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About the MSA Degree I Degree Requirements I 3:2 Integrated 5-year program

Undergraduate Majors

Select a Major Accounting Actuarial Science Economics Entrepreneurship Finance International Business Management Marketing MIS Insurance

 

Undergraduate Minors

Select a Minor Business Administration Business Studies Decision Analysis Economics Management MIS Marketing Professional Sales

 

Graduate

Select a Program E.M.B.A M.B.A. M.S.A.

 

Business Centers

Select a Center Economic Research Economic Education Executive Development

 

MSA Degree Requirements

Prerequisite Core Classes
Students taking graduate-level classes in the MSA program must have completed certain business and accounting prerequisite core classes. Students meeting admissions criteria, except for prerequisites, may be admitted to the program. However, graduate courses cannot be taken until the prerequisites are completed. Students with an undergraduate accounting degree from an AACSB accredited school are likely to have completed all prerequisites. Students with an undergraduate degree in business from an AACSB accredited school are likely to have already completed the business prerequisites.

 

The MSA Curriculum

The Master of Science in Accounting degree (MSA) requires 30 hours of course work. At least 15 of these hours consist of courses in accounting.

12 semester hours of accounting are required from the following list:

• ATG 601, Financial Accounting Theory
• ATG 657, Advanced Auditing
• ATG 677, Federal Taxes II
• ATG 690, Applied Professional Accounting Research

 

For the remaining three required accounting hours, students may select courses from one of the following:

• ATG 501 Advanced Accounting II
• ATG 514 Advanced Managerial Accounting
• ATG 526 Fraud Examination
• ATG 547 Internal Auditing
• ATG 583 Accounting Information Systems
• ATG 561 International Accounting Issues
• ATG 585 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
• ATG 590 Professional Accounting Problems

Note: 500-level courses taken to complete requirements for an undergraduate degree cannot be used to complete master's degree requirements.

There are also nine elective hours of 600-level courses from the Foster College of Business Administration MBA program (with the exception of ATG 604 and 660).

The six remaining hours of elective course work at the 500 or 600 level may be taken inside or outside the Foster College of Business Administration.

These elective courses can be used to tailor the program to the student's specific needs, such as technical knowledge, communication skills, or critical thinking.

The courses chosen must also be approved by the student's accounting graduate advisor.

*Specific requirements for the MSA Program and course descriptions can be found in the graduate catalog.

 

Business Prerequisites

Course Name	Course Number
Principles of Accounting - Financial	ATG 157 or ATG 505
Principles of Accounting - Managerial	ATG 158 or ATG 506
Principles of Microeconomics	ECO 221 or ECO 506
Principles of Macroeconomics	ECO 222 or ECO 508
Quantitative Analysis I	QM 262 or QM 501
Fundamentals of Marketing	MTG 315 or MTG 515
Introduction to Finance	FIN 322
Legal Environment of Business	BMA 342 or BMA 542
Managing in Organizations	BMA 352 or BMA 552
Computer Proficiency	Demonstrated by coursework or examination
Business Policy Class	BMA 452 or taken as an elective at the graduate level

 

Accounting Prerequisites

Course Name	Course Number
Intermediate Accounting I	ATG 301
Intermediate Accounting II	ATG 302
Cost Accounting or Controllership	ATG 204 or ATG 604
Federal Taxes I	ATG 477
Accounting Systems and Control or Management Information Systems	ATG 383 or BMA 672
Advanced Accounting	ATG 401 or ATG 501
Auditing	ATG 457

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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