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Program Description:
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The
Master of Accountancy Program will provide those with undergraduate training
in accounting with knowledge and skills needed to advance beyond the
entry-level stage in the accounting profession, provide students who have
undergraduate training in accounting with the in-depth understanding of
accounting issues needed for success on licensure and certification examinations,
and serve as foundation work for those who may choose to pursue advanced
graduate work.
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Admission Requirement:
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Those
admitted to the program must possess an undergraduate degree, meet the same GPA
and Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) formula as required in the
current MBA program, plus have a C or better in the following key
undergraduate accounting courses:
Intermediate Accounting I (prerequisite Principles I
& II or equivalent)
Intermediate Accounting II
Cost or Managerial Accounting at junior level or above
Tax I
Auditing I
In order to be granted unconditional admission, students
must meet one of the following sets of criteria:
1. A minimum of 400 on the GMAT and at least 950 points
based on the formula: 200 times the undergraduate grade point average plus
the GMAT score, or:
2. A minimum of 400 on the GMAT and at least 1000 points
based on the formula: 200 times the grade point average on the last 60 hours,
plus the GMAT score.
An applicant for the MAcc who
fails to meet the minimum GPA, but who meets the formula stated above by
offsetting a lower GPA score with a very high GMAT may be admitted
conditionally by the director of graduate business programs.
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