MBA - Accounting Concentration
Grad Campus
(Graduate School)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Accounting Concentration
The MBA with a concentration in Accounting provides the opportunity for advanced study in management and accounting. Successful completion of this program prepares individuals to pursue high-level careers in accounting and/or management positions both in private industry and in public accounting firms. Building on students’ preexisting foundation in accounting, this advanced program enables students to develop theoretical knowledge while learning how advanced accounting principles and techniques are applied in practice. Research techniques that successful practitioners use are also covered in this program.
Upon completion of the program, graduates are expected to demonstrate the ability to
- Adapt and innovate to solve management issues in unpredictable environments.
- Critically analyze and question knowledge claims.
- Solve business challenges using strategic theories, models and/or tools.
- Analyze ethical issues and socially responsible business practices in complex organizational situations.
- Analyze management issues with a global perspective.
Graduates will learn executive business competencies, professional leadership, and strategic and creative thinking skills that will help them ethically solve problems that occur in the global business environment in culturally sensitive ways.
This program is designed to meet the 150 hours of advanced study requirement that candidates must satisfy to take the Uniform CPA Examination.
Prerequisite and foundation courses should be completed prior to registering for core and concentration classes.
MBA - Accounting Concentration
Credits Prerequisite Courses *, ** | ||
| ACCT2021 | Intermediate Accounting I *** | 4.5 |
| ACCT2022 | Intermediate Accounting II | 4.5 |
| ACCT2023 | Intermediate Accounting III | 4.5 |
| ACCT3011 | Federal Taxes I | 4.5 |
| ACCT3040 | Auditing | 4.5 |
| ACCT3050 | Advanced Accounting | 4.5 |
| LAW3010 | Business Law for Accountants | 4.5 |
| MATH1002 | A Survey of College Mathematics | 4.5 |
| Foundation Courses | ||
| COMM5075 | Strategic Communication | 4.5 |
| ECON5000 | Economics in the Global Economy | 4.5 |
| MATH5000 | Quantitative Business Methods | 4.5 |
| MGMT5000 | Foundations of Business Administration | 4.5 |
| Core Courses | ||
| IBUS5511 | Global Economic Environments | 4.5 |
| MGMT5575 | Operations Management | 4.5 |
| MGMT5800 | Effective Leadership | 4.5 |
| MGMT5900 | Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Law | 4.5 |
| MRKT5500 | Strategic Marketing | 4.5 |
| RSCH5500 | Business Information and Decision Making | 4.5 |
| Accounting Courses & | ||
| ACCT6001 | Accounting Theory | 4.5 |
| ACCT6003 | Advanced Auditing | 4.5 |
| ACCT6020 | Individual Taxation | 4.5 |
| ACCT6021 | Corporate Taxation | 4.5 |
| LAW6000 | Law for Accountants | 4.5 |
| Career Capstone Course | ||
| MGMT6800 | Business Policy and Strategy | 4.5 |
| Total Credits | 54.0-108.0 | |
| * | Courses offered through the undergraduate College of Business and the School of Arts & Sciences |
| ** | All prerequisite courses must be completed prior to or concurrently with foundation courses. |
| *** | Prior to enrolling in ACCT2021 Intermediate Accounting I, students must have completed FISV5000 Corporate Financial Accounting or ACCT1007 Principles of Accounting II. |
| & | Not offered every term. |
