Master of Accountancy

Since the Master of Accountancy requires an undergraduate degree and coursework equivalent to a major in accounting, candidates will normally have completed, as undergraduates, the equivalent of the Business and Accounting Foundation courses. If the student’s undergraduate record indicates any deficiency in the Foundation areas or in accounting preparation, the Program Director will require additional Foundation or Accounting coursework before the Advanced Level courses are attempted.

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

Core Accounting Coursework (12 credits)

 Analytics Requirement (3 credits)

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or choose one of the following data analytics courses:
BSAN 501, BSAN 508, BSAN 525, BSAN 527, BSAN 535, BSAN 561

Business Law Requirement (3 credits)

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or any MAcc Permissible Elective (if taken any business law course previously)

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

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Students planning to take the CPA exam in Florida who did not take an upper  division cost/managerial accounting course prior to enrollment in the MAcc  program should take ACCT 421 as part of the MAcc program or as an additional 
course outside of the MAcc program.

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Students who did not take an advanced accounting course prior to enrollment in  the MAcc program are strongly advised to take ACCT 507 as a MAcc elective.

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Not available to students who have taken ACCT 440 or the equivalent.

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With permission of the Director of the MAcc Program.

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Not available to students taking ACCT 591.

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Not available to students previously taking BSAN 360.

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MAcc students planning to take the CPA exam in Florida who did not complete at least three credits of business law prior to enrollment in the MAcc program are required to take BLAW 507.

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:

1. Communicate effectively in writing an accounting context.
2. Appropriately identify, apply, and interpret authoritative guidance to develop a well-supported position in an accounting issue/problem.
3. 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