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The Master of Accountancy consists of a four graduate level core accounting courses required and approved by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy so that students will qualify for candidacy to take the CPA examination, a minimum of four courses in the student's area of concentration and 6 hours of approved graduate accounting or business electives.
Requirements for Admission to the Master of Accountancy Degree
Students should refer to the Introduction to the College of Business Administration section for information on admission.
Specific Requirements for the Master of Accountancy Degree
All students must meet the Pre-Master of Accountancy (Pre-MACY) Requirements and complete thirty hours of Course of Study for the Master of Accountancy (MACY).
Courses in Pre-MACY Requirements as described below can be waived if according to the Accounting Graduate Studies Committee, the student has the equivalent courses in previous undergraduate or graduate coursework or the appropriate work experience. Waivers can also be given if the student demonstrated proficiency through challenge examinations approved by the Committee.
Pre-Master of Accountancy (Pre-MACY) Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Common Body of Knowledge The courses in parentheses indicate the equivalent undergraduate course or course combinations. | ||
ACCT 5301 | Financial Accounting (or ACCT 2302 or ACCT 2301 ) | 3 |
ECON 5304 | Business Economics (or ECON 2303 or ECON 2304) | 3 |
QMB 5311 | Quantitative Methods-Business (or QMB 2301 or QMB 3301 or MATH 2301) | 3 |
BLAW 5306 | Business Law and Ethics (or BLAW 3301) | 3 |
MKT 3300 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
FIN 5305 | Financial Concepts & Analysis (or FIN 3310) | 3 |
Professional Core | ||
ACCT 3320 | Accounting Systems | 3 |
ACCT 3321 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
ACCT 3322 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
ACCT 3323 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 3327 | Fed Income Tax - Individuals | 3 |
ACCT 4304 | Auditing Principles/Procedures | 3 |
Total Hours | 36 |
Concentrations
- Financial Accounting, Auditing
- Tax Accounting
Degree Plan
MACC in Accounting with Concentration
Required Credits: 30
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Required | ||
This program requires the selection of a concentration. | 30 | |
Common Body of Knowledge | ||
Financial Accounting: | ||
Select one of the following: | ||
Financial Accounting C | ||
Principles of Accounting I and Principles of Accounting II | ||
Business Law and Ethics: | ||
BLAW 5306 | Business Law and Ethics C | 3 |
or BLAW 3301 | Legal Environment of Business | |
Business Economics: | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Business Economics C | ||
Principles of Economics (C) and Principles of Economics (C) | ||
Financial Concepts & Analysis: | ||
FIN 5305 | Financial Concepts & Analysis C | 3 |
or FIN 3310 | Business Finance | |
Principles of Marketing: | ||
MKT 3300 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
Quantitative Methods in Business: | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Quantitative Methods-Business C | ||
Math for Social Sciences II | ||
Fundamentals of Bus Statistics and Quantitative Methods in Bus | ||
Professional Core | ||
Required Courses: | ||
ACCT 3320 | Accounting Systems | 3 |
ACCT 3321 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
ACCT 3322 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
ACCT 3323 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 3327 | Fed Income Tax - Individuals | 3 |
ACCT 4304 | Auditing Principles/Procedures | 3 |
Total Hours | 63 |
C | Course require a grade of C or better |
Concentration in Financial Accounting/Auditing
All courses require a grade of C or better.
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Accounting Core: | ||
ACCT 5302 | Advanced Acccounting I | 3 |
ACCT 5314 | Professional Wrtng-Accountants | 3 |
ACCT 5328 | Fed Income Tax Partner & Corp | 3 |
ACCT 5329 | Ethics in Accounting | 3 |
Accounting Electives: | ||
Select four courses of the following: | 12 | |
Not-for Profit Accounting | ||
Contemporary Accounting Issues | ||
Controllership | ||
Advanced Cost Accounting | ||
Advanced Auditing | ||
Computer Appl-Auditing/Accting | ||
Internal Auditing | ||
Fraud & Forensic Auditing | ||
International Accounting | ||
Seminar-Managerial Accounting | ||
Approved GR Accounting/Business Electives: | ||
Select six hours of Approved GR Accounting/Business Electives | 6 | |
Total Hours | 30 |
Concentration in Tax Accounting
All courses require a grade of C or better.
