This program provides skills that are necessary to be competent in business practices: Advanced knowledge of accounting content areas according to their chose area of concentration. The ability to execute research related to accounting topics through the effective use of technology to gather data from a variety of sources, analyze data, and disseminate information to the appropriate audiences. The ability to apply concepts of ethics to business practices and assess the impacts of their decisions. The ability to exercise professional judgment and understand the implications of actions.

Applicants must submit to the Office of Recruitment and Admissions a Graduate Admission Application. Also required are two letters of recommendation from persons able to evaluate the applicant’s professional or academic performance, a resume or curriculum vitae, and other information that may have impacted the applicant’s decision to pursue graduate study or deemed important to individual or career goals. Applicants are required to submit Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores prior to admission. Generally, GMAT and GRE scores will not be accepted if over five years old. The GMAT or GRE is not required of those who earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited university. Students with a 3.25 GPA or higher in the last 60 hours of a BBA in accounting or finance and a grade of at least B in college algebra or higher level math course may waive the requirement to take the GMAT or GRE.