Online M.S. in Accounting and Business Advisory Services

The M.S. in Accounting and Business Advisory Services program requires 30 credits of coursework plus a maximum of 27 credits of foundation coursework for those students with an undergraduate degree not in business or accounting.

Foundation Coursework [0 - 27 credits]

Note: To meet accounting undergraduate equivalency requirements, students may be required to complete some or all of the courses listed below. A maximum of 27 credits of the Foundation Coursework (Accounting and Business Prep Courses) may be waived.

Accounting Foundation Courses

• Accounting Essentials (1.5 cr) -or- ACCT 201 and ACCT 202
• Intermediate Accounting I (3 cr) -or- ACCT 301
• Intermediate Accounting II (3 cr) -or- ACCT 302
• Auditing plus Accounting Information Systems (3 cr) -or- ACCT 317 and ACCT 401
• Intermediate Accounting III / Advanced Accounting (3 cr) -or- ACCT 310 and ACCT 403
• Income Taxation (3 cr)
• Cost Accounting (3 cr) ACCT 605 Performance Management and Accounting (3) may be used to satisfy

Business (Non-Accounting) Foundation Courses

• MicroEconomics (1.5 cr)
• MacroEconomics (1.5 cr)
• Essentials of Finance (1.5 cr)
• Fundamentals of Statistics (1.5 cr)
• Managerial Statistics (1.5 cr)

Degree Requirements [30 credits]


Required Courses [9 credits]

• Advanced Topics in Assurance Services (3) -or- IT for Business Transformation (3 cr)
• Advanced Topics in Accounting Systems (3)
• Financial Management (1.5 cr)
• Corporate Finance (1.5 cr)

Choose three courses. [9 credits]

• Forensic Accounting Principles (3 cr)
• Litigation Support (3 cr)
• Performance Management and Accounting Controls
• Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting (3 cr)
• Taxation of Entities ** (3 cr)
• Accounting Ethics (3 cr)
• Design of Managerial Cost and Control Systems (3 cr)
• Advanced Accounting Reporting Issues (3 cr)
• Graduate Accounting Internship (3 cr)

**Available as electives only for students who have not taken equivalent courses in their undergraduate program.

Electives [12 credits]

Select four elective courses from the following:

• Tax Policy (3 cr)
• Taxation of Entities ** (3 cr)
• Seminar in Current Topics in Accounting ** (3 cr)
• Sustainability Accounting (3)
• Special Topics in Accounting (3 cr)
• Financial Reporting (3 cr)
• Advanced Financial Analysis (3 cr)
• Investment Analysis (3 cr)
• Global Finance (3 cr)
• Risk Management (3 cr)
• Portfolio Management (3 cr)
• Real Estate Investment (3 cr)
• New Venture Financing (3 cr)
• Business Valuation (3 cr)
• Special Topics in Financial Management (3 cr)
• Leadership of the IT Function (3 cr)
• Networking and Telecommunications (3 cr)
• Database Management Systems (3 cr)
• e-Commerce Technologies and Applications (3 cr)
• Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr)
• Information Security in Assurance (3 cr)
• Advanced Topics in Information Systems (3 cr)
• Managing the Sustainable Enterprise (3 cr)
• e-Commerce and Supply Chain Management (3 cr)
• Public Budgeting and Fiscal Administration (3 cr)

**Available as electives only for students who have not taken equivalent courses in their undergraduate program.