Program Guide and Curriculum

The program guide can be downloaded in a PDF format.

MSA Curriculum:

Foundation Courses (may be waived by undergraduate and/or graduate equivalents)

      1.   Foundations of Economics (ECON 500) 

 2.   Foundations of Business Statistics (ECON 501)

 3.   Business Law I (ACFI 305)

      4.   Foundations of Corporate Finance (ACFI 501)

      5.   Foundations of Management (MGMT 509) 

      6.    Financial Accounting (ACFI 200)

      7.    Intermediate Accounting I (ACFI 340)

      8.    Intermediate Accounting II (ACFI 341)

 

Core Graduate  Level Required Courses:    (8 courses)

  1. ACFI 593 Financial Statement Analysis*
  1. ACFI 595 Accounting Seminar
  1. ACFI 530 Accounting Analysis for Decision Making* 
  1. ACFI 566 Federal Taxation*  
  1. ACFI 570 Financial Information Systems and Control*
  1. ACFI 560 Advanced Accounting*
  1. ACFI 592 Advanced Financial Reporting*
  1. Select one of following courses:

ACFI 545 Auditing*   or

ACFI-546 Internal Audit and Control 

 

Graduate Elective courses: (select 2 of the following)

ACFI 567 Corporate Taxation

ACFI 506 Legal and Regulatory Environments

ACFI 580 Special Topics in Accounting  

ACFI 546 Internal Audit and Control or ACFI 545 Auditing (may be selected as an elective, providing it was not selected to fulfill a core requirement.)

Total credits, exclusive of foundation courses, equal 30.

 

*Students who have previously completed selected courses at the undergraduate or graduate level may receive advanced standing, providing that the completed course(s) satisfies Massachusetts Board of Accountancy education requirements.   The affected advanced standing course(s) will be substituted with an approved graduate business course. 


 

Last Modified: May 5, 2011