MPAc Curriculum

Curriculum

All candidates for the Master of Professional Accountancy are required to complete 30 semester credit hours of graduate-level business courses: five core MPAc courses and five courses that vary based on whether you choose to add a concentration.

Required MPAc courses

(15 semester credit hours, 5 courses)

  • ACCT 5312 - Seminar in Accounting Research and Analysis
  • ACCT 5320 - Professional Communication for Accountants
  • ACCT 5342 - Advanced Financial Accounting II
  • ACCT 5347 - Advanced Auditing
  • ACCT 5365 - Ethics and Professional Issues in Accounting

Additional courses

Adding the forensic accounting and analytics concentration to your Master of Professional Accountancy degree plan is optional. It's a great fit if you'd like to pursue a career in anti-fraud.

Expand the appropriate section below to view details on the remaining courses for your program.

MPAc with forensic accounting and analytics concentration

If you're pursuing the MPAc with the forensic accounting and analytics concentration, you also must take the following in addition to the core MPAc courses:

Required courses

(9 semester credit hours, 3 courses)

  • ACCT 5332 - Legal Principles Related to Accounting
  • ACCT 5364 - Forensic Accounting
  • ACCT 5366 - Advanced Statistical Methods and Data Analytics for Detecting Fraud

Elective courses

  • Six credit hours of additional graduate-level coursework as advised

Curriculum requirements

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MPAc without concentration

If you're pursuing the MPAc without the forensic accounting and analytics concentration, you also must take the following in addition to the core MPAc courses:

Required course

(3 semester credit hours, 1 course)

  • ACCT 5352 - Advanced Accounting and Information Systems

Elective courses

  • Six credit hours of graduate-level accounting coursework as advised
  • Six credit hours of additional graduate-level coursework as advised

Curriculum requirements

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Additional program requirements

  • All courses must be completed within six years of graduate enrollment.
  • To remain in good standing, students must have a 3.0 GPA (B average) in all graduate work.
  • No Ds and no more than two Cs may be counted toward graduate degree requirements.
  • No more than two graduate classes may be repeated to improve the course grade.
    • The GPA may not be improved by retaking a course at another university.
  • When approved by the MPAc director, a student may transfer a maximum of six semester credit hours from another school.