Students with limited background in accounting will require a total of 60 credits to complete the program and are required to take ACCT 620 and ACCT 621 as electives. These courses are prerequisites to the program requirements ACCT 622, ACCT 623, and ACCT 601.

Note: ACCT 620 is only offered in the Fall term and ACCT 621 is only offered in the Winter term. Therefore, it is imperative that these prerequisite courses be taken during the first Fall and Winter term after entering the program. Students should be aware that cycling of these courses makes for difficulty in scheduling for full-time students entering in the Winter or Spring terms, since two of the three terms will pass before a fundamental prerequisite course is offered.

Students with undergraduate degrees in Accounting from AACBS accredited schools are not required to take all the ACCT 601, ACCT 620, or ACCT 621, but may begin the required accounting courses in the M.S. Accounting program immediately. Students who fulfill the waiver requirements may obtain credit from ACCT 601 as an elective toward the degree.

In addition, if the requirements for waiving 601-level graduate courses are met, students may be able to waive either FIN 601 or STAT 601. Consequently, for a student with an undergraduate degree in Accounting from an AACSB school, waiver of BUSN 501 and BUSN 502 would reduce the total number of credits to 54; a waiver of ACCT 602 would reduce the total credits to 51; a waiver of FIN 601 or STAT 601 would reduce the total number of credits to 48.


Students should contact the Accounting and Tax Department for additional information.