Accountancy Master's

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ACCT 735Applied Professional Research3
ACCT 755Financial Statement Analysis3
MIS 770Information Technology Audit and Risk Management3
ACCT 740Analytics in Management Accounting3
Select three (3) courses from the following:9
Fraud Examination 1
Advanced Fraud Examination via Data Analytics 1
Advanced Accounting 1
Tax Accounting I 1
Tax Accounting II 1
Accounting Information Systems 1
Auditing I 1
Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting 1
Auditing II
International Financial Reporting Standards
Choose a minimum of 9 credit hours' worth of courses from the list and 6 of them must be STEM-qualified electives9
Special Topics
ACCT 793
Investment Analysis and Management 1
Management of Financial Institutions 1
Creating and Marketing Innovations 3
Marketing Analytics and Customer Intelligence 3
Digital Marketing 3
Business Analytics Concepts 3
Business Analytics Strategy 3
Business Analytics Methods 3
Enterprise Systems 3
MIS 679
3
Data Visualization 3
MIS 790
3
Database Management 3
Predictive Analytics 3
Integrated Supply Chain System 3
Introduction to ERP 3
ERP Configuration 3
Practical Data Analytics 3
Consumer Behavior 1
Human Resource Management 1
Students cannot take the 600-level course if they took the 400-level course. 1
The elective course must be pre-approved by the Master of Accountancy (MAcc) Director in writing. 2
STEM qualified elective. 3
Total Credits30

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.