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MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY (MPAcc)¹


EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Prepare the student for entry into the public accounting profession;
2. Meet the minimum education requirements for a student to be eligible to take the Certified Public Accountants examination;
3. Provide courses which presently licensed certified public accountants may use as continuing professional education.

MPAcc ACCOUNTING FOUNDATION²
The following or equivalent courses must be completed before the student will be permitted to take the MPAcc required courses:

ACC	2301	Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACC	2302	Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACC	3310	Intermediate Accounting I
ACC	3320	Intermediate Accounting II
ACC	3330	Intermediate Accounting III
ACC	3340	Advanced Managerial Accounting
ACC	3350	Federal Taxation
ACC	3370	Introduction to Accounting Systems
Three additional hours of upper division accounting.

Students graduating with a major in accountancy from a university in which the business program is accredited by the AACSB International automatically satisfy the foundation requirements.

MAJOR CURRICULUM			24 SCH
ACC	5315	Advanced Accounting
ACC	5325	Seminar in Managerial Accounting
ACC	5330	Advanced Taxation
ACC	5335	Seminar in Government and Not for Profit Accounting
ACC	5350	Accounting Theory
ACC	5370	Seminar in Auditing

Two masters level accounting courses, except ACC 5300

To remain in good standing, students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00/4.00 (“B”) for the courses listed above.

TWO GRADUATE LEVEL BUSINESS COURSES			6 SCH


TOTAL			30 SCH


¹Section 12(e) of the Public Accountancy Act of 1991 requires that effective September 1, 1997, any applicant wanting to take the uniform CPA examination must have a minimum of 150 semester hours of coursework - with no fewer than 30 semester hours of accounting classes in addition to principles I & II - before filing an application. The accounting coursework must include at least 20 hours of accounting classes designed by board rule as core accounting classes.
²The MPAcc Accounting Foundation courses do NOT count toward the thirty hours needed to complete the MPAcc degree.