Courses and Degree Outline

Pending approval. New curriculum beginning Fall 2024.

Background Courses (if needed, do not count toward total) 

The purpose of background courses is to provide a strong base of knowledge for advanced business and accounting studies. Background courses may be waived for students who have successfully completed previous course work addressing current developments in the content area. The background course requirement is composed of the following courses:

ACC 2361 — Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACC 2362 — Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACC 3305 — Financial Accounting and Reporting ("B" or better required to continue)
ACC 3308 — Survey of Income Tax
ACC 3313 — Intermediate Accounting I ("B" or better required to continue)
ACC 3314 — Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 3385 — Accounting Systems
ACC 4313 — Auditing and Internal Controls

Required Courses (15 Hours)

ACC 5323 — Accounting Data Analytics
ACC 5389 — Corporate Governance and Ethics
ACC 5366 — Business Entity Taxation
ISAN 5355 — Database Management Systems
ISAN 5368 — Information Security

Prescribed Electives (3 Hours)

ACC 5350 — Professional Accounting Research    
or ACC 5372 — Tax Research

Accounting Electives (3-9 Hours)

ACC 5316 — Advanced Accounting
ACC 5320 — Auditing
ACC 5350 — Professional Accounting Research
ACC 5352 — Financial Statement Reporting and Analysis
ACC 5355 — IT Auditing
ACC 5357 — Regulation and Professionalism
ACC 5362 — Cost and Managerial Accounting Theory
ACC 5369 — Special Studies in Accounting
ACC 5370 — Internship in Accounting
ACC 5372 — Tax Research
ACC 5373 — Fraud Examination
ACC 5375 — Business Information Consulting
ACC 5377 — Partnership Taxation
ACC 5378 — Tax Practice, Procedures, Audits and Controversy
ACC 5680 — Internship in Accounting

Information Systems and Analytics Electives (3-9 Hours)

ISAN 5318 — Information Technology in Digital Economy
ISAN 5358 — Agile Project Management For Business Professionals
ISAN 5357 — Computing for Data Analytics
ISAN 5360 — E-Commerce: Strategies, Technologies, and Applications
ISAN 5364 — Data Warehousing 
ISAN 5369 — Independent Study in Information Systems
ISAN 5370 — Enterprise Resource Planning and Business Intelligence
ISAN 5378 — Information Security Policies and Compliance
ISAN 5395 — Internship in Information Systems

Total MSAIT Courses

30 Hours

(plus background courses, if needed)