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Accounting Core: | ||
ACCT 5302 | Advanced Acccounting I | 3 |
ACCT 5314 | Professional Wrtng-Accountants | 3 |
ACCT 5328 | Fed Income Tax Partner & Corp | 3 |
ACCT 5329 | Ethics in Accounting | 3 |
Accounting Electives: | ||
Select four courses of the following: | 12 | |
Taxation-Ptners/Ptnershp/S Cor | ||
Advanced Topics in Federal Tax | ||
Tax Concepts Rsrch & Procedure | ||
Estate and Gift Taxation | ||
Advanced Corporate Taxation | ||
Approved GR Accounting/Business Electives: | ||
Select six hours of Approved GR Accounting/Business Electives | 6 | |
Total Hours | 30 |
Approved GR Accounting/Business Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
ACCT 5301 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 5302 | Advanced Acccounting I | 3 |
ACCT 5305 | Not-for Profit Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 5310 | Contemporary Accounting Issues | 3 |
ACCT 5311 | Accounting for Management | 3 |
ACCT 5312 | Controllership | 3 |
ACCT 5313 | Advanced Cost Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 5314 | Professional Wrtng-Accountants | 3 |
ACCT 5320 | Taxation-Ptners/Ptnershp/S Cor | 3 |
ACCT 5321 | Advanced Topics in Federal Tax | 3 |
ACCT 5322 | Tax Concepts Rsrch & Procedure | 3 |
ACCT 5323 | Advanced Auditing | 3 |
ACCT 5324 | Computer Appl-Auditing/Accting | 3 |
ACCT 5325 | Estate and Gift Taxation | 3 |
ACCT 5326 | Advanced Corporate Taxation | 3 |
ACCT 5327 | Internal Auditing | 3 |
ACCT 5328 | Fed Income Tax Partner & Corp | 3 |
ACCT 5329 | Ethics in Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 5330 | Fraud & Forensic Auditing | 3 |
ACCT 5335 | International Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 5391 | Seminar-Managerial Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 5392 | Directed Individual Study-Acct | 3 |
ACCT 5394 | Current Issues in Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 5396 | Internship in Accounting | 3 |
BLAW 5306 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
BLAW 5325 | International Business Law | 3 |
BLAW 5391 | Business Law | 3 |
BUSN 5301A | The CEO's Perspective | 1.5 |
BUSN 5301B | Issues in Financial Markets | 1.5 |
BUSN 5302A | Negotiations & Conflict Resoln | 1.5 |
BUSN 5302B | Corporate Communications | 1.5 |
BUSN 5310 | Issues in Corporate Governance | 3 |
BUSN 5330 | Project Management | 3 |
BUSN 5331 | Seminar in Theory of Finance | 3 |
BUSN 5332 | Sem in Intl Capital Mkts | 3 |
BUSN 5333 | Seminar in Corp Finance | 3 |
BUSN 5334 | Seminar in Investments | 3 |
BUSN 5335 | Strat Busn Comm & Reput Mgmt | 3 |
BUSN 5350 | Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 3 |
BUSN 5392 | Corporate Engagement Project | 3 |
BUSN 5394 | Spc Top in Int'l Business | 3 |
CIS 5311 | MIS Theory and Practice | 3 |
CIS 5313 | Strategic Information Systems | 3 |
CIS 5317 | Info Resource Policy & Mgmt | 3 |
CIS 5340 | Electronic Commerce in Busn. | 3 |
CIS 5350 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
CIS 5360 | Information Systems Security | 3 |
CIS 5365 | Database & Data Management | 3 |
CIS 5370 | Data Comm & Computer Networks | 3 |
CIS 5380 | Info Systems for Managers | 3 |
