Curriculum

The Department of Accounting offers four tracks of study for the Master of Accounting:

Audit
Management Information Systems
Tax
Entrepreneurship

Download the requirements for the tracks. Students must also pass a written comprehensive examination at the end of the program.

Audit Track

Students in the Audit Track will follow the Expected Audit Track courses. The Audit Track requires a minimum of 18 accounting credits:

Four required courses
A minimum of two other accounting courses

If approved by the MAcc Advisor, Audit Track students may replace up to 12 credits of non-required Accounting courses with non-Accounting courses. For example, a student who wants to focus on Finance may be able to replace suggested Accounting courses for Finance courses.

Expected Audit Track

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 501	Advanced Accounting	Fall, Spring
ACCT 522	Advanced Federal Taxation	Fall, Spring
ACCT 525	Accounting Theory and Institution	Fall, Spring
ACCT 531	Principles of Auditing	Fall, Spring
ACCT 510 *	Principles of Profit Planning and Control	Spring
ACCT 521	Business Law	Fall, Spring
ACCT 529	International Taxation and Accounting	Spring
ACCT 554 *	Accounting Analysis of Financial Statements	Fall
ACCT 572A *	Accounting for Not-for-Profit Entities	Fall
ACCT 580	Communication Skills for the Accounting Profession	Fall, Spring

Audit Track Program Requirements

Required courses:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 501	Advanced Accounting	Fall, Spring
ACCT 522	Advanced Federal Taxation	Fall, Spring
ACCT 525	Accounting Theory and Institution	Fall, Spring
ACCT 531	Principles of Auditing	Fall, Spring

Select a minimum of two from:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 510 *	Principles of Profit Planning and Control	Spring
ACCT 529	International Taxation and Accounting	Spring
ACCT 554 *	Accounting Analysis of Financial Statements	Fall
ACCT 572A *	Accounting for Not-for-Profit Entities	Fall
ACCT 580	Communication Skills for the Accounting Profession	Fall, Spring

* If you took any of these courses as an undergraduate, you will not be able to take them at the graduate level (ex: If you took ACCT 472A, you can't take ACCT 572A or if you took ACCT 451, you can't take ACCT 554)

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Audit with Management Information Systems Emphasis Track

The MIS Track combines the MAcc program with the MIS program. The MIS Track requires 18 accounting credits:

Four required courses
two other accounting course

MIS Track students must select a minimum of four courses from the MIS department to fulfill the 30 credits requirement.

Required Courses

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 501	Advanced Accounting	Fall, Spring
ACCT 522	Advanced Federal Taxation	Fall, Spring
ACCT 525	Accounting Theory and Institution	Fall, Spring
ACCT 531	Principles of Auditing	Fall, Spring

Select two from:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 510 *	Principles of Profit Planning and Control	Spring
ACCT 521	Business Law and the Search for Non-Obvious Liabilities	Fall, Spring
ACCT 554 *	Accounting Analysis of Financial Statements	Fall
ACCT 572A *	Accounting for Not-for-Profit Entities	Fall
ACCT 580	Communication Skills for the Accounting Profession	Fall, Spring

Select four courses from the MIS Department:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
MIS 512A	Management of Technology I	Fall, Spring
MIS 513	Business Foundations for IT	Fall
MIS 515 **	Information Security in Public and Private Sectors	Spring
MIS 516 **	Privacy, Security, and Business Continuity	Fall
MIS 527	Introduction to Enterprise Computing Environments	Spring
MIS 528	Business Process Management Systems	Spring
MIS 531	Enterprise Data Management	Fall
MIS 541	Analysis and Design of Service-Oriented Systems	Fall
MIS 578	Project Management	Fall
MIS 585	Strategic Management of Information Systems	Fall, Spring

*If you took any of these courses as an undergraduate, you will not be able to take them at the graduate level (ex: If you took ACCT 472A, you can't take ACCT 572A or if you took ACCT 451, you can't take ACCT 554)

**U.S. NSA-CNSS (National Security Agency-Committee on National Security Systems) certificates are awarded to all students successfully completing the course.

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Tax Track

Students in the Tax Track will follow the Expected Tax Track. The Tax Track requires a minimum of 18 accounting credits:

Four required courses
A minimum of two other accounting courses

If approved by the MAcc Advisor, Tax Track students may replace up to 12 credits of non-required Accounting courses with non-Accounting courses.

Expected Tax Track

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 501	Advanced Accounting	Fall, Spring
ACCT 522	Advanced Federal Taxation	Fall, Spring
ACCT 525	Accounting Theory and Institution	Fall, Spring
ACCT 531	Principles of Auditing	Fall, Spring
ACCT 521	Business Law	Fall, Spring
ACCT 528	Partnerships	Fall
ACCT 529	International Taxation and Accounting	Spring
ACCT 553	Tax Research	Spring
ACCT 556	Current Issues in Taxation	Fall
LAW 646	Federal Income Tax or Corporate Tax 2	Fall or Spring

Tax Track Program Requirements

Required courses:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 501	Advanced Accounting	Fall, Spring
ACCT 522	Advanced Federal Taxation	Fall, Spring
ACCT 525	Accounting Theory and Institution	Fall, Spring
ACCT 531	Principles of Auditing	Fall, Spring

Select a minimum of two from:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 528	Partnerships	Fall
ACCT 529	International Taxation and Accounting	Spring
ACCT 553	Tax Research	Spring
ACCT 556	Current Issues in Taxation	Fall
LAW 646	Federal Income Tax or Corporate Tax 2	Fall or Spring

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Audit with Entrepreneurship Emphasis Track

The Entrepreneurship Track combines the MAcc program with the McGuire Entrepreneurship program. The Entrepreneurship Track requires 18 accounting credits:

Four required courses
Two other accounting courses

Entrepreneurship Track students will complete the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program to fulfill the 30 credits requirement.

NOTE: Entrepreneurship track students must apply to the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program in the Spring semester before they start the MAcc Program. For more information, please see the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship.

Required Courses

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 501	Advanced Accounting	Fall, Spring
ACCT 522	Advanced Federal Taxation	Fall, Spring
ACCT 525	Accounting Theory and Institution	Fall, Spring
ACCT 531	Principles of Auditing	Fall, Spring

Select two from:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ACCT 510 *	Principles of Profit Planning and Control	Spring
ACCT 521	Business Law and the Search for Non-Obvious Liabilities	Fall, Spring
ACCT 554 *	Accounting Analysis of Financial Statements	Fall
ACCT 572A *	Accounting for Not-for-Profit Entities	Fall
ACCT 580	Communication Skills for the Accounting Profession	Fall, Spring

McGuire Entrepreneurship Program courses:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
ECON 534	Industry Analysis and New Venture Development (3 credits)	Fall
FIN 536	New Venture Finance (3 credits)	Fall
MGMT 539	Planning of New Ventures (3 credits)	Spring
ENTR 520R	Innovation Principles and Environments (3 credits)	Spring

*If you took any of these courses as an undergraduate, you will not be able to take them at the graduate level (ex: If you took ACCT 472A, you can't take ACCT 572A or if you took ACCT 451, you can't take ACCT 554)

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