Students who have already completed a bachelor’s degree in the field of accounting from an accredited institution may be admitted directly to the Master of Accountancy program. The graduate degree requires completion of 10 graduate courses. There are four 600-level required accounting courses and six 600-level courses selected from the three tracks of interest. Students applying directly to the Master of Accountancy program may be admitted depending upon the cumulative grade-point average obtained in the last 60 credits of course work, plus satisfactory performance on the GMAT.

Program requirements

Department of Accounting prerequisites:
ACCT 401 Governmental and Not-for-profit Accounting (if not previously taken)
ACCT 506 Auditing
ACCT 513 Financial Reporting

Graduate accounting required core courses:
ACCT 601 Financial Accounting Theory
ACCT 604 Auditing
ACCT 606 International Accounting
ACCT 682 Financial Reporting

Graduate elective courses:
Students are permitted to select six 600-level courses from the three tracks of interest (information systems, finance and auditing, or general business). Students are encouraged to take the following elective courses for specialty training in the following three tracks. The final selection of elective courses that will be taken for graduation can be negotiated with the student’s graduate academic adviser.

	Information systems – students selecting this track may be required to complete additional undergraduate prerequisite courses before taking the graduate information systems electives.
	INFO 610 Analysis and Design of Database Systems
	INFO 620 Data Communication
	INFO 630 Information Engineering
	INFO 640 Information Systems and Knowledge Management
	One graduate elective in accounting
	One graduate elective in either accounting or information systems

	Finance and auditing
	FIRE 621 Cases in Financial Management
	FIRE 635 Investments and Security Analysis
	Two graduate electives in finance
	One graduate elective in accounting
	One graduate elective in accounting or finance

	Other approved business tracks – students will work with their advisers to identify a separate track of study in one of the following approved areas: economics, international business, management, marketing or another area negotiated with the faculty adviser. Depending upon the track of study selected, students may have to complete additional undergraduate prerequisites. The number of graduate electives that must be taken is the same, regardless of the area of study:
	• Four graduate electives in selected track
	• One graduate elective in accounting
	• One graduate elective in accounting or selected track