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)

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

Accounting Foundation Courses

Students admitted into the MSA (Accelerated) program are required to have completed accounting foundation courses prior to obtaining admission to the MSA (Accelerated) program.

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)

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• 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)

Summer Sponsored Experience: 0 unit

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