College of Business and Public Administration

M.S. in Accounting

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PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Dr. Dov Fischer
Willis Hall Room 203-A
(908) 737-4104
dfischer@kean.edu

The Master of Science in Accounting is a degree program 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

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) score
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 ACT 5002, as determined by the Coordinator at admission.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

30 credit hours, including seven required core 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 3
ACCT 5140 Managerial and Cost Accounting 3
ACCT 5160 Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships 3
ACCT 5190 Law, Ethics, and Professional Accounting Practice 3
ACCT 5230 Auditing Information Systems 3
ACCT 5260 Taxation of Individuals, Estates,Trusts, Pension and Retirement Plans 3
ACCT 5990 Research Seminar in Public Accounting and Auditing Practice 3

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.