MS Accountancy Curriculum
MS Accountancy Credit Range: 30 – 70 credits
MS Accountancy Advisor:
Taneisha Green, Director, Graduate Accountancy Programs
Email: zicklingradaccadvising@baruch.cuny.edu
The MS Accountancy is our most popular program and more specialized than the MBA Accountancy. It is designed for students who have an accountancy or other business-related degree from an undergraduate institution.
- Students in the MS program have an opportunity to shorten their program length through course waivers, depending on the courses completed in undergraduate study.
MS Accountancy - General Track
The credits for this program range from 30 – 70 credits. The MSA is well-suited for those with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and other business areas desiring to pursue a career in public accountancy.
This curriculum is effective for students who enter in Spring 2024 and beyond. Students who entered in a prior semester should consult the Graduate Bulletin for their semester of entry or consult their program advisor.
MS ACC – GENERAL TRACK: PROGRAM OF STUDY
General Business RequirementsDepending on your academic background, you may be able to reduce the number of general business requirement credits, with the exception of BUS 9558. 36 credits |
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| Credits | ||
| BUS 9558 | Strategic Business Communication | 3 |
| CIS 9000 | Information Technology Strategy | 3 |
| ECO 9730 | Firms in the Global Economy | 1.5 |
| ECO 9740 | Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 1.5 |
| FIN 9770 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| LAW 9800 | Intensive Survey of Business Contracts and Law of Corporations | 4 |
| MGT 9301 | Managing People and Organizations | 3 |
| MKT 9703 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| STA 9708 | Managerial Statistics | 3 |
| Additional advanced business courses in areas other than accounting and taxation. | 11 | |
Accounting and Taxation Requirements34 credits |
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| ACC 9110 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 9804 | Intermediate Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACC 9805 | Advanced Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACC 9811 | Managerial Accounting Theory and Practice | 4 |
| ACC 9818 | Auditing and Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACC 9821 | Auditing | 4 |
| ACC 9861 | Federal Income Taxation: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| TAX 9878 | Taxation of Business Entities | 3 |
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At least 6 credits of Advanced Accounting courses that are not in the list of Accounting and Taxation requirements. Sample Courses:
*ACC 9993 may be taken more than once, provided the topic is different. |
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Students with baccalaureate degrees in business or Accountancy, who have taken courses equivalent to those listed under the “General Business” and “Accounting and Taxation” sections, must achieve the minimum 30 credits required to earn the MS in Accountancy. After the application of waivers, students may choose any 9000-level course offered in the Zicklin School of Business. This does not include courses on the list of general business requirements that have been waived. |
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MS Accountancy - Information Analytics (NON-STEM) Track
The credits for this program range from 30 – 70 credits.
This curriculum is effective for students who enter in Fall 2024 and beyond. Students who entered in a prior semester should consult the Graduate Bulletin for their semester of entry or consult their program advisor.
MS ACC – INFORMATION ANALYTICS NON-STEM TRACK: PROGRAM OF STUDY
General Business RequirementsDepending on your academic background, you may be able to reduce the number of general business requirement credits, with the exception of BUS 9558. 26 credits |
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| Credits | ||
| BUS 9558 | Strategic Business Communication | 3 |
| CIS 9000 | Information Technology Strategy | 3 |
| ECO 9730 | Firms in the Global Economy | 1.5 |
| ECO 9740 | Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 1.5 |
| FIN 9770 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| LAW 9800 | Intensive Survey of Business Contracts and Law of Corporations | 4 |
| MGT 9301 | Managing People and Organizations | 3 |
| MKT 9703 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| STA 9708 | Managerial Statistics | 3 |
| Additional advanced business courses in areas other than accounting and taxation. | 1 | |
Accounting and Taxation Requirements31 credits |
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| ACC 9110 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 9804 | Intermediate Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACC 9805 | Advanced Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACC 9811 | Managerial Accounting Theory and Practice | 4 |
| ACC 9818 | Auditing and Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACC 9821 | Auditing | 4 |
| ACC 9861 | Federal Income Taxation: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| TAX 9878 | Taxation of Business Entities | 3 |
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At least 3 credits of Advanced Accounting courses that are not in the list of Accounting and Taxation requirements. Sample Courses: *ACC 9993 may be taken more than once, provided the topic is different. |
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Information Analytics Requirements13 credits |
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| ACC 9886 | Data Analytics in Accounting | 4 |
| Choose a minimum of THREE courses (9 credits) from the list below: | ||
| CIS 9340 | Principles of Database Management Systems | 3 |
| CIS 9440 | Data Warehousing and Analytics | 3 |
| CIS 9650 | Programming for Analytics | 3 |
| CIS 9655 | Data Visualization | 3 |
| CIS 9660 | Data Mining for Business Analytics | 3 |
| CIS 9665 | Applied Natural Language Processing | 3 |
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or |
Decision Models and Analysis or Introduction to Quantitative Modeling |
3 |
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Students who have received waivers for a significant portion of the general business, and accounting and taxation courses, must take additional Zicklin graduate elective courses of their choice in order to achieve the minimum 30 credits required to earn the MS in Accountancy degree. |
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MS Accountancy - Information Analytics (STEM) Track
The credits for this program range from 30 – 33 credits, once all waivers have been applied.
- Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s in Accounting from a regionally accredited U.S. university.
- All undergraduate coursework must have been completed no more than 5 years prior to your intended entry term.
- This curriculum is effective for students who enter in Fall 2024 and beyond.
MS ACC – INFORMATION ANALYTICS STEM TRACK: PROGRAM OF STUDY
Required CoursesDepending on your academic background, you may be able to reduce the number of general business requirement credits, with the exception of BUS 9558. 17 credits |
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| Credits | ||
| BUS 9558 | Strategic Business Communication | 3 |
| ACC 9811 | Managerial Accounting Theory and Practice | 4 |
| TAX 9878 | Taxation of Business Entities | 3 |
| Additional advanced business courses in areas other than accounting and taxation. | 4 | |
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At least 3 credits of Advanced Accounting courses that are not in the list of Accounting and Taxation requirements. Sample Courses: *ACC 9993 may be taken more than once, provided the topic is different. |
3 | |
Information Analytics Requirements13 credits |
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| ACC 9886 | Data Analytics in Accounting | 4 |
| Choose a minimum of THREE courses (9 credits) from the list below: | ||
| CIS 9340 | Principles of Database Management Systems | 3 |
| CIS 9440 | Data Warehousing and Analytics | 3 |
| CIS 9650 | Programming for Analytics | 3 |
| CIS 9655 | Data Visualization | 3 |
| CIS 9660 | Data Mining for Business Analytics | 3 |
| CIS 9665 | Applied Natural Language Processing | 3 |
|
or |
Decision Models and Analysis or Introduction to Quantitative Modeling |
3 |