CIS 5385 | Diffusion & ICT Impact | 3 |
CIS 5392 | Dir Individual Study in CIS | 3 |
CIS 5394 | Current Issues in CIS | 3 |
CIS 5397 | Professional Report in CIS | 3 |
ECON 5302 | Microeconomic Theory | 3 |
ECON 5303 | Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
ECON 5304 | Business Economics | 3 |
ECON 5305 | Applied Mathematical Economics | 3 |
ECON 5311 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
ECON 5320 | Monetary & Fiscal Pol & Prob | 3 |
ECON 5321 | Public Choice | 3 |
ECON 5330 | Public Sector Economics | 3 |
ECON 5334 | Urban Economics | 3 |
ECON 5338 | Economic Impact Modeling | 3 |
ECON 5350 | Industrial Organization/Policy | 3 |
ECON 5360 | Global Econ Environment-Mgrs | 3 |
ECON 5361 | Applied International Economic | 3 |
ECON 5365 | Economic Development | 3 |
ECON 5366 | Latin American Economics | 3 |
ECON 5367 | Country Risk Analysis | 3 |
ECON 5368 | Border Economics | 3 |
ECON 5370 | Applied Econometrics | 3 |
ECON 5371 | Econometric Forecasting | 3 |
ECON 5372 | Panel Data & Discrt Chce Modls | 3 |
ECON 5392 | Directed Indiv Study-Economics | 3 |
ECON 5393 | Special Topics | 3 |
ECON 5397 | Professional Report-Economics | 3 |
ECON 5398 | Thesis | 3 |
ECON 5399 | Thesis | 3 |
FIN 5305 | Financial Concepts & Analysis | 3 |
FIN 5311 | Financial Management | 3 |
FIN 5315 | Securities Analysis | 3 |
FIN 5316 | Risk Mgmt and Derivative Mkts | 3 |
FIN 5318 | Capital Formation-Analysis-Bud | 3 |
FIN 5322 | Internat'l Financial Mkts/Inst | 3 |
FIN 5325 | International Financial Mgmt | 3 |
FIN 5367 | Country Risk Analysis | 3 |
FIN 5370 | Financial Modeling | 3 |
FIN 5392 | Dir Individual Study-Finance | 3 |
FIN 5394 | Current Issues in Finance | 3 |
MGMT 5301 | Leading Groups & Teams | 3 |
MGMT 5302 | Employment Law | 3 |
MGMT 5303 | Social Issues in Management | 3 |
MGMT 5304 | Negotiation & Conflict Mgmt | 3 |
MGMT 5305 | Cross-Cultural Management | 3 |
MGMT 5306 | Diversity in Organizations | 3 |
MGMT 5307 | Career Management | 3 |
MGMT 5311 | Organizational Mgmt Seminar | 3 |
MGMT 5314 | Corporate Entrepreneurship | 3 |
MGMT 5325 | Management Strategy and Policy | 3 |
MGMT 5335 | International Strategic Mgmt | 3 |
MGMT 5336 | Effective Mgmt of Human Resour | 3 |
MGMT 5345 | Global Management | 3 |
MGMT 5346 | Total Quality Management | 3 |
MGMT 5392 | Dir Individual Study in Mgmt | 3 |
MGMT 5394 | Current Issues In Management | 3 |
MKT 5311 | Marketing Management | 3 |
MKT 5320 | New Product Development | 3 |
MKT 5321 | Marketing Research | 3 |
MKT 5322 | Sales Management | 3 |
MKT 5323 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
MKT 5324 | Retailing Management | 3 |
MKT 5325 | Services Marketing | 3 |
MKT 5330 | Marketing Strategy | 3 |
MKT 5355 | International Marketing | 3 |
MKT 5392 | Dir Individual Study-Marketing | 3 |
MKT 5394 | Current Issues in Marketing | 3 |
OSCM 5308 | Concepts of Production Mgmt | 3 |
OSCM 5311 | Inventory and Materials Mgmt | 3 |
OSCM 5325 | Glbl Oper & Supply Chain Mgmt | 3 |
OSCM 5330 | Mgmt of Service Operations | 3 |
OSCM 5392 | Directed Indiv Study in POM | 3 |
OSCM 5394 | Current Issues in POM | 3 |
QMB 5311 | Quantitative Methods-Business | 3 |
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