The Master of Accountancy graduate program develops your technical knowledge and application skills as well as enhances your analytical, communication, and decision-making skills. This master of accountancy helps prepare you for careers in public, corporate, and non-business accounting positions. You will learn the differences between accounting and accountancy, as in the real-world and in practice, these two terms are often used interchangeably, but there is a distinct difference between the two. Accountancy is the professional duties of an accountant while accounting is the actual processes. This online graduate degree offers innovative, high-quality learning opportunities for the corporate, governmental, and not-for-profit segments of the marketplace. Upon completion of the online Master of Accountancy degree, you will be able to:

 

Develop technical knowledge and competency in the field of accountancy

Evaluate how to research complex accounting issues using professional resources

Articulate applied concepts and principles to real-world problems

Assess the relevancy, accuracy, and value of financial and nonfinancial information

Appraise ethical issues and decision alternatives by incorporating professional codes of conduct and social responsibility

 

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Program Requirements

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Total number of credits required: 48 credits

Major Course Requirements: 39 credits

Specialization Course: 9 credits

 

To be awarded the Master of Accountancy degree, all students will complete 16 courses worth a total of 48 semester credits with a 3.00 minimum grade point average.The first 13 are core courses, followed by three courses that correspond to the specialization of your choice.

 

Students who submit official transcripts indicating that they have earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics or have successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “C” or higher, or graduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take BUS 591 Financial Accounting & Analysis.

 

Students who submit official transcripts indicating that they successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Statistics, Business Statistics, or Quantitative Methods with a grade of “C” or higher or graduate coursework in Statistics, Business Statistics, or Quantitative Methods with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take MAT 540 Statistical Concepts for Research.

 

Students who submit official transcripts indicating that they have earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or have successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “C” or higher, or graduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take BUS 590 General Cost.

 

Students who waive MAT 540, BUS 591, and BUS 590 are required to take 39 total program credits in order to meet graduation requirements.

 

 

Core Requirements (39 credits, all courses are 3 credits.)

 

Accounting

ACC 610 Advanced Federal Taxation

ACC 614 Auditing & Fraud Detection

ACC 618 Professional Ethics for the Accountant

ACC 622 Accounting Information Systems

ACC 626 Accounting in a Global Environment

ACC 630 Advanced Government and Non-Profit Accounting

ACC 640 Advanced Managerial & Cost Accounting

 

Business

BUS 590 General Cost Accounting

BUS 591 Financial Accounting & Analysis

BUS 600 Management Communications with Technology Tools

BUS 607 Business Law for the Accountant

 

Economics

ECO 610 Global Economics

 

Mathematics

MAT 540 Statistical Concepts for Research

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