Graduate Study
Business Administration - Accounting
Program Overview
In addition to the educational preparation for a career leading to top management, the MBA - Accounting program fills New York State Certified Public Accountancy (CPA) education requirements to sit for the CPA exam. The program also stresses the skills necessary for the design, operation, and control of accounting information systems.
The program is available on a full-time and part-time basis. The program is primarily an on campus program, although some courses may be available online. Full-time students must begin studies in the fall quarters.
Course offerings
Up-to-date information about courses is available online at saunders.rit.edu.
The Saunders College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
Program for students without undergraduate business course work:
For students without undergraduate business course work, but with an undergraduate degree meeting CPA liberal arts and science requirements, the program consists of 27 courses that may be completed in seven quarters (two academic years) of full-time study. Because of the length of prerequisite strings, seven-quarter completion for full-time students is based on fall quarter entry. Variations will likely extend the time needed to complete the program.
Students with an undergraduate degree in accounting may be able to complete the program with as little as 12 graduate courses containing 48 quarter hours. Full-time students starting in the fall quarter may be able to complete the degree in three quarters. The program is also available on a part-time basis for practicing professionals.
Curriculum Review
Typical coursework for students with an undergraduate degree in accounting is as follows:
MBA Core Courses:
0102-740 Organizational Behavior and Leadership
0102-759 Competitive Strategy
0105-761 Marketing Concepts
Additional Accounting Courses:
0101-707 Advanced Accounting**
0101-722 Advanced Cost Management
0101-738 Information Systems Auditing and Assurances Services
0101-795 Financial Accounting Theory and Research
Additional Business Courses:
0106-780 Management Science**
0110-731 Commercial Law**
0112-725 Data Management
or
0112-745 Information Systems Development
0112-760 Integrated Business Systems
or
0101-737 Accounting and Enterprise Information Systems
Non-accounting professional elective
The program for students with undergraduate degrees in other areas will vary, most likely between 12 and 27 graduate courses.
**Students taking these courses as part of their undergraduate program may substitute electives or other courses required to meet CPA education requirements.
For students without undergraduate business course work:
The MBA-Accounting program consists of three sets of courses: MBA core courses, additional accounting courses, and additional business courses.
MBA Core Courses:
0101-703 Accounting for Decision Makers
0102-740 Organizational Behavior and Leadership
0102-759 Competitive Strategy
0103-705 Economics for Managers
0104-721 Financial Analysis for Managers
0105-761 Marketing Concepts
0106-743 Operations Management
0106-782 Statistical Analysis for Decision Making
Choose one of the following:
0102-742 Introduction to Technology Management
0102-780 Global Business Environments
0104-760 Finance in a Global Environment
0112-710 Management Information Systems Concepts
Additional Accounting Courses:
0101-704 Corporate Financial Reporting I
0101-705 Corporate Financial Reporting II
0101-706 Cost Management
0101-707 Advanced Accounting
0101-708 Auditing
0101-709 Basic Taxation
0101-710 Advanced Taxation
0101-722 Advanced Cost Management
0101-738 Information Systems Auditing and Assurances Services
0101-795 Financial Accounting Theory and Research
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting elective
Additional Business Courses:
0106-780 Management Science
0110-730 Business Legal Concepts
0110-731 Commercial Law
0112-760 Integrated Business Systems
or
0101-737 Accounting and Enterprise Systems
Finance elective
Non-accounting professional elective
Admission Requirements
Prerequisites
Prerequisite liberal arts and science coursework includes coursework in mathematics, writing, communications, and computer science. Students are expected to have a working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation graphics.