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MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY (MPAcc)1 |
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EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES |
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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 | |||||
ACC | 2302 | |||||
ACC | 3310 | |||||
ACC | 3320 | |||||
ACC | 3330 | |||||
ACC | 3340 | |||||
ACC | 3350 | |||||
ACC | 3370 | |||||
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 | |||||
ACC | 5325 | |||||
ACC | 5330 | |||||
ACC | 5335 | |||||
ACC | 5350 | |||||
ACC | 5370 | |||||
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 |
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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. | ||||||
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