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  • Introduction
  • Enrollment for
    Non-Business Graduate
    Students

  • Requirements for
    Admission


    Departments:

  • Accounting
  • Business
    Administration

  • Economics and
    Finance

  • Information and
    Decision Sciences

  • Marketing and
    Management


    Dr. Frank Hoy, Dean
    Dr. Robert D. Tollen, Associate Dean
    Business Bldg.,
    Room 101
    Phone: (915) 747-5241
    Fax: (915) 747-5147

  • Accounting
    Web site at: http://www.utep.edu/coba/
    260 Business Administration Building
    (915) 747-5192

    1.- Master of Accountancy Program (MAcc)
    2.- Requirements for Admission to the Master of Accountancy Program
    3.- Specific Requirements for the Master of Accountancy Degree
    4.- Concurrent Award of the BBA in Accounting and the Master of Accountancy
    5.- Requirements for Admission
    6.- Course of Study for the Combined BBA/MAcc Program
    7.- Accounting (ACCT) Courses
    8.- Business Law (BLAW) Courses

    5.- Requirements for Admission

    Student are admitted to the College of Business Administration and to the accounting major based on requirements listed in the Undergraduate Catalog. Students must be admitted to the Graduate School and the Master of Accountancy program based on requirements listed in the Graduate Catalog except that the completion of a Baccalaureate degree is not required. There is no conditional admission to Graduate School under this plan.

    1. Requirements for Admission to the Pre-BBA/MAcc Plan:

    1. Completion of the Non-Business Foundation and Business Foundation Requirements with an average of or better in ENGL 3112, MATH 3120, MATH 3201, ACCT 3201, ACCT 3202, ECON 3203, ECON 3204, and QMB 3201.
    2. Completion of nine hours of non-accounting Business Core Courses.
    3. Completion of twelve hours of accounting courses, including ACCT 3321, ACCT 3322, and two of the following: ACCT 3320, ACCT 3323, or ACCT 3327.
    4. Achievement of a minimum GPA of 2.7 in all junior and senior level accounting courses taken prior to admission. These accounting courses are restricted to those listed in the Major Option requirement for the BBA degree in Accounting.

    Students must be admitted to the Graduate School before taking any courses for graduate credit.

    STUDENTS SHOULD PLAN TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL DURING THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

    A GPA OF 3.0 ON ALL WORK TAKEN BEYOND THE 90TH SEMESTER HOUR OF CREDIT IS REQUIRED TO REMAIN IN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM.

    2. Requirements for Admission to the BBA/MAcc Plan:

    1. General competency in quantitative skills.
    2. A satisfactory score on the Graduate Management Admissions Test, the GMAT, of at least 450, and three out of five ("acceptable") or better on the analytical writing portion.
    3. The GMAT score plus 200 times the grade point average on all undergraduate and graduate work previously completed must equal 1050 or more; or the GMAT score plus 200 times the upper division and graduate level GPA must equal 1100 or more.
    4. A grade point average of at least 2.7 on all undergraduate and graduate level work already completed.
    5. Foreign students require a minimum TOEFL score of 600.



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