Accounting Department of Kean University

Master of Science in Accounting Degree Program

The Masters Program in Accounting is designed to prepare students for professional careers in accounting. It is designed specifically to enable students whose undergraduate majors are business related (including Economics) to meet the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy eligibility requirements for taking the Uniform CPA examination in New Jersey. Students whose undergraduate majors are not business-related will need to add up to six additional courses in non-accounting business subjects (including Economics) to the M.S. in Accounting requirements in order to sit for the CPA Exam in New Jersey. E-mail inquiries can be directed to Grad-adm@kean.edu.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the University’s admission
requirements:

Minimum GPA of 3.0 (lower GPA’s will be
considered based on work experience)
GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions
Test) scores
Two letters of recommendation
Departmental interview if certain requirements
are not met

PREREQUISITES

An undergraduate accounting degree or Principles of Accounting I&II and
Intermediate Accounting I&II, or related accounting/business experience. Students who do not have these prerequisites may take ACCT 5001 and/or ACCT 5002, as determined by the coordinator at admission.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

30 credit hours, including seven required core accounting courses, plus three elective courses, one of which must be in accounting, and the other two chosen from accounting and business-related disciplines.

CORE COURSES 21 credits

ACCT 5120 Financial Accounting for Corporations
ACCT 5140 Cost and Managerial Accounting
ACCT 5160 Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships
ACCT 5190 Law, Ethics, and Professional Accounting Practice
ACCT 5230 Auditing Information Systems
ACCT 5260 Taxation of Individuals, Estates and Trusts
ACCT 5990 Research Seminar in Public Accounting and Auditing Practice

ELECTIVE AREAS 9 credits

Students must choose a minimum of one graduate accounting course. The remaining two courses are to be chosen at the graduate level from Accounting, Management Information Systems, Management Science, Marketing, Finance and Economics. Students whose undergraduate major is not business-related, and who wish to sit for the Uniform CPA exam in New Jersey are strongly advised to take two of their elective area courses as non-accounting business-related courses from the areas indicated above.

TOTAL 30 CREDITS