MBA in Accounting

Area of Study Overview

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New skills are necessary to develop and prepare students to compete in the global marketplace. Accounting professions are now focused more on forward-thinking and using information to anticipate and resolve issues. Today’s accounting programs focus student learning on measuring past performance and historical trends. Emerging issues in a global, diversified economy require leaders in accounting to analyze and develop timely and accurate financial information to engage improved resource allocation.

The M.B.A. degree program with an area of study in Accounting emphasizes both the theoretical understanding of emerging issues as well as an advanced curriculum of financial and managerial accounting. Additionally, accountants must ensure that not only is the financial information accurate and timely reported, but also that appropriate accounting systems are in place and incompliance with statutory regulations.

Skills and functions of a seasoned accountant may include:

  • adapt appropriate cost processes to manage production costs and segment development;
  • assess an entity’s financial condition through timely and accurate financial information;
  • test financial and statutory compliance through audits;
  • implement and monitor budgets to guide financial decisions; and
  • critique accounting information systems to improve entity performance.

An M.B.A. degree with an area of study in Accounting will provide students with advanced financial skills that may contribute toward providing education requirements needed to qualify for the CPA exam. Moreover, this program will benefit those currently in the accounting profession through enhanced skills and concepts.

Prerequisites

In addition to the MBA admissions criteria, 12 credit hours in undergraduate accounting with an equivalent to Intermediate Accounting I and II.

Credit Distribution

I. Core Courses (21 Credits)

ETM-7500Ethics for Managers

3

MKM-7000Marketing Management

3

FIN-7100Financial Management

3

SOP-7200Strategic Operations Management

3

GSM-7300Global Strategic Management

3

ORR-7100Organizational Research

3

MBA-7300MBA Capstone

3

II. Area of Study (12 Credits)

ACC-7000Managerial Accounting for Decision Making

3

ACC-7010Auditing and Accounting Information Systems

3

ACC-7020Financial Essentials for Accountants

3

ACC-7030Emerging Issues in Accounting

3

III. MBA Electives (6 Credits)

Select 6 credits from the following:

ENP-7320Entrepreneurship

3

HRM-7600Human Resource Management - Talent Management

3

PJM-7210Project Management

3

MKR-7000Market Research

3

SOM-7020Social Media Marketing

3

INV-7110Investments

3

FSA-7120Financial Statement Analysis

3

NEG-7310Negotiations

3

SUS-7000Designing a Business Case for Sustainability

3

MCO-7400Management Communications

3

Total Credit Hours: 39

NOTE: ORR-7100: Organizational Research must be taken prior to the MBA-7300: Management Capstone. Students cannot take them in the same term. Please contact an academic advisor to register for both courses.