Accountancy Master's

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REQUIRED CORE COURSES (12 credits)
ACCT 722Auditing II3
ACCT 735Applied Professional Research3
ACCT 740Analytics in Management Accounting3
ACCT 755Financial Statement Analysis3
ELECTIVE COURSES (18 credits)
GROUP 1: ACCOUNTING ELECTIVES9-12
Choose three or four courses from the list below:
ACCT 610
Fraud Examination 1
ACCT 611
Advanced Fraud Examination via Data Analytics 1
ACCT 615
Advanced Accounting 1
ACCT 618
Tax Accounting I 1
ACCT 619
Tax Accounting II 1
ACCT 620
Accounting Information Systems 1
ACCT 621
Auditing I 1
ACCT 625
Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting 1
ACCT 725
International Financial Reporting Standards
GROUP 2: STEM-QUALIFIED BUSINESS ELECTIVES6-9
Choose two to four courses from the list below, for a minimum of six credits:
MBA 721
Creating and Marketing Innovations
MBA 722
Marketing Analytics and Customer Intelligence
MBA 723
Digital Marketing
MBA 751
Business Analytics Concepts 3
MBA 752
Business Analytics Strategy
MBA 753
Business Analytics Methods
MIS 650
Enterprise Systems
MIS 679
Business Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
MIS 710
Database Management
MIS 720
Data Visualization
MIS 740
Predictive Analytics
MIS 760
Business AI
MIS 790
Seminar
SCM 711
Integrated Supply Chain System
SCM 735
Practical Data Analytics
TL 725
ERP Configuration
STEM qualified elective.
GROUP 3: NON-STEM BUSINESS ELECTIVES (OPTIONS 3 CREDITS)3
Select a course from the list below if electives not already fulfilled by courses from Groups 1 & 2:
ACCT 696
Special Topics
ACCT 793
Individual Study/Tutorial
FIN 610
Investment Analysis and Management 1
FIN 630
Management of Financial Institutions 1
MGMT 650
Human Resource Management 1
MRKT 610
Consumer Behavior 1
Students may not take the 600-level course if they have completed the 400-level version of the same course. 1
Total Credits30-36

Admission and Application Requirements

  1. Undergraduate degree from an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB*) accredited institution.
  2. Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  3. Minimum cumulative GPA for accounting upper-division courses of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  4. A GPA of at least 2.9 on a 4.0 scale is required for the following courses and at most one C:
    1. ACCT 311 (Intermediate Accounting I)
    2. ACCT 312 (Intermediate Accounting II)
    3. ACCT 320 (Cost Accounting)
    4. ACCT 418 (Tax I)
    5. ACCT 421 (Audit I)
  5. If the requirements 1-4 are not satisfied, then a minimum score of 550 on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) is needed for consideration.
  6. A statement of purpose describing reasons for pursuing a Master of Accountancy (MAcc) degree.
  7. Two letters of recommendation.**
  8. Conditional admission is granted solely at the discretion of the M.Acc. Director and/or the M.Acc. committee.

Specific instructions for graduates with a bachelor’s degree from:

A. Non-NDSU North Dakota four-year, not-for-profit schools and Tri-College schools

i. Requirements 2 - 7 should be satisfied to apply for consideration.

B. All other regionally accredited schools, including those located internationally

i.  Requirements 2 – 4, 6, and 7 should be satisfied to apply for consideration.

ii. Requirement 5 is not applicable.

iii. A GMAT with a minimum score of 550 is required by all.

* Click here to view a list of AACSB-accredited schools.

** Not required for NDSU accounting undergraduates.

Graduate School admission and application requirements are found on the Admission Information page.

All international applicants for this program are required to submit a course-by-course transcript evaluation from World Education Services (WES). See www.wes.org.