The Master of Accountancy program is designed to provide the range of knowledge and practical skills needed by the professional accountant, with the added flexibility of eight-week terms and rolling entry. The fully online program can be completed in as little as 12 months by a full-time student (i.e., two classes per eight-week term).
The program is also designed to meet eligibility requirements for CPA licensure in the state of Florida and most other states. Students receive one-on-one counseling to ensure eligibility, complimentary access to Becker exam preparation software, and optional exam review elective courses.
Curriculum requirements for admission include an undergraduate degree with coursework in business and accounting, outlined below. Candidates with deficiencies in any area will be counseled on completion of those requirements prior to beginning the program.
Ethical conduct is a hallmark of the accounting profession. As such, students enrolled in the program must adhere to the program’s Academic Honor Code. Any student enrolled in the program found to have committed an act of academic dishonesty will be subject to disciplinary action, which could include permanent dismissal from the program.
Master of Accountancy - Total of 30 credits
The MAcc Foundation
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
ACCT 201
& ACCT 202 | Fundamentals of Accounting
and Fundamentals of Accounting II | 2 |
or ACCT 211
& ACCT 212 | Introduction to Financial Accounting
and Introduction to Management Accounting |
| STAT 301Q | Business Statistics | 1 |
| SOBA 201 | Fundamentals of Financial Analysis | 1 |
| or FINA 311 | Financial Management |
| ACCT 301 | Federal Taxation of Individuals () | 1 |
| or ACCT 311 | Overview of Federal Taxation |
| ACCT 303 | Financial Accounting I | 1 |
| ACCT 304 | Financial Accounting II | 1 |
| ACCT 421 | Managerial Cost Accounting | 1 |
Core Accounting Coursework (12 credits)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ACCT 508 | Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 509 | Cases in Financial Accounting and Reporting | 3 |
| ACCT 516 | Advanced Auditing | 3 |
| ACCT 563 | Advanced Accounting Theory | 3 |
| Total Credits | 12 |
Analytics Requirement (3 credits)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ACCT 510 | Data Analytics for Accountants 1 | 3 |
| Total Credits | 3 |
Business Law Requirement (3 credits)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| BLAW 507 | Business Law I 1 | 3 |
| Total Credits | 3 |
Elective Coursework (12 credits)
Any ACCT Elective or MBA Core or Elective Course (excluding ACCT 523), at least one must be ACCT 500-level, with no more than two 400-level courses (see Complete List of Permissible Electives below).
Complete List of Permissible MAcc Electives
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 12 |
| Overview of Federal Taxation | |
| Auditing I | |
| Managerial Cost Accounting 1 | |
| Tax Research | |
| Financial Accounting III 2 | |
| Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting | |
| Data Analytics for Accountants 3 | |
| Advanced Auditing | |
| Contemporary Issues in Managerial Accounting | |
| Business Valuation | |
| Estate, Fiduciary, and Gift Taxation | |
| Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination | |
| Taxation of U.S. Corporations | |
| Taxation of U.S. Partnerships | |
| Multijurisdictional Taxation | |
| Advanced U.S. Individual Taxation | |
| CPA Exam Review | |
| Special Topics in Accounting 4 | |
| Information Technology and Business Strategy | |
| Business Law I | |
| Business Law II | |
| Current Topics in Information Technology | |
| Managerial Decision Analytics | |
| Applied Health Analytics | |
| Machine Learning for Business Decisions | |
| Databases and Big Data for Analysis | |
| Introduction to Business Processes and ERP Systems | |
| Technology for Business Transformation 5 | |
| Electronic Commerce | |
| Project Management 6 | |
| Financial Risk Management | |
| Derivatives and Risk Management | |
| International Business and Finance | |
| Graduate Introduction to Financial Planning | |
| Advanced Investments | |
| Advanced Individual Tax Planning | |
| Advanced Estate Planning and Insurance | |
| Venture Capital and Private Equity | |
| International Experience | |
| Organizational Theory and Behavior | |
| Strategic Management | |
| Business Law I 7 | |
| Total Credits | 12 |
Note
To obtain a CPA license in Florida, one must pass the CPA exam, meet the experience requirement and have at least 150 credits of college education, including a baccalaureate degree or higher conferred by an accredited college or university with a major in accounting, or its equivalent. This must include 30 credits in accounting education at the upper division level which shall include coverage of auditing, cost and managerial accounting, financial accounting, and taxation. Of these courses, the applicant must complete 3 credits of financial accounting based upon United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and 3 credits of taxation for accounting standards based upon United States federal and state laws. Not more than 3 credits may be internship programs.
This must also include 36 credits in general business education which shall include not less than the equivalent of 3 credits in business law courses based upon United States federal and state laws. Written or oral communication courses will qualify for the general business requirement if they have a business or accounting prefix. All general business courses, including accounting courses in excess of the 36 hours required, must be taken at the upper division level, except for Introductory Macro and Micro Economics, Business Law, Introductory Statistics, Introduction to Computer Information Systems, and any written or oral communication course (as noted above). CREDITS EARNED FOR A CPA EXAM REVIEW COURSE (e.g., our ACCT 550 course) DO NOT COUNT TOWARD THE 150 HOUR REQUIREMENT.
Program Details
Specific requirements and other details for M.Acc., are available on request from the Graduate Business Office of the School of Business 386-822-7410.
Student learning outcomes describe what students know, understand and are able to do as a result of completing a degree program. The learning outcomes for this program are:
- Communicate effectively in writing an accounting context.
- Appropriately identify, apply, and interpret authoritative guidance to develop a well-supported position in an accounting issue/problem.
- Gather, analyze, and interpret data into meaningful information for making decisions in an accounting context.
Amiri, Shahram
Professor of Decision and Information Sciences
BS, MS, Old Dominion University
EdD, College of William and Mary
Augustine, Fred K., Jr.
Professor of Decision and Information Sciences
BA, MBA, PhD, Florida State University
Nickell, Erin
Associate Professor of Accounting
Director of the Master of Accountancy Program
BS, University of Florida
MS, PhD, University of Central Florida
CPA
Mendoza, Monica
Associate Professor of Practice in Accounting
Associate Dean of the School of Business Administration
BBA, MBA, Stetson University
PhD, University of Florida
CPA
Rao, B. Madhu
Professor of Decision and Information Sciences
BE, Osmania University
MTech., Indian Institute of Technology
PhD, University of Toronto
Sause, William
Visiting Assistant Professor of Decision and Information Sciences
BS, St. John's University
MS, PhD, Nova Southeastern University
Woodside, Joseph
Associate Professor of Business Systems and Analytics
Chair of Business Systems and Analytics
BS, MBA, DBA, Cleveland State University
Xanthopoulos, Petros
Associate Professor of Decision and Information Sciences
Executive Director of Graduate Programs
BS, Technical University of Crete
MS, PhD, University of Florida
