Master of Science in Accounting
(This is a new degree program that is in the process of meeting the conditions of eligibility for accreditation by the ACBSP.)
The Master of Science in Accounting is a 37-hour degree program that provides students with practical and theoretical knowledge needed by accounting professionals. Graduates of the MS in Accounting program are prepared for careers in accounting including audit, tax, financial, and corporate management. Additionally, the MS in Accounting, along with the prerequisites, prepares students to sit for the Certified Public Accounting exam.* The MS in Accounting program covers analytical and quantitative foundations for business and delves deeply into accounting theory and practice. Study includes advanced financial and managerial accounting along with taxation, fraud, data analytics, and auditing skills.
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) undergraduate degree strongly recommended to meet business classes and total hour requirements for the CPA exam.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The Master of Science in Accounting consists of 31 hours of required core curriculum and 6 hours of electives.
Students must maintain an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and an institutional GPA of 3.0 in accounting coursework.
Students must be advised by a full-time accounting professor before enrollment each semester.
FOUNDATIONAL COURSES
The courses listed below are requisites and may be satisfied through undergraduate credit: ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting ACCT 2302 - Principles of Managerial Accounting or ACCT 5321 Managerial Accounting ACCT 3300 - Survey of Accounting Systems ACCT 3301 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I ACCT 3302 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II ACCT 4303 - Managerial Cost Accounting or ACCT 5321 Managerial Accounting ACCT 4304 - Auditing MANA 3306 - Management Communications* *Requisite to sit for the CPA exam |
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Required Core Curriculum | 31 |
ACCT 5101 - Accounting Professionalism ACCT 5332 - Financial Accounting Theory ACCT 6302 - Accounting Data Analytics (Requisites: ACCT 3300 or ACCT 5101, ACCT 3301, ACCT 3302) ACCT 6320 - Accounting Business Ethics ACCT 6330 - Tax Planning and Research (Requisite: ACCT 3323) ACCT 6335 - Financial Statement Analysis (Requisites: ACCT 3301, ACCT 3302) ACCT 6343 - Accounting for Government/Non-Profit (Requisites: ACCT 5321 or equivalent) ACCT 6345 - Fraud and Forensic Accounting (Requisites: ACCT 5321 or equivalent) ACCT 6346 - Advanced Auditing (Requisites: ACCT 4304) ACCT 6355 - Case Studies in Advanced Accounting (capstone) (Requisites: ACCT 6330, ACCT 6335. Must be taken as the last accounting course.) MANA 5333 - Operations and Quality Management | |
Electives | 6 |
Choose two of the following ACCT 5310 - Internship (Requisites: accounting major, minimum 60 hours, minimum of 12 hours in upper-level accounting classes, minimum 3.0, and instructor approval.) ACCT 6350 - Managerial Accounting Cases with Data Analytics FINA 5301 - Corporate Finance MANA 5302 - Quantitative Analysis and Modeling for Decision-Making MANA 5310 - Ethical Leadership MANA 6341 - Strategic Management Decisions (S-L) | |
Total Credit Hours Required | 37 |
*The Master of Science in Accounting, along with its prerequisites and business hours required by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA), provide the student the educational requirements to sit for the Certified Public Accountancy exam. Full requirements to sit for the exam include a baccalaureate degree or higher, 150 semester hours or equivalent from a university recognized by the TSBPA, 30 upper-level board approved accounting hours including 2 hours of accounting research, 24 upper-level business hours including 2 hours of board approved communication, and 3 board approved ethics hours. Complete description of all requirements to sit for the Certified Public Accountancy exam may be found at the Texas State Board of Professional Accountancy website: https://www.tsbpa.texas.gov/
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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