Mission:  The Master of Accountancy program provides recent accounting graduates with advanced graduate accounting courses to round out their education and meet the 150 credit-hour requirement for CPA eligibility. 

This program seeks to develop in each graduate the capacity to:  

• Illustrate professional accounting knowledge on accounting standards, principles, concepts, theories;
• Apply accounting knowledge to solve accounting problems that arise from complex business environment;
• Understand professional and ethical issues faced by accountants in a broad spectrum of accounting and business contexts; and
• Examine strategic plans and issues encountered by business organizations to resolve the problems.

Degree Requirements for the Master of Accountancy

• All M.A. candidates must meet the following requirements:
• Satisfy all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree as found in the section Master’s Degree Requirements  of this catalog.

Student Expectations

MACCY students are expected to:

• Be familiar with the mission and values of the program and to comply with the expectations of them outlined in this catalog, their new student orientation, and their course syllabi.
• Maintain high standards of academic honesty and ethical behavior as outlined on course syllabi each semester.
• Track their progress on their degree programs and contact their advisors promptly to resolve questions about their enrollment.
• Verify that they have the appropriate prerequisites for their courses each semester.
• Maintain a GPA of 3.0 throughout the program and receive no more than two Cs in coursework applied to the degree program.
• Apply for graduation by the published deadline for the semester in which they will complete degree requirements.
• Ensure that the College of Business has current contact information for them at all times.

Degree requirements are summarized below. Coursework should be taken as prerequisites are met.