Major Required: 21 units

• ACC 6000 - Business Valuation Using Financial Statements (3)
• ACC 6150 - Assurance of Accounting Information Systems and Controls (3)
• ACC 6200 - Assurance and Regulation in Accounting (3)
• ACC 6500 - Advanced Analytics in Accounting (3)
• ACC 6550 - Cybersecurity in Accounting (3)
• ACC 6600 - Contemporary Accounting Issues (3)
• ACC 6900 - Strategic Tax Planning (3)

Major Electives: 9 units

• ACC 4820W - Accounting Ethics (3) or
• ACC 5811 - Accounting Ethics (3)

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• ACC 5000 - Special Study for Graduate Students (1-3)
• ACC 5410 - Internship In Accounting (1-3)
• ACC 5990 - Special Topics for Graduate Students (1-3)
• ACC 6100 - Internal Control and Corporate Governance (3)
• ACC 6300 - International Accounting Issues (3)
• ACC 6400 - Management Accounting Seminar (3)
• ACC 6700 - Management Control in Not-for-Profit Entities (3)
• ACC 6800 - Fraud and Forensic Accounting (3)
• GBA 5140 - Statistics Essentials for Business Analytics (3)
• GBA 5300 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Business (3)
• GBA 6060 - Introduction to Business Analytics - Business Metrics and Analytics (3)
• GBA 6070 - Programming Foundation for Business Analytics (3)
• GBA 6300 - Artificial Intelligence Frontier and Future Business (3)
• GBA 6500 - Artificial Intelligence Studio and Business Implementations (3)

General Standing: 15-18 units

Accounting Foundation Courses

Students admitted in Advanced Standing are not required to complete these 15-18 units of Accounting Foundation courses.

Students must earn a “C” or better in each of the following (or their equivalent), with a minimum 3.0 overall GPA. The accounting foundation courses may be satisfied by alternate means upon the approval of the M.S. Accountancy Coordinator. 

• ACC 5122 - Financial Accounting and Analysis (3)

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• ACC 4122 - Financial Accounting and Analysis (3)

• OR

• ACC 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I (3) and
• ACC 3120 - Intermediate Accounting II (3)

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• ACC 5310 - Introduction to Taxation (3) or
• ACC 4310 - Introduction to Taxation (3)

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• ACC 5510 - Accounting Information Systems (3) or
• ACC 4510 - Accounting Information Systems (3)

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• ACC 5810 - Auditing (3) or
• ACC 4810 - Auditing (3)

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• GBA 6080 - Accounting and Managerial Decisions (3) or
• ACC 3210 - Cost Accounting (3)

Culminating Experience: 1-3 units

• ACC 6950 - Master’s Project (3) (with advisory approval) or
• GBA 6970 - Comprehensive Examination (1)

Notes:

Additional 4000- and 5000-level Accounting courses (no more than 9 units of 4000-level courses can be counted toward Master’s degree; courses used to fulfill the bachelor’s degree requirements cannot be double-counted) or GBA courses with advisor approval.

Summer Sponsored Experience: 0 unit

• CPU 5003 - Cal Poly Pomona Graduate Sponsored Summer Experience (0)