The
University�s general degree requirements are discussed here.
At
least 36 hours of the management course work beyond prerequisite courses is
required, including 12 hours of basic business core courses and 24 hours of
graduate accounting and information management courses. The M.S. in Accounting
and Information Management degree is designed for students both
with or without previous educational background in accounting and
business. Within the M.S. in Accounting and Information Management degree
program, the candidate may select one of seven concentrations based on their
previous experience and future aspirations. Concentrations include (I)
Financial Analysis, (II) Audit and Professional, (III) Taxation, (IV)
Managerial, (V) Information Management,� (VI) International, and� (VII) Internal Audit. Students must maintain
a 3.0 grade point average in both core courses and in aggregate to qualify for
the M.S. in Accounting and Information Management degree.
Each
candidate must satisfactorily complete the following three courses.
AIM 6344 Financial Statement Analysis
MECO 6303 Business Economics or FIN 6301 Financial Management
OPRE 6301 Quantitative Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty in Business
And complete one of the following two courses
AIM 6343 Accounting Information Systems
OPRE 6302 Operations Management
Accounting Foundation* (9 hours)
Each
candidate must satisfactorily complete the following three accounting
foundation courses:
AIM
6330 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
AIM 6332 Intermediate Financial Accounting II
AIM 6341 Planning, Control, and Performance Evaluation
* students that have already taken foundation courses (or their undergraduate
equivalents) may replace them with AIM electives
(I) Financial Analysis Concentration
(15 hours)
AIM
6333 Advanced Financial Reporting
AIM 6334 Auditing
AIM 6345 Business Valuation
AIM 6346 Financial Dimensions of Mergers and Acquisitions
AIM 6351 Individual Taxation
(II) Audit and Professional
Concentration (15 hours)
AIM
6333 Advanced Financial Reporting
AIM 6334 Auditing
AIM 6351 Individual Taxation
AIM 6352 Corporate Taxation
AIM 6377 Corporate Governance and Accounting
(III) Taxation Concentration (15
hours)
AIM
6334 Auditing
AIM 6351 Individual Taxation
AIM 6352 Corporate Taxation
AIM 6354 Partnership Taxation
AIM 6356 Tax Research
(IV) Managerial Concentration (15
hours)
AIM
6333 Advanced Financial Reporting
AIM 6334 Auditing
AIM 6342 Strategic Cost Management
AIM 6347 Current Topics in Advanced Cost Management
AIM 6351 Individual Taxation
(V) Information Management
Concentration* (15 hours)
AIM
6336 Information Technology Audit and Risk Management or AIM 6338 Integrated
Accounting Information Systems Analysis and Design**
AIM 6347 Current Topics in Advanced Cost Management
AIM 6349 Information Technology Strategy and Management
AIM elective
AIM elective
* the IT
security and Enterprise System course-sets can be followed in this
concentration
** course not
chosen may be used as elective
(VI)
International Services Concentration (15 hours)
AIM
6342 Strategic Cost Management
AIM 6362 International Accounting
AIM 6377 Corporate Governance and Accounting
AIM elective
AIM elective
(VII)
Internal Audit Concentration (15 hours)
AIM
6336 Information Technology Audit and Risk Management
AIM 6380 Internal Audit
AIM 6383 Forensic Accounting Investigations or AIM 6384 Analytical Reviews
Using Audit Software
AIM guided elective**
AIM guided elective**
* course not
chosen may be used as elective
**
to be approved by Director of Endorsed Internal Audit
Program