Master of Accounting Curriculum

Financial Reporting

The Financial Reporting Track helps students focus primarily on financial reporting areas of accounting to achieve specific career goals and prepare for further career advancement. Students who select this track are strongly encouraged to take GB 736 Data Visualization for Decision Making to better prepare for continuously changing technology in the accounting profession.

Tax

With the ever-increasing complexities of taxation, the Tax Track offers students the ability to expand upon their undergraduate studies with additional courses in Individual Taxation and Tax Research & Writing. The Tax Track will provide students with a strong foundational framework needed to begin or advance a career in the tax field.  The focused courses in our Tax Track will provide students with the essential skills and abilities to identify and solve tax problems and recognize tax planning opportunities.

Data Analytics

The prevalence of big data and the increased availability of digital tools and services have created opportunities for accountants and other key decision makers to conduct detailed analyses of emerging market trends and business operations. Real-time data platforms and improved analytics now make it possible for organizations to quickly sense and respond to market needs. In this track, students will take a series of courses designed to deliver specific skills for how to prepare, visualize, and understand patterns in data within the accounting field.

Pre-requisites

The MAcc program focuses on applicants who have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or completion of the following courses (or equivalents as determined by the department chair):

• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Intermediate Accounting I
• Intermediate Account II
• Auditing

Core Courses

• Ethics for Accounting Professionals (online)
• Advanced Financial Accounting (in person and online)
• Audit Analytics (in person and online)
• Advanced Finance (online)
• Professional Communications (online)
• SEC Reporting (online with in person site visit)
• Accounting Internship OR Seminar in Accounting Practice (online)

Electives

Financial Reporting Track:

Select THREE of the following:

• Advanced International Accounting (in person and online)
• Tax Research (in person and online)
• Individual Income Tax (in person and online)
• One additional graduate business elective (in person, online, and hybrid options)

Tax Track:

• Tax Research (in person and online)
• Individual Income Tax (in person and online)
• One additional elective from the list above

Data Analytics Track:

• Data Visualization for Decision Making (online)

AND

One additional graduate business Data Analytics elective from the following:

• Introduction to Data Analytics (online)
• Data Management and Database Systems (online)
• Business Intelligence & Data Mining (online)

AND

One additional accounting elective from the following:

• Advanced International Accounting (in person and online)
• Tax Research (in person and online)
• AC 719 Individual Income Tax (in person and online)