The Master of Accountancy (MACC) master's program requires a minimum of 30 hours, depending on the student's undergraduate background. The program builds upon key accounting concepts developed at the undergraduate level. Under most circumstances, a student with an undergraduate degree in accounting will be required to complete 30 hours of graduate coursework.

Students without an undergraduate degree in accounting can expect to complete additional hours to receive their MACC degree. If you do not have a bachelor's degree in accounting and are interested in applying, consult with the program coordinator on the prerequisite courses you need to complete prior to starting the program. 

  • Classes are offered primarily in the fall and spring.
  • A limited summer schedule of courses is available.
  • Not all classes are offered each semester.
  • Classes are offered during the evening hours to accommodate working students.

Course descriptions

Courses for graduate / undergraduate credit

580. Data Analytics for Accountants
Application-oriented study of data analytics as it pertains to accounting professionals. Emphasizes improving students鈥� software, critical thinking, and decision-making skills

610. Financial Accounting and Reporting
Special Entities and Complex Issues. Examines accounting concepts and techniques related to consolidated statements, governmental and not for profit entities, and partnerships. Includes accounting for foreign currency issues in financial accounting and reporting.

630. Taxation of Business Entities
Studies the federal tax law as it applies to corporations, partnerships, S corporations, and tax-exempt entities. Examines the effect of taxation on business decisions.

640. Principles of Auditing
A study of the auditor's attest function, emphasizing auditing standards and procedures, independence, legal responsibilities, codes of ethical conduct and evaluation of accounting systems and internal control.

690. Seminar in Selected Topics
Repeatable for credit with School of Accountancy consent.

Courses for graduate students only

815. Financial Accounting and Reporting: Contemporary Issues
Uses the case method to examine and analyze the application of generally accepted accounting principles to problems of measurement, presentation, and disclosure in financial statements. Focuses on contemporary topics of interest in financial accounting and reporting.

825. Management Control Systems
Studies accounting in the context of management control systems. Focuses on how accounting interacts with management in achieving an organization's strategic and operational objectives. Emphasizes contemporary challenges in accounting, related to broadening the types of information captured, measured, and reported.

831. Taxation of Estates and Trusts
Studies the income taxation of trusts and estates, including the special cases of grantor and split-interest trusts. Examines the gift taxation of donors, the estate taxation of decedents, and the fundamentals of estate planning.

835. Tax Research and Selected Topics
An in depth study of traditional and computerized tax research and planning techniques, ethical issues, tax practice issues, and an introduction to state, multistate, and international taxation.

840. Advanced Principles of Auditing
An advanced study of auditing emphasizing EDP auditing statistical sampling and ethics.

860. Advanced Accounting Information Systems
A study of the concepts of information systems, their design and operation and the relationship of these concepts to the economic flows, decision criteria, and control mechanism in the business organization.

890. Seminar in Special Topics
Repeatable with permission of the School of Accountancy.

899. Thesis Research