Masters Programs in Accounting
The Department of Accounting offers two degree programs leading to the Master's degree:
While the programs are similar in that they offer an opportunity to concentrate in accounting, they differ in degree of specialization and career path orientation. Students can satisfy the requirement for 30 additional semester hours of education necessary to sit for the CPA exam through either program. Our programs are among the few that are fully accredited by AACSB International.
Advantages of our programs
- Small classes - instruction in these programs emphasizes access to faculty and the promotion of student interaction. As such, class size is intentionally structured to be small with a typical class ranging from 12 to 20 students.
- Outstanding faculty - our faculty bring both a practice and academic orientation to the classroom. Our professors possess the academic credentials qualifying them to teach at the graduate level and hold nationally recognized licenses of professional designation. Additionally, our faculty members have won both Business School and University-wide teaching awards.
- State-of-the-art facilities – we have technologically advanced classrooms, wireless internet access across the campus, an in-house library located in the School of Business, and access to numerous online databases.
Admission Requirements for MPrA and MST
For students with an undergraduate degree from an accredited U.S. institution, we consider the applicant’s undergraduate grade point average, GMAT score (required for both programs), grades in specific undergraduate accounting classes, the rigor of the undergraduate program, and other factors such as work experience. The profile of a typical student in one of our programs is a GPA above 3.5 and a high GMAT score; however, admission decisions are made on a competitive basis from the applicant pool. (Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions section below for information about tuition and financial assistance.)
Students must have met the prerequisite courses for any graduate courses. Students with an undergraduate degree in accounting will normally meet the prerequisites; however, for most graduate tax classes, a course in the taxation of corporations, partnerships, estates and gifts (ACC 404: Advanced Taxation) is required as a prerequisite. Students who have not taken this advanced tax course as part of their undergraduate accounting program are usually permitted to take it concurrently with other graduate tax courses in the student’s initial semester of course work. Note that ACC 404 will not count toward the 30-semester hour requirement of the graduate program.
The courses listed below are undergraduate prerequisites that, unless already completed, must be fulfilled to be admitted for graduate study.
Principles of Financial Accounting (ACC 211)
Managerial Accounting (ACC 212)
Intermediate Financial Accounting I and II (ACC 311 and 312)
Cost Accounting (ACC 301)
Fundamentals of Taxation (ACC 303)
Auditing (ACC 402)
Refer to the Undergraduate program section of our website for a description of these undergraduate courses.
