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Program Structure
WHAT TO EXPECT
These are the important details you will need to keep in mind as you prepare your application and degree plan.
Required Hours
Program Length: 12 months
Credit Hours: 30
2024/2025 Tuition per credit hour: $1,468
Example Coursework
Accounting Research
Ethics and the Accounting Profession
Advanced Auditing
Financial Statement Analysis
Department
Application Deadlines
Fall: August 10
Spring: Please contact the Office of Graduate Programs (gradinfo@acu.edu or 325-674-2656)
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Outcomes
What outcomes can you expect as you begin your career?
In about one year’s time, as you prepare for a career in professional accounting and the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Exam, you will interact with program curriculum that incorporates recent changes in business practices and technology enhancements. Our Christian faculty will work with you, in a small classroom setting, to develop skills in written and oral communication, teamwork, problem solving and critical thinking. Non-business electives allow you to connect your learning to other disciplines, broadening your understanding of the world around you.
Career paths include:
- Corporate Accountant
- Certified Public Accountant
- Auditor
- Government accountant
- Tax Professional
David Perkins, PhD
Chair, Accounting Dept.
Master of Accountancy Program Director
Professor of Accounting
College of Business Administration
david.perkins@coba.acu.edu
- Complete an online application;
- Pay the $65 application fee;
- An official transcript(s) in English (or translated to English) of all previous
colleges attended. The transcript must indicate an earned bachelor’s degree from
a regionally accredited college or university or equivalent; - Applicants have earned a minimum GPA (overall) of 3.0 from a college or
university in the United States; including a minimum 3.0 GPA in their
undergraduate accounting courses; - Applicants without an undergraduate degree in accounting will be expected to
earn a 3.0 GPA in their accounting leveling course before taking more than 6
hours of graduate work; - Two letters of recommendation (may be submitted through the online
application); - A satisfactory GMAT score (generally a 50th percentile or better) may be required
of any student who applies to the MAcc program and who has not completed 24
or more semester hours at ACU with a minimum GPA of 3.00; [this requirement is
waived for applicants with a minimum GPA of 3.5]. - A written personal statement of academic interests, strengths and weaknesses.
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial or Cost Accounting
- Intermediate Accounting I and II
- Income Tax – Individuals
- Accounting Systems
- Auditing
- Advanced Accounting