Dual MSAT/MBA Program

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Students who wish to earn both the Master of Science in Accounting and Taxation degree (MSAT) and the Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) may apply to be admitted to the Dual MSAT/MBA degree program. Upon completion of all degree requirements, students will be awarded both the MSAT and MBA degrees. Students must apply to each program separately and meet the admission criteria for each program. Students then complete the degree requirements in the usual manner, with the exception of the number of electives and certain prerequisite overlap.

A student who meets all the accounting prerequisites and is waived from the MBA core classes can complete the dual degree with 54 credit hours. Students who need to complete the accounting prerequisites and/or the MBA core classes will add them to their program. With more employers requesting that students have both financial and management background, the Dual MSAT/MBA degree provides an opportunity to earn both degrees in an efficient manner.

Students should refer to the Catalog descriptions for the individual MSAT and MBA programs, adapted as follows.

MSAT Required Classes (15 credits)

Choose EITHER the Financial/Assurance Track OR the Taxation Track.

Financial/Assurance Track

AC 560 - Taxation of Business Organizations 3 credit(s)
AC 715 - Financial Reporting and Analysis 3 credit(s)
AC 720 - Advanced Auditing 3 credit(s)
AC 748 - Seminar in Managerial Accounting Control Systems 3 credit(s)
AC 749 - Seminar in Financial Reporting 3 credit(s)

Taxation Track

AC 560 - Taxation of Business Organizations 3 credit(s)
AC 774 - Advanced Taxation of Pass-Through Entities 3 credit(s)
AC 776 - Advanced Corporate Taxation 3 credit(s)
AC 783 - Research in Taxation 3 credit(s)
AC 789 - Seminar in Taxation 3 credit(s)

MBA Breadth and Capstone Courses (21 credits)

IB 705 - The Global Business Environment 3 credit(s)
MGT 605 - Organizational Leadership 3 credit(s)
MGT 700 - Innovation and Project Management 3 credit(s)
MKT 730 - Customer Relationship Management 3 credit(s)
BL 608 - Business, Law, Compliance and Society 3 credit(s)
MBA 750 - Performance Analysis 3 credit(s)
MGT 609 - Global Strategic Management 3 credit(s)

Electives (18 credits)

Six graduate business or accounting electives.

Prerequisites

Students without an Accounting Undergraduate Degree would add the following courses (18 credits):

AC 320 - Financial Reporting Theory I
AC 321 - Financial Reporting Theory II
AC 332 - Cost Management
AC 425 - Federal Income Tax Concepts
AC 430 Auditing Concepts and Problems
AC 603 - Accounting for Decision Makers

Students without the MBA Business Core would add the following courses (15 credits):

QNT 601 - Managerial Statistics and Analytics
EC 602 - Economics for Managers
FIN 604 - Corporate Financial Strategy and Valuation
MKT 606 - Marketing Management
MGT 607 - Managing Organizational Processes