BS/MSA

Core Courses

Accounting and Assurance Core (12 - 15 credits):

6200:615 ERP and Financial Data Communications 3
6200:637 Contemporary Accounting Issues 3
6200:658 Enterprise Risk Assessment and Assurance 3
6200:660 Accounting and Assurance Project (capstone course) 3
6200:520* Advance Financial Reporting and Analytics* 3

* All courses in this group are required, except 6200:520, which is not required for students in the AIS option. Students who have completed a similar advanced accounting course at the undergraduate level must take a different approved accounting course.

Taxation Core (3 - 6 credits):

6200:627 Survey of Federal Taxation 3
  -OR-  
6200:531 Business Entity Taxation* 3
6200:628 Tax Research 3
6200:631 Corporate Taxation I 3

* Students are required to take a different taxation course if they have completed the equivalent of 6200:627 or 6200:531. Students are required to complete at least one course but no more than two courses in the taxation core.

Accounting Electives* (0 - 6 credits):

6200:554 Information Systems Security 3
6200:570 Government Tax Crimes and Forensics  Accounting 3
6200:659 Assurance Services and Data Mining 3

* These electives are open only to students who have not previously completed similar courses.

Information Systems Electives (0 - 9 credits):

6500:520 Management of Data Networks 3
6500:643 Analysis and Design of Business Systems 3
6500:641 Business Database Systems 3
6500:645 Software Development and Quality Assurance 3
6500:678 Project Management 3

* The Chair of the School of Accountancy may approve or substitute other relevant information systems courses not listed above. Students pursuing the Accounting Information Systems Option must complete a minimum of 12 credits of information systems courses (Accounting Electives and Information Systems courses)

Finance Electives (0 - 9 credits):

6400:631 Financial Markets and Institutions 3
6400:645 Investment Analysis 3
6400:674 Strategic Financial Decision Making 3
6400:681 Multinational Corporate Finance 3
6400:691 International Markets and Investments 3

The Chair of the School of Accountancy may approve or substitute other relevant finance courses not listed above.

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