Anderson MACCT Curriculum (Effective Fall 2007)

The following guidelines are for students admitted to the program for the Fall 2007 term or subsequent terms.

For students admitted prior to the Fall 2007 term, you can view your concentration guidelines here.

Anderson Students Beginning in the Fall 2007 semester, the Professional Concentration in Master of Accounting degree will change. The Advanced and Tax Concentration curriculums have remained the same. All concentrations are a 33 credit hour program of study:

  • The Advanced Concentration is designed for individuals who have already earned a B.B.A. with a concentration in accounting. The Advanced Concentration consists of a minimum of 15 hours of graduate accounting courses and a maximum of 24 hours of graduate accounting coursework of which no more than 6 hours may be in taxation, plus a minimum of 9 hours of non-accounting electives at the graduate level.
  • The Professional Concentration is designed for individuals who have a non-accounting undergraduate degree and wish to enter public accounting as a certified professional. The Professional Concentration requires two prerequisites: 1) an introductory financial accounting course, and 2) an introductory managerial accounting course prior to admission in the program. (If you do not take the prerequisites at the Anderson School of Management, then please visit with the graduate programs advisor for pre-approval of the prerequisite coursework prior to taking a course.) The program requires 27 credit hours of specified graduate accounting coursework, plus 6 credit hours of specified graduate non-accounting coursework.
  • The Tax Concentration is designed for individuals who have already earned a B.B.A. with a concentration in accounting wishing to pursue advanced studies in taxation. The Tax Concentration consists of a minimum of 15 hours of graduate level taxation classes and up to an additional 9 hours of graduate level accounting and/or taxation classes, plus a minimum of 9 hours of graduate level non-accounting electives.

NEW! MBA Information Assurance Concentration
Students can pursue an Accounting concentration and combine it with a concentration in Information Assurance (IA). Because of overlapping course requirements, students pursuing an Accounting or MIS concentration can typically complete a second concentration in IA with two or three additional courses. Students intending to pursue a dual concentration need to plan their studies in advance and coordinate the plan with both concentration advisors.

Visit the Information Assurance web site for more information about the concentration.


Masters of Accounting Curriculum (Effective Fall 2007)

Professional Concentration Effective Fall 2007

MGMT Course Advanced Professional Tax
* 502 Acct Mgt Info Systems I   Prerequisite  
* 503 Managerial/Cost Acctg Accounting Prerequisite Accounting
* 526 Financial Management (See (1) below) Elective Required (Non-Accounting) Elective
* 540 Financial Acctg I Accounting Required Accounting
* 541 Financial Acctg II Accounting Required Accounting
* 542 Sem in Personal Tax Planning Taxation Required Taxation
* 543 Sem in Business Tax Planning Taxation Required Taxation
* 544 Assurance Services Accounting Required Accounting
* 546 Financial Acctg III Accounting Required Accounting
547 Tax Research Taxation   Taxation
548 Sem in International Acctg Accounting   Accounting
* 549 Acctg Inf and Control Systems Accounting Required Accounting
550 Professional Acctg Accounting Required Accounting
* 559 Law for Accountants Accounting Required (Non-Accounting) Accounting
590 Corporate Taxation Taxation   Taxation
591 Estate & Gift Taxation Taxation   Taxation
592 Partnership & LLC Taxation Taxation   Taxation
593 Real Estate Taxation Taxation   Taxation
594 Special Topics Taxation/Acctg   Taxation/Acctg
* 640 Acct for Not for Profit Orgs Accounting Required Accounting
641 Forensic Accounting Accounting   Accounting

* Any course taken at the undergraduate level cannot be taken at the graduate level. The graduate level requirement will be waived, but the student must replace the course with an elective and obtain preapproval from the faculty advisor.

(1) MGMT 526 has 2 prerequisites. They are MGMT 501 and MGMT 502. Please email either Dr. Alistair Preston, Faculty Advisor for the Professional and Advanced Concentrations in the MACC or Dr. Craig White, Faculty Advisor for the Tax Concentration in the MACCT program, to discuss the coursework options available to students the fulfill this course requirement.