Degree Requirements
Master of Science in Accounting (MSA)
Curriculum
Excluding PROFICIENCY courses, students are required to take 36 credit hours in the program. There are 30 credit hours of core courses and 6 credit hours of elective courses.
MSA Proficiency Courses**
Note: students who enter the program without undergraduate accounting courses will be advised about the necessary foundation courses they are required to take prior to taking the core classes. Upon transcript reviews, some or all foundation courses may be waived based on previous study
| ACCT 3341: Intermediate Accounting: Assets |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 3342: Intermediate Accounting: Equities |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5311: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X03: Fundamentals of Business Statistics |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X04: Fundamentals of Finance |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X05: Fundamentals of Microeconomics |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X06: Fundamentals of Macroeconomics |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X07: Fundamentals of Management |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X08: Fundamentals of Marketing |
1.5 Credit Hours |
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19.5 credit Hours |
| MSA Core Courses (30 Credit Hours) |
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| ACCT 5313: Managerial Accounting |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5330: Advanced Accounting |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5331: Financial Accounting Theory |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5333: Auditing |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5353: Federal Tax Concepts for Individuals |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5360: Governmental/Not-for-Profit Accounting |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5361: Seminar in Business Law |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5393: Accounting Information Systems |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5399: Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5318: Financial Management |
3.0 Credit Hours |
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30 credit Hours |
Accounting Electives
(Two courses from the following) |
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MBA 5315: Operations Management
and Supply Chain
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3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5362: Taxation of Business Entities |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5366: Comparative Accounting Practices |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5391: Internship in Accounting |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5392: Independent Study in Accounting |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5395: Special Topics |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5397: Forensic Accounting |
3.0 Credit Hours |
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9 credit Hours |
For students who desire to sit for the CPA exam, the following requirements must be met:
- Thirty semester hours of upper division accounting courses.
- Twenty-four semester hours of business-related courses.
**MSA students that do not have an undergraduate business degree will need to take an additional three hour business-related course to meet this requirement.
Included in the above hours, candidates must have taken:
- A board-approved Ethics course (3 semester hours)-ACCT 5399 is board approved and meets this requirement.
- A board-approved Accounting and Research Analysis course (2 semester hours)-ACCT 5331 is board approved and meets this requirement.
- A board-approved Accounting or Business Communications course (2 semester hours). MGMT 3320 meets this requirement. This requirement can also be met if students take both ACCT 5333 and ACCT 5366.
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