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Joint BBA Public Accounting/MS Taxation Program Program and Courses

Undergraduate Requirements

University Core (60)
MAT 104, MAT 111, ECO 105 and ECO 106 are required as part of the University Core.

Business Core (24)
MGT 355 and MGT 490 are satisfied in the MS portion of the program.

Major Requirements (15 credits)
(ACC 203 and 204 are applied toward the Business Core.)
ACC 203 Financial Accounting (4)
ACC 204 Managerial Accounting (4)
ACC 301 Intermediate Accounting I (4)
ACC 302 Intermediate Accounting II (4)
ACC 375 Accounting Information Systems (3)

Auxiliary Courses (8 credits)
LAW 360 Advanced Business Law (4)
TAX 310 Federal Income Taxation I (3)
Business/CIT Elective (1)

Free Elective (1 credit)
Includes UNV 101 (1 credit) for all first-year students

TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE CREDITS: 108

Graduate Requirements

Business Writing Proficiency Requirement: Satisfactory performance as demonstrated with a score of 4.5 or higher on the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) portion of the GMAT. A student whose grade on the AWA demonstrates weakness in writing is required to complete and pass a seven-week, pass/fail one credit course in Business Writing (BUS 043).

MS Prerequisite Courses (3 credits)
MBA 646 Data Analysis for Decision Making (3)

Graduate Public Accounting Courses (11 credits)
ACC 620 Accounting Entities (3)
ACC 632 Auditing (3)
ACC 635 Advanced Auditing Practice (2)
ACC 649 Contemporary Accounting Issues (3)

MS Core Courses (15 credits)
TAX 625 Tax Practice, Procedure & Research (3)
TAX 627 Advanced Concepts of Taxation (3)
TAX 639 Tax Accounting (3)
TAX 656 Advanced Corp. Income Taxation I (3)
TAX 696Q Research Project (3)

Specialization Electives (12 credits)
Choose four of the following courses:
TAX 633 Taxation of Employee Benefits (3)
TAX 634 Tax Problems of Engaging in Interstate Commerce (3)
TAX 638 International Taxation (3)
TAX 642 Estate Planning I (3)
TAX 646 Tax Problems of Partnership Organizations (3)
TAX 653 Seminar in Taxation (3)
TAX 659 Advanced Corporate Income Tax II (3)

Capstone Course (3 credits)
MBA 688 Business Strategy and Stakeholder Responsibility (3)

TOTAL GRADUATE CREDITS INCLUDING PREREQUISITE: 44

COMBINED BBA/MS CREDIT TOTAL: 152