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Curriculum

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

• Audit
• Management Information Systems
• Tax
• Entrepreneurship

Students must also pass a written comprehensive examination at the end of the program.

Audit Track

Students in the Audit Track will follow the Audit Track courses.

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 and the Search for Non-Obvious Liabilities	Fall, Spring
ACCT 529	International Taxation and Accounting	Spring
ACCT 5554 *	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). Replacement electives must be approved prior to registration by the MAcc Advisor.

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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 529	International Taxation and Accounting	Spring
ACCT 580	Communication Skills for the Accounting Profession	Fall, Spring

Select four courses from the MIS Department:

Course	Course Title	Usually Offered
MIS 513	Business Foundations for IT	Spring
MIS 515 **	Information Security in Public and Private Sectors	Fall, Spring
MIS 516 **	Privacy, Security, and Business Continuity	Fall, Spring
MIS 527	Introduction to Enterprise Computing Environments	Spring
MIS 578	Project Management	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). Replacement electives must be approved prior to registration by the MAcc Advisor.

**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 Tax Track.

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 and the Search for Non-Obvious Liabilities	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

* LAW 646 often causes scheduling conflicts with Accounting courses. If you are unable to fit LAW 646 in your schedule you may select an elective. Replacement electives must be approved prior to registration by the MAcc Advisor.

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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
• Three 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 three 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 529	International Taxation and Accounting	Spring
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	Fall
FIN 536	New Venture Finance	Fall
MGMT 539	Planning of New Ventures	Spring
ENTR 520R	Innovation Principles and Environments	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) Replacement electives must be approved prior to registration by the MAcc Advisor.

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