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Master of Science in Accountancy

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Foundation Courses - 27 credits
 
Accounting and Assurance Core
Required
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 3
6200:520 Advanced Accounting (Optional for students with an IS emphasis. Students who have had an Advanced Accounting course as an undergraduate must petition to take an alternative course.) 3
     
Taxation Core - 3-6 credits
6200:627 Survey of Federal taxation 3
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6200:531 Tax II 3
6200:628 Tax Research 3
6200:631 Corporate Tax I 3
     
Accounting Electives - 0-6 credits
6200:554 Information Systems Security 3
6200:570 Government and Institutional Accounting 3
6200:659 Assurance Services and Data Mining 3
     
Information System Electives - 0-12 credits
6500:643 Analysis and Design of Business Systems 3
6500:641 Business Database Systems 3
6500:648 Management of Telecommunications 3
6500:678 Project Management 3
     
Finance Electives - 0-15 credits
6400:631 Financial Markets and Institutions 3
6400:645 Investment Analysis 3
6400:674 Strategic Financial Decision Making 3
6400:678 Capital Budgeting 3
6400:681 Multinational Corporate Finance 3
6400:691 International Markets and Investments 3
     
6200:615 ERP and Financial Data Communications 3 credits
Prerequisite: 601. Detailed examination of issues related to acquisition, implementation and use of financial modules in enterprise resource planning applications, with emphasis on risk assessment and mitigation

6200:637 Contemporary Accounting Issues 3 credits
Prerequisite: 6200:621 and 622 or equivalent. Examination of accounting concepts and standards through critical analysis of articles on current trends in profession. Discussion and outside research stressed.

6200:658 Enterprise Risk Assessment and Assurance 3 credits
Prerequisite: 601 or equivalent and 610 or equivalent. An examination of the unique risks, controls, and assurance services resulting from and related to the e-business environment.

6200:660 Accounting and Assurance Project 3 credits
Prerequisites: 540 and instructor approval. Comprehensive, hands-on information systems audit and control project approved by the instructor.

6200:520 Advanced Accounting 3 credits
Prerequisites: 6200:321 and 322. Examination of accounting theory emphasizing accounting for business combinations, partnerships, foreign operations, nonprofit entities and consolidated statements.

6200:627 Survey of Federal taxation 3 credits
Prerequisites: 601 or equivalent. Introduction to federal taxation for students who have not yet completed more than one undergraduate or graduate tax course. Examines individual and business federal taxation.

6200:531 Tax 2 3 credits
Prerequisite: 430/530 or permission. Federal income tax law related to partnerships, corporations, trusts and estates; also includes an overview of federal estate and gift tax law.

6200:628 Basic Tax Research 3 credits
Designed to develop basic research competence involving federal income, estate, and gift tax laws.

6200:631 Corporate Tax 1 3 credits
Detailed examination of tax problems of corporations and their shareholders. Formation, distribution, redemption, liquidation and penalty taxes covered.

6200:554 Information Systems Security
Focus on information systems risk and security in distributed business environments; develop policies, practices and systems for security of computers and data in business.

6200:570 Government and Institutional Accounting 3 credits
Prerequisites: 320 or 601. Theory and procedures involved in application of fund accounting, budgetary control, appropriations and various accounting systems to governmental units, educational, medical and other nonprofit institutions.

6200:659 Assurance Services and Data Mining 3 credits
Prerequisite: 658. Application of data warehousing, data mining, and intelligent agent concepts and tools to designing and developing systems for assurance services, fraud and error detection, and risk mitigation.

6500:643 Analysis and Design of Business Systems 3 credits
Prerequisite: 6500:602 or 6200:603. A hands-on treatment of the methods used to develop different types of business information systems.

6500:641 Business Database Systems 3 credits
Prerequisite:6500:602. Introduction to issues underlying the analysis, design, implementation, and management of business databases.

6500:648 Management of Telecommunications 3 credits
Prerequisite: 6500:602 or 6200:603. An introduction to the use and management of telecommunications resources to support the activities of the organization.

6500:678 Project Management 3 credits
Prerequisites: 6500:600, 6500:601, 6500:602. Provides working knowledge of tools and methods available to project managers including computerized analysis of network models to aid in the planning and control functions.

6400:631 Financial Markets and Institutions 3 credits
Prerequisite: 6400: 602 or equivalent. A study of major financial markets and financial institutions with an emphasis on the decision making processes within a rapidly changing, but regulated operating environment.

6400:645 Investment Analysis 3 credits
Prerequisite: 6400:602 or equivalent. Study of the economic and market forces that influence security prices. Techniques of analysis used in evaluating limited income and equity securities.

6400:674 Strategic Financial Decision Making 3 credits
Prerequisite: 6400:602. Examines the role of financial decision makers as strategic consultants to other business units/functions with integrative risk management as a unifying theme.

6400:678 Capital Budgeting 3 credits
Prerequisite: 6400:602 or equivalent. Attempt to integrate various theories of capital budgeting into comprehensive conceptual scheme. Theoretical concepts and practical applications blended for better understanding of capital problems.

6400:681 Multinational Corporate Finance 3 credits
Prerequisite: 6400:602 or equivalent. Financial policies and practices of companies involved in multinational operations. Considers management of working capital and permanent assets, return on investment and capital budgeting for the global firm.

6400:691 International Markets and Investments 3 credits
Prerequisites: 6400:602 or equivalent. A study of international financial markets with an emphasis on international investments and risks in a rapidly changing global economy.
 
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