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Programs and Courses

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 6420—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 and Intercultural Communication
BUS 6160 Business Policy and Social and Ethical Environment
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 Business Process Management
MGMT 6170 Managing Human Resources and Behavior
MKTG 6130 Customer-Driven Marketing Management

Master Schedule of MSA Courses

Even Years
Spring	Summer I	Summer II	Fall
ACTY 6220 N	ACTY 6100 (TR) D	ACTY 6240 (TR) D	ACTY 6210 N
	ACTY 6170 (TR) D	ACTY 6270 (TR) D	ACTY 6420-6450 N
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 6220 N	ACTY 6240 (TR) D	ACTY 6100 (TR) D	ACTY 6210 N
	ACTY 6270 (TR) D	ACTY 6170 (TR) D	ACTY 6420-6450 N
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
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