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Sep 07, 2024
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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Accounting, MSA
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Graduate Program
Clark’s School of Management Master’s in Accounting program readies you for a career in public accounting and financial management. You will be able to develop and analyze accounting information, provide assurances of financial control and accuracy, develop investment and tax strategies, and advise top-level managers as they make important decisions.
Graduate Program Requirements
Clark’s M.S.A. program consists of 10-12 units. Students without previous accounting and quantitative coursework are required to take two units of foundations coursework in their first semester. One or both of the foundation courses may be waived based on prior coursework or waiver exams. Students who can waive both foundations requirements can complete the program in 10 units.
Every degree candidate completes eight units of core courses and two units of elective coursework from the list below.
Completion of a graduate internship is required for all full-time M.S.A. students except: those who have 3+ years of professional business work experience; those with full-time employment during the length of the program; and those who are participating in an exchange program (e.g. Sorbonne, Trier, etc.). It may be possible to waive this requirement for other reasons. Visit a member of the Stevenish Career Management Center for more information.
Students must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.0 to be in good academic standing in SOM at the end of each semester (a B in each of their classes). The lowest grade a student can get in a course is a C.
Full-time students typically complete the program in four or fewer semesters. Part-time students typically complete the programs in eight semesters or fewer.
Students can only begin this program at the start of the fall semester.
Foundation Courses
Students may satisfy one or both of the foundation course requirements (ACCT 4101 Foundations of Accounting and STAT 4300 Data Driven Decision Making) through prior undergraduate or graduate coursework or by passing a waiver exam. Waivers and eligibility for waiver exams are only considered and finalized at the time of admission into the program.
• Waiver of the financial accounting requirement is based on successful completion (B or better within 6 years) of an undergraduate or graduate financial accounting course for credit, or a passing grade on the accounting waiver exam. If not waived, students will take ACCT 4101 Foundations of Financial Accounting to meet the foundation requirement.
• Waiver of the quantitative requirement is based on successful completion (B or better within 6 years) of an undergraduate or graduate course for credit in statistics, operations management, or economics; or a passing grade on the statistics waiver exam. If not waived, students will take STAT 4300 Data Driven Decision Making to meet the foundation requirement.
Elective Courses (2 units)
MGMT 4708 and MGMT 4713 are the recommended electives for students that plan to take the CPA exam.
Program Director
Zhihong Wang, Ph.D.
Program Faculty
Christopher Benestad, M..A.
Inshik Seol, Ph.D.
Zhihong Wang, Ph.D.
Da Wu, Ph.D.
Kyunghee Yoon, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
Dennis Avola, M.B.A.
Patricia Casey, M.B.A.
Frank Jenkins, M.B.A.
Toni Molinari, M.B.A.
Samantha Spezeski, M.B.A
Jennifer Targett, Ph.D.
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