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.

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

MSAT Required Courses (21 credits)

Choose EITHER the Financial/Assurance Track OR the Taxation Track. The following courses are required for both tracks:

AC 560 - Taxation of Business Organizations 3 credit(s)
AC 725 - Ethics for Accounting Professionals 3 credit(s)
BL 530 - Business Law 3 credit(s)

Financial/Assurance Track

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 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 Required Courses (27 credits)

QNT 601 - Managerial Statistics and Analytics 3 credit(s)
EC 602 - Economics for Managers 3 credit(s)
AC 603 - Accounting for Decision Makers 3 credit(s)
FIN 604 - Corporate Financial Strategy and Valuation 3 credit(s)
MGT 605 - Organizational Leadership 3 credit(s)
MKT 606 - Marketing Management 3 credit(s)
MGT 607 - Managing Organizational Processes 3 credit(s)
BL 608 - Business, Law, Compliance and Society 3 credit(s)
MGT 609 - Global Strategic Management 3 credit(s)

Electives (12 credits)

4 graduate MSAT or MBA electives.

Prerequisites

Students without an Accounting Undergraduate Degree would add the following courses:

AC 320 - Financial Reporting Theory I
AC 321 - Financial Reporting Theory II
AC 322 - Financial Reporting Theory III
AC 332 - Cost Management
AC 425 - Federal Income Tax Concepts
AC 430 Auditing Concepts and Problems

OR

AC 625 - Financial Reporting Standards and Practices I
AC 626 - Financial Reporting Standards and Practices II
AC 627 - Individual Income Tax
AC 628 - Auditing Standards and Practices