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There are 33 hours of background courses, 18 hours of core courses, and 12 hours of elective courses. Some or all of the background courses may be waived with proof of previous coursework. You may finish coursework for the MAcc degree with a minimum of 30 hours or a maximum of 63 hours.
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Background Courses 11 courses, 33 hours total
Accounting Courses*
BACC 300 - Intermediate Accounting I
BACC 301 - Intermediate Accounting II
BACC 302 - Intermediate Accounting III
BACC 305 - Managerial Cost Accounting
BACC 307 - Federal Tax Accounting
BACC 405 - Auditing
BACC 408 - Accounting Information Systems

*Only prior coursework is considered in the waiving of the above courses. In order for the courses to be waived, students must have earned a C or better from an AACSB accredited school and a B or better from a non-AACSB accredited school.

Business Courses*
ECON 501 - Concepts in Economics
BMGT 571 - Business Statistics
BACC 572 - Foundations of Accounting
BUSA 573 - Legal Environment and Ethics
*Only prior coursework is considered in the waiving of above courses. In order for the courses to be waived, students must have earned a C or better from an AACSB accredited school and a B or better from a non-AACSB accredited school.

Core Courses (6 courses, 18 hours total)
BACC 531 - Advanced Managerial Accounting & Control
BACC 536 - Accounting Information Systems
BACC 542 - Tax Research and Advanced Tax Topics
BACC 547 - Financial Accounting Theory & Issues
BACC 552 - Advanced Auditing
BACC 589 - Accounting Policy

Elective Courses (4 courses, 12 hours total)
All students are required to take four electives (12 hours). Electives provide an opportunity for MAcc students to study areas outside of accounting.  However, one of the four courses must be an accounting course (typically Taxation of Corporations and Partnership if the student did not take the class at the undergraduate level). If a student does not have an academic background in business, specific business courses will be required as electives.

Elective courses may be available in the following areas: