MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ACCOUNTING

FOUNDATION COURSES

0-33 semester hours

No foundation courses are required for students with a bachelor’s degree in business with an accounting major.

Students with a business major other than accounting who have had both financial and managerial accounting require an additional 18 hours of accounting. All students are required to take:

ACCT 3101	Intermediate Accounting I	(3 semester hours)
ACCT 3102	Intermediate Accounting II	(3 semester hours)

Other foundation courses are required depending on the electives selected by the student. See electives below for details. Non-business majors would require the aforementioned accounting classes and 3 hours each of undergraduate economics, finance, and statistics. Foundation courses must be completed with a grade of a “C” or better.


II.	BUSINESS CORE		24 semester hours
FINC 6141		Financial Policies		(3 semester hours)
MGMT 6101		Research Methods and Statistical Applications in Business		(3 semester hours)
MGMT 6115		Operations Management		(3 semester hours)
MGMT 6135		Organizational Theory and Behavior		(3 semester hours)
MGMT 6155		Business Ethics and Global Responsibilities		(3 semester hours)
MGMT 6195		Strategic Management		(3 semester hours)
MKTG 6161		Advanced Marketing Theory and Applications		(3 semester hours)
MMIS 6195		Information Resource Management		(3 semester hours)
III.		Accounting Concentration	12 semester hours

Required:

ACCT 6155	Advanced Financial Accounting	(3 semester hours)
ACCT 6165	Professional Accounting Research	(3 semester hours)

Choose any two classes from the following:


ACCT 6115	Governmental & Not-for-Profit Accounting		(3 semester hours)
ACCT 6120	Controllership (Foundation prerequisites: ACCT 3101 & ACCT 3102)		(3 semester hours)
ACCT 6125	Advanced Auditing (Foundation prerequisite: ACCT 4135)		(3 semester hours)
ACCT 6135	Seminar in Tax Research (Foundation prerequisites: ACCT 3116 & ACCT 4125)		(3 semester hours)
ACCT 6505	Special Topics in Accounting		(3 semester hours)
Total		36* semester hours

*Additional courses may be required for students who have not met the foundation course requirements.