Accounting & Financial Analysis Concentration

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 Students can complete the Master of Business Administration program while pursuing a concentration in accounting and financial analysis. This concentration is designed to benefit students with different backgrounds who wish to achieve one or more of the following educational objectives: 

  • Students with an accounting background may with to take courses to prepare for licensure as a CPA and a career in public accounting, industry, or government. 
  • Students with a finance background can further refine finance tools or gain new accounting skills. 
  • Students without accounting or finance backgrounds can select courses that will help them gain confidence to assume roles that use financial information for decision making. 

Students who pursue a concentration in accounting and financial analysis will select 4 electives (12 hours)  from the following set of courses: 

Accounting 500: Accounting for Government & Not-for-Profit

Accounting 506: Accounting Theory

Accounting 542: Advanced Tax Accounting

Accounting 544: Valuation and Financial Analysis

Accounting 595: Special Topics

Accounting 620: Special Topics

Accounting 661: CPA Prep Review

Accounting 695: Special Topics

Finance 551: Investment Analysis 

Finance 654: Financial Policies II

Finance 695: Special Topics