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Master of Science in Accountancy

• Requirements
• Admission
• International Students

Students who have not completed an undergraduate degree in accountancy must complete the following prerequisites or their equivalents:

• ACTY 2100/2110 Principles of Accounting I & II
• ACTY 3100/3110 Financial Accounting I & II
• ACTY 3130 Accounting Information Systems
• ACTY 3220 Managerial Accounting
• ACTY 3240 Introductory Tax Accounting
• ACTY 4160 Auditing

Students who have not completed an undergraduate degree in business must complete the following business prerequisites or their equivalents:

• FIN 6020 Corporate Finance
• FIN 6040 Legal, Regulatory, and Political Aspects of Business
• ECON 6010 Basic Economic Analysis

Program Requirements

Students must meet with an assigned MSA advisor upon admission to the program to draft a preliminary schedule of courses. The MSA advisor must formally approve the student’s final MSA program.

• The MSA program requires a minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate work, of which a minimum of 24 hours must be at the 6000-level. (ACTY 6110, ECON 6010, FIN 6020 and FIN 6040 cannot be used to meet the 30 hours of graduate work requirement.)
• A minimum of 15 hours must be in accountancy at the 6000 level. See the list of accountancy courses.
• A minimum of 9 hours must be outside of accountancy at the 6000-level. See the list of non-accountancy courses.
• The remaining 6 hours can be in accountancy or outside accountancy.
• Note: Students who have not completed an undergraduate degree in business and want to be certified in Michigan must take the 9 hours outside accountancy and the 6 hours noted above in business subjects.

Accountancy Courses

• ACTY 6100 Financial Accounting and Reporting
• ACTY 6170 Attestation and Assurance Services
• ACTY 6210 International Accounting
• ACTY 6220 Seminar in Management Accounting
• ACTY 6240 Business Tax Planning
• ACTY 6270 Fraud Accounting
• ACTY 6280 Financial Statement Analysis (Beginning Fall 2013)
• ACTY 6430—6450 Special Topics in Accounting

Non-Accountancy Courses

Note: MBA Courses are listed as examples, but other non-accountancy courses are permissible.

• BUS 6150 Global Business
• BUS 6160 Law, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
  
• BIS 6180 Information Technology Management
  
• FIN 6190 Financial Markets and Institutions
  
• FIN 6220 Financial Restructuring – Mergers and Acquisitions
  
• FIN 6250 Financial Strategy
  
• FIN 6420 International Finance
  
• FIN 6450 Computer Applications in Finance
  
• MGMT 6140 Supply Chain and Process Management
  
• MGMT 6170 Leading People and Organizations
• MKTG 6130 Customer-Driven Marketing Management

Tentative Schedule of MSA Courses⁽¹⁾

Master

Even Years
Spring	Summer I	Summer II	Fall
ACTY 6440 N	ACTY 6100 (TR) D	ACTY 6240 (TR) D	ACTY 6210 N
	ACTY 6170 (TR) D	ACTY 6270 (TR) D	ACTY 6280 N (Beginning Fall 2013)
MBA courses as scheduled	MBA courses as scheduled	MBA courses as scheduled	MBA courses as scheduled
Odd Years
Spring	Summer I	Summer II	Fall
ACTY 6440 N	ACTY 6240 (TR) D	ACTY 6100 (TR) D	ACTY 6210 N
	ACTY 6270 (TR) D	ACTY 6170 (TR) D	ACTY 6280 N (Beginning Fall 2013)
MBA courses as scheduled	MBA courses as scheduled	MBA courses as scheduled	MBA courses as scheduled

() = days offered
D = course is offered during the day
N = course is offered in the evening
* Graduate Tuition Information
(1) Additional sections of 6000-level ACTY courses may be offered.