MBA – CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE APPROVAL SHEET

Concentration: Accounting

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·  The Department of Accounting has put together a list of courses to choose from for your electives. To determine what electives will be useful for your professional, personal, or educational goals please schedule a meeting with your Graduate Concentration Exploration Advisor for a personal consultation.

·  During your first semester in the program you must obtain a signature on the concentration approval form and submit a copy of the form, by the deadlines found in your GSH, via email to or you may drop a copy off in SGMH4210.

o  Concentration Electives / Alternative must be approved prior to enrolling. Similarly, any changes to your concentration electives/ alternative must be approved by your Graduate Concentration Exploration Advisor. However, you are only required to resubmit a new form if a course you plan to take is not approved as a concentration elective or alternative.

·  Concentration courses are offered less frequently then required courses. Picking your concentration elective courses within the first semester provides you with the opportunity to enroll in the courses as they are offered.

·  It is your responsibility to check the prerequisites when selecting your concentration elective courses. You are responsible for completing any prerequisite coursework prior to enrolling in a course.

Choose Maximum of “FOUR” Concentration Electives

The concentration consists of 12 units or four electives from the same thematic discipline. Courses must be chosen from the provided list. Three courses must be at the 500 level and no more than one course may be at the 400 level. No course numbered below 400 may be used.

Choose Four Electives (course descriptions are found in the University Catalog)

Note: The Accounting concentration electives should cover the following areas: Financial Accounting & Theory, Accounting Info Systems, Auditing, and Taxation.

Concentration Electives
First Elective Choice 500 Level:
Second Elective Choice 500 Level:
Third Elective Choice 500 Level:
Fourth Elective Choice 400/500 Level:
ALTERNATIVES
Category A: Financial Accounting & Theory
ACCT 502 Seminar in Accounting Theory / ACCT 401 Advanced Accounting
ACCT 503 Seminar in Contemporary Acct Problems / ACCT 403 Acct for Govt. & Nonprofit Entities
ACCT 506 Seminar in Professional Acct Communications / ACCT 405 Fraud Detection
ACCT 518 Seminar in International Accounting / ACCT 420 Advanced Cost Accounting
ACCT 521 Seminar in Management Control Systems / ACCT 445 Valuation Concepts
ACCT 535 Sem. in Corp. Governance Theory & Practice / ACCT 460 Sem. in Financial Statement Analysis
Category B: Accounting Information Systems
ACCT 507 Seminar in Acct Information Systems
Category C: Auditing
ACCT 505 Seminar in Auditing / ACCT 402 Auditing
ACCT 422 Internal Audit and Control
Category D: Taxation
ACCT 508 Seminar in Tax Planning / ACCT 576 Seminar in State and Local Taxation
ACCT 570 Seminar in Tax of Corps and Shareholders Corp I / ACCT 577 Sem. in Tax of Employee Compensation
ACCT 572 Seminar in Tax of Corps and Shareholders Corp II / ACCT 578 Seminar in Taxation of Partnerships
ACCT 573 Seminar in Taxation of Property Transactions / ACCT 580 Sem. in Tax of S Corp, LLCs & LLPS
ACCT 574 Seminar in Tax of International Bus Operations / ACCT 408 Problems in Taxation
ACCT 575 Sem. in Estate, Gift, Inherit. Taxes and Estate Plan. / ACCT 470 Tax Research, Practice and Procedures

Concentration Exploration Advisor Signature: Date: