The M.S. in Accountancy is offered to students with a variety of backgrounds who desire a concentrated plan of study to prepare for a career in accountancy.

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M.S. in Accountancy Sequence of Courses
Foundation Requirements*
AC 201 Principles of Accounting I
AC 202 Principles of Accounting II
AC 303 Intermediate Accounting I
AC 304 Intermediate Accounting II
AC 312 Cost Analysis & Budgetary Control
AC 321 Federal Taxes I
AC 341 Accounting Information Systems
AC 431 Auditing
MN 463 Business Law I**
MN 464 Business Law II**
EC 521 Fundamentals of Economics
EC 522 Business Statistics
FN 521 Fundamentals of Finance
MK 521 Principles of Marketing
MN 522 Management Information Systems
MN 531 Organizational Behavior

* subject to waiver for undergraduate equivalent
** or MN 558

Required Graduate Study
MN 550 Leadership & Management Skills
MN 591 Ethics & Business Environmental Issues
MN 592 Corporate Strategic Management
AC 561 Comparative Accounting Systems
AC 584 Accounting Theory and Policy
AC 585 Government/Not-for-Profit Accounting
Two electives selected from:
EC 551 Managerial Economics
FN 551 Financial Management
MK 551 Marketing Management
MN 556 Operations Analysis
Two electives selected from:
AC 575 Fraud Examination
AC 582 Tax for Management Decision Makers
AC 583 Controllership
AC 592 Advanced Auditing
AC 598 Contemporary Topics in Accounting

Students interested in pursuing the M.S. in Accountancy will follow one of three course-sequence paths depending on their undergraduate degree: (1) non-business, (2) non-accounting business, or (3) accounting.
The candidate with a non-business undergraduate degree will normally need to complete 26 courses or 78 hours of business and accounting study: 48 hours taken at the undergraduate level and 30 hours taken at the graduate level. Several of the business preparatory courses may be waived for the student with a business minor or concentration.

The candidate with a business undergraduate degree not in accounting will normally need to complete 16 courses or 48 hours of business study: 18 hours taken at the undergraduate level and 30 hours taken at the graduate level. Several of the business preparatory courses may be waived for the student who has taken courses such as intermediate accounting, income taxation and/or business law. Additional preparatory coursework may be required if there is insufficient business or accounting coursework in the students background.
Students who have an undergraduate degree in accounting may complete the program in as few as ten courses or 30 hours. Like the M.B.A., the M.S. in Accountancy degree can be completed in three semesters covering just over one calendar year.