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Jun 08, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
Accounting, M.S., Taxation Track Concentration
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Coordinator: James N. Mohs, D.B.A.; Michael J. Rolleri, M.B.A., C.P.A.
The objective of the Master of Science in Accounting program is to provide an in-depth framework for artificial intelligence (AI)/analytics, corporate, forensic, and taxation accounting inquiry, devised in structure and content from the entire scope and process of accounting-information-based economic decision-making. The existence of such a framework is intended to provide graduate accountants and professional practitioners with an opportunity to share in the development and assessment of issues of accounting interest within a decision-making context. Additionally, the Master of Science in Accounting program is designed to provide non-accountants and practitioners with the accounting credits requisite for certification.
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M.S. Accounting Required Courses (24 credits)
The degree is comprised of 36-39 credits, of which 7.5 credits (ACCT 6620 , ACCT 6621 , and ACCT 6619 ) are prerequisites and may be waived. Waivers for any prerequisite course require departmental approval. The corporate, forensic, and taxation concentrations require a total of 36 degree credits (30 if prerequisite courses are satisfied). The Accounting Analytics concentration requires a total of 39 degree credits (33 if prerequisite courses are satisfied), but is also STEM compliant. Students may choose only ONE concentration within the M.S. Accounting program. Program Goals: Our graduates will be... a. Practicing in various professional accounting fields. b. Eligible to sit for the CPA exam. c. Advancing their careers in the fields they choose. Program Learning Outcomes: - Identify fundamental concepts and knowledge in their concentration areas of Corporate, Forensic, Tax, or Accounting Analytics.
- Produce solutions from functional Accounting areas that consider both the internal and the external environments of an organization.
- Analyze the effects of business transactions using Accounting fundamentals.
- Demonstrate an understanding of social responsibility in accounting and its effects on stakeholders.
- Apply a variety of ethical principles within the Accounting practice.
- Create well written documents related to Accounting topics.
- Recognize how different Accounting sub-disciplines interrelate.
Accounting Analytics Concentration-Specific Program Outcomes: - Analyze data to answer a research question.
- Communicate the results of a data analytics inquiry.
Concentration in Taxation Track (12 credits)
Students who concentrate in the Taxation Track will complete the following additional courses (substitutions require departmental approval): |
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