Curriculum
Master of Business Administration
Accounting Option

This option to the M.B.A. Program offers an opportunity for advanced study in the area of Accounting. All M.B.A. Accounting Option students are required to take ACCT 6950 Advanced Accounting Theory and two accounting electives. Students who wish to sit for the CPA exam in Alabama should be aware that Alabama law requires a minimum of 150 semester hours of academic preparation before an applicant is qualified. Most students must complete additional courses beyond a baccalaureate degree program in accounting. The M.B.A. Accounting Option for AUM accounting graduates and graduates of other colleges and universities can be used to complete the additional course requirements at the graduate level. Students should consult with an accounting advisor to plan their program.

 

Students who have an adequate background in any of the Basic Program courses listed below may be exempted from courses by the Graduate Screening Committee or the dean, School of Business. Students who do not have adequate background may bake some or all of the following mini-courses (all mini-courses are half-term courses). Students should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office prior to entering the program. Students may fulfill this requirement by a skills test or appropriate course utilizing Microsoft software

Basic Program

Course Title Hrs.       Course Title Hrs. ACCT 6010 Financial Accounting Concepts 1.5       ECON 6020 Survey of Macroeconomic Analysis 1.5 ACCT 6020 Managerial Accounting Concepts 1.5       QMTD 6000 Operations Management 1.5 MNGT 6000 Survey of Management 1.5       QMTD 6100 Operations Management 1.5 MKTG 6000 Survey of Marketing 1.5       INFO 6070 Introduction to Management Information Systems 1.5 MNGT 6010 Survey of Business Law 1.5       FINA 6000 Survey of Finance 1.5 ECON 6010 Survey of Microeconomic Analysis 1.5

Business Core

Course Title Hrs.       Course Title Hrs. ACCT 6220 Managerial Applications of Accounting Information 3       QMTD 6740 Data Analysis for Managers 3 FINA 6630 Financial Valuation: Models and Applications 3       MNGT 6150 Managing People 3 MKTG 6150 Marketing Management 3       MNGT 6800 Synergistic Organizational Strategy 3 ECON 6080 Economics of Decision Making 3

M.B.A. Accounting Option Requirements

Course Title Hrs.       Course Title Hrs. ACCT 6950 Advanced Accounting Theory 3         Accounting Elective1 3   Accounting Elective1 3             1The following courses are approved Accounting Electives:   ACCT 6230 Advanced Managerial Accounting   ACCT 6330 Research in Federal Taxation   ACCT 6200 Advanced Accounting Systems and Internal Control   ACCT 6380 Federal Taxes and Management Decisions   ACCT 6320 Advanced Income Tax Accounting   ACCT 6130 Advanced Financial Accounting   ACCT 6510 Advanced Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting   ACCT 6420 Advanced Auditing

 

 

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