MBA with Accounting Concentration

The accounting concentration requirements prepare students for accounting careers outside the public accounting sphere, such as corporate accounting or internal corporate audit. Students receive an in-depth study of accounting principles combined with a solid general business foundation from the MBA curriculum.

Students fully admitted to the MBA program who meet the following qualifications may obtain a concentration in Accounting:

  1. Meet the School of Accounting (SOA) GPA, GMAT and TOEFL admission requirements.
  2. Meet the SOA prerequisite coursework requirements:
    • Student must have an undergraduate Accounting degree or complete the following courses with a GPA of 3.25 or better and at least a “B” in each course:

*ACCT 5183 and ACCT 5283 may not be substituted for the prerequisite courses.
Students in the MBA Accounting Concentration will select from the same accounting courses as MS Accounting students. MBA students in the Accounting concentration will be permitted to enroll in eighteen (18) hours of graduate accounting coursework.

The SOA will offer the following courses as a concentration:

  1. ACCT 5113 Financial Research or ACCT 5013 Tax Research
  2. ACCT 5103 Contemporary Accounting Theory
  3. ACCT 5503 Fraud Examination & Advanced Assurance Services
  4. Three (3) electives may be selected from the regularly offered MS Accounting course for which the student has the prerequisites.

Students in the MA Accounting Concentration may not take ACCT 5183 and ACCT 5283 for graduate credit or as part of the concentration.

Proposed 52 credit hour curriculum for an MBA degree with Accounting Concentration:

MBA Courses Credit Hours Accounting Track Credit Hours
ECON 5113 3 ACCT 5113 or ACCT 5013 3
MKTG 5133 3 ACCT 5103 3
MGMT 5113 3 ACCT 5503 3
FIN 5013 3 ACCT Grad Elective 3
FIN 5053 3 ACCT Grad Elective 3
MSIS 5623 3 ACCT Grad Elective 3
MSIS 5303 3
MBA 5233 3
MBA 5303 3
BADM 5613 or LSB 5163 3
MBA 5100 4
TOTAL 34 TOTAL 18