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MS-Accounting Curriculum and Courses

Curriculum
Course Descriptions

The Master of Science in Accounting serves professionals in public accounting, controllership, corporate accounting, and taxation. It provides those with bachelor degrees in accounting with the appropriate number of business and accounting credits required to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Exam in Michigan. University of Michigan-Dearborn students who are close to finishing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting, and have been admitted to the MS-Accounting program, may take up to six graduate credits during their final term of undergraduate coursework.

The Master of Science in Accounting program consists of 30 credits of accounting and elective courses. Students must choose one of two tracks within the MS-Accounting degree – the Financial Accounting track or the Taxation track.

Courses Required for Both Tracks (15 credits)

ACC 600
ACC 601
ACC 608
ACC 605
ACC 630

Seminar in Financial Accounting Theory
Advanced Accounting Information Systems
Financial Statement Analysis
International Accounting and Taxation
Communication for the Tax Professional

Courses Required for the Financial Accounting Track (15 credits)

ACC 603
ACC 604

Controllership
Issues in Auditing and Assurance Services

Plus nine graduate credits from the School of Management

Courses Required for the Taxation Track (15 credits)

ACC 633
ACC 634
ACC 636
ACC 637
ACC 638

Fundamentals of Corporate Income Taxation
Advanced Corporate Income Taxation
Flow through Entities
Small Business and Estate/Trust Taxation
State/Local Taxation and Emerging Issues