides additional preparation for careers in public accounting, information systems consulting, industry, and government, and establishes a foundation for further study at the Ph.D. level in preparation for an academic career.

Additional concentration toward more in-depth study in any of the five accounting areas is possible by the combination of elective courses in the area and independent study/research with an interested faculty member.  Students may pursue either a full-time or a part-time course of study. Full-time students with an undergraduate accounting major from an accredited AACSB college should be able to complete the program within one calendar year.

The M.S. in Accounting requires 30 hours of graduate credit, which includes eighteen credits of required accounting courses plus three credits of finance. Students may choose nine elective credits from a variety of disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, quantitative methods, marketing, management, or others, subject to approval by the M.S. Program Director. In addition, students may elect to work for course credit on an individual study basis with a faculty member on an approved research project.

The M.S. program has as prerequisites the equivalent of the accounting courses required for an undergraduate accounting major as well as completion of courses meeting American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) common body of knowledge requirements. The M.S. is designed as a one-year, 30 hour graduate program beyond these requirements. Students admitted to the program without these prerequisites may complete this work while in the M.S. program. Normally, those holding an undergraduate business degree from an accredited AACSB college will have met the common body of knowledge requirements outside the area of accounting.

Graduate level courses taken to fulfill the AACSB common body of knowledge requirements will not count towards fulfilling the 30-hour requirement of the M.S. in accounting.

 Required Courses (21 credit hours)

• ACCT 801 Management Control Systems and Information Technology
• ACCT 804 Database Design, Networks and Implementation
• ACCT 810 Theory of External Reporting
• ACCT 820 Financial Statement Analysis
• ACCT 883 International Accounting
• BUAD 820 Data Analysis and Quality Management
• BUAD 840 Ethical Issues in Domestic and Global Business Environments

Elective Courses(9 credit hours)

• ACCT614 Federal Tax Research and Planning
• ACCT805 Current Issues in MIS
• ACCT806 Systems Analysis, Design and Implementation
• ACCT811 Advanced Management Accounting
• ACCT817 IT Auditing
• ACCT840 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
• BUAD843 Special Topics in Global Business
• FINC850 Financial Management