2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Accounting Analytics, MSAA

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Overview

Graduate Program

Clark University’s Master’s in Accounting Analytics program prepares students for an ever-changing professional environment in both public and corporate accounting. This STEM-designated program, based on fundamental accounting knowledge, provides students with the knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience with data analytics technologies and methodologies to keep pace with today’s data-centric accounting world.

Graduate Program Requirements

The Master of Science in Accounting Analytics program requires 11-12 course units.

Students without previous accounting and analytics coursework are required to take two units of foundation coursework in their first semester: ACCT4101: Foundations of Financial Accounting and STAT4450: Managerial Statistics. Only ACCT4101: Foundations of Financial Accounting may be waived based on prior coursework or a waiver exam. Students who can waive ACCT4101 can complete the program in 11 units.

The MSAA program includes two foundation courses that provide students with fundamental knowledge of accounting and business analytics, four accounting and three data analytics core courses to enhance students’ understanding of contemporary accounting issues and, develop strong analytics skills. Three accounting analytics core courses are also required to integrate the accounting knowledge and analytical skills to identify accounting problems, to analyze big data, and provide innovative and practical solutions.

All courses are worth one unit, unless otherwise specified, and the required courses needed are not offered every semester.

Students must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.0 to be in good academic standing at the end of each semester (a ‘B’ in each of their classes). The lowest grade a student can earn in a course is a ‘C.’

Completion of a graduate internship or experiential learning requirement is required for all full-time students in this program. This is an additional requirement and is not for course credit. There are several options available for students to complete this requirement. It may also be possible to waive this requirement if students have 3+ years of professional business work experience related to their field of study; for details contact a member of the Stevenish Career Management Center for more information.

Foundation Courses

Foundation courses provide students with fundamental knowledge of accounting and business analytics. Students may satisfy the ACCT4101: Foundations of Financial Accounting course requirement through prior undergraduate or graduate coursework, or by passing a waiver exam.

Waiver of the ACCT4101: Foundations of 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.

There is NO waiver for the STAT4450 - Managerial Statistics Course

Required Courses

CPA Track Electives

If a student intends on taking the CPA exams and does not have enough credits in accounting as required by NASBA, we recommend students take the following courses where needed to satisfy the CPA exam eligibility requirements:

Program Faculty

Program Director

Zhihong Wang, Ph.D.

Program Faculty

Hamidreza Ahady Dolatsara, Ph.D.

Da Wu, Ph.D.

Kyunghee Yoon, Ph.D.