University of Michigan-Dearborn - Accounting

Accounting 



The Master of Science in Accounting at the University of Michigan-Dearborn provides the specialized training required for success in the challenging professions of corporate accounting, controllership, and public accounting.  It also provides students the knowledge and number of credits required to complete the Uniform CPA Examination. The program offers expert faculty and expansive opportunities for networking.

Most courses in the program are offered on campus; a few are occasionally offered on-line. You may enroll on a full- or part-time basis, but course availability is greatest during the fall and winter semesters. The program usually can be completed within 12 months of full-time study.

Admission is rolling, and you may begin the program in September or January. May admission is also usually possible for part-time students.

University of Michigan-Dearborn students who have been admitted to the MS-Accounting may take up to 6 graduate credits during the final semester of their undergraduate program.

                                                    Program Prerequisites

Applicants must have completed undergraduate accounting courses in at least 7 of the following 8 areas in order to be eligible for admission consideration, each with a grade of "C" or better: Financial, Managerial, Cost, Asset, Equity, Federal Income Taxation, Accounting Information Systems, and Auditing.

Applicants must also meet additional admission requirements.

Core Courses (7 courses/21 credit hours)

ACC 520    Communications for the Accounting and Tax Professional

ACC 601    Advanced Accounting Information Systems

ACC 603    Controllership

ACC 604    Issues in Auditing and Forensic Examination

ACC 605    International Accounting 

LE 510       Commercial Transactions

TAX 510    Fundamentals of Corporate Taxation

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