Graduate School of Management & Technology - Programs

Accounting and Information Technology Program

• Program Description
• Program Overview
• Program Requirements

More Information

• Program Objectives
• Partnerships
• Career Path
• Student Profile
• Dual Degrees
  

Related Certificates

• Accounting
• Accounting and Information Technology
• Financial Management in Organizations
• Nonprofit and Association Financial Management
• Informatics
• More

---

Join the program! Visit Admissions and Registration to learn more about these processes.

Master of Science in Accounting and Information Technology

Program Description

The Master of Science in Accounting and Information Technology (MSAT) is designed for individuals who want to concentrate their graduate studies in accounting with an information technology emphasis.

The program emphasizes business processes, a broad business outlook, and professional expertise, and prepares students to assume positions of increasing responsibility that require integrated knowledge of accounting and information technology.

Program Overview

The curriculum requires 36 credits and consists of six accounting courses, five information technology courses, and one program capstone.

Note: Successful completion of the program may satisfy the educational requirement for candidacy for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. Educational requirements to sit for the CPA exam or to practice as a CPA vary among states. Students are responsible for staying abreast of the current requirements of the state in which they will sit for the exam or practice professionally.

Requirements

Program Rules

1. Students must have completed 15 credits of undergraduate accounting courses with a grade of C or better in each class before enrolling in any graduate accounting course.
2. ACCT 610 must be taken prior to any other accounting courses.
3. Students must complete all courses except either ACCT 665 or INFA 610 before enrolling in MSAT 670.

Recommendations

1. It is strongly recommended that ACCT 612 be taken before ACCT 608.
2. Students who wish to improve their graduate writing skills may take COMM 600, Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3).

Required Accounting Courses

UCSP 611 Introduction to Graduate Library Research Skills (0), to be taken within the first 6 credits of study

• ACCT 610 Financial Accounting (3)
• ACCT 608 Fraud Examination and Accounting Ethics (3)
• ACCT 614 Accounting Information Systems (3)
• ACCT 612 Auditing Process (3)
• ACCT 613 Federal Income Taxation (3)
• ACCT 665 Special Topics in Accounting (3)

Required Information Technology Courses

• ISAS 610 Information Systems Management and Integration (3)
• ISAS 630 Systems Analysis and Design (3)
• ISAS 650 Information Technology, the CIO, and Organizational Transformation (3)
• INFA 610 Computer Security, Software Assurance, Hardware Assurance, and Security Management (3)
• IMAT 637 IT Acquisitions Management (3)

Capstone Course: MSAT 670 Accounting and Financial Management Capstone (3)

Note: Some course names and numbers were updated beginning with the fall 2007 semester. If you began the program prior to fall 2007 and have chosen to follow your original, pre-fall 2007 requirements, you should use the pre-fall 2007 Study Plan for this degree.