COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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 Dr. Charles P. Zlatkovich, Associate Dean Business Bldg. Room 101 Phone: (915) 747-5241 Fax: (915) 747-5147 E-mail: coba@utep.edu		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 3.- Specific Requirements for the Master of Accountancy Degree All students must meet the Pre-Master of Accountancy (Pre-MAcc) Requirements and complete thirty-three credit hours of Course of Study for the Master of Accountancy (MAcc). Courses in Pre-MAcc Requirements, as described below, may be waived if, according to the Accounting Graduate Studies Committee, the student has the equivalent courses in previous undergraduate or graduate course work or the appropriate work experience. Waiver may also be given if the student can demonstrate proficiency through challenge examinations approved by the Committee. Students earning a "B" or better in MGMT 5325 or MGMT 5335 will satisfy the comprehensive exam requirement. Students who earn a "C" will be required to pass a comprehensive exam. Pre-Master of Accountancy (Pre-MAcc) Requirements Common Body of Knowledge (18 semester hours) (The course in parenthesis indicates the equivalent undergraduate course.) 3 ACCT 5301 (2301) or ACCT 2302, 3202 Financial Accounting 3 ECON 5304 or ECON 2303, 2304 Business Economics 3 QMB 5311 or QMB 2301, 3301 and MATH 2301 Quantitative Methods in Business 3 BLAW 5306 (3301) Business Law and Ethics 3 MKT 3300 (3300) Marketing Systems 3 FIN 5305 (3310) Financial Concepts and Analysis Professional Core (18 semester hours) 3 ACCT 3320 Accounting Systems 3 ACCT 3321 Intermediate Accounting I 3 ACCT 3322 Intermediate Accounting II 3 ACCT 3323 Cost Accounting 3 ACCT 3327 Federal Income Tax - Individuals 3 ACCT 4304 Auditing Principles and Procedures Course of Study for the Master of Accountancy (MAcc) (33 semester hours) 1. Business Core Requirements (9 semester hours) 3 MGMT 5336 3 MGMT 5325 or MGMT 5335 (Taken last semester) 3 Approved graduate business elective 2. Accounting Major Option Requirements (18 semester hours) (a) Tax Concentration 18 ACCT 4328*, 5322, 9 hours within ACCT 5320, 5321, 5325, 5326, and approved nontax graduate credit accounting elective (b) Financial Accounting/Auditing Concentration 18 ACCT 4301*, 5310*, 5323, 5324, 5397, (or approved graduate credit accounting elective), and an approved graduate credit accounting elective. A minimum of 12 of the 18 hours in this option must be ACCT 53xx. (The other 6 hours may be undergraduate ACCT courses available for graduate credit.) (c) Managerial Accounting Concentration 18 ACCT 4321*, 5312, 5324, 5391, 5397 (or approved graduate credit accounting elective), and three hours of approved graduate accounting elective. A minimum of 12 of the 18 hours in this option must be ACCT 53xx. (The other 6 hours maybe undergraduate ACCT courses available for graduate credit.) (d) General Concentration 18 3 BLAW 4391 3 One course from ACCT 5312 or ACCT 5391 3 One course from ACCT 5310 ACCT 5323, or ACCT 5324 3 One course from ACCT 5320 ACCT 5321, ACCT 5322, ACCT 5325, or ACCT 5326 6 Graduate credit ACCT, at least 3 hours in ACCT 53xx. (The other 3 hours may be undergraduate ACCT courses available for graduate credit.) * Should be taken after being admitted to Graduate School. If already taken prior to admittance to Graduate School, three hours of graduate accounting elective must be taken to fulfill this requirement. 3. Communications Requirement (3 semester hours) 3 COMM 5362, ENGL 5311, ENGL 5312, ENGL 5314, or ENGL 5315 4. Approved Graduate Elective (3 semester hours) 3 Approved graduate free elective ACCT 5397 (Professional Report in Accounting) must be written in the area of concentration of the option chosen. Up to nine hours of specified, approved undergraduate courses for graduate credit may substitute for graduate hours in the Master of Accountancy degree plan. Those undergraduate courses required as part of the Accounting Major Option Requirements are counted in these limitations.

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