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Bachelor of 科学 in 会计 and Master of 科学 in Professional Accountancy

Dual Degree Program in 会计

The Dual Degree in 会计 provides Marist students majoring in accounting the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of 科学 in 会计 and a Master of 科学 in Professional Accountancy (MS/PAccy) in four years and four months. 

The program is designed to provide Marist students majoring in accounting the opportunity to obtain an additional 30 college credits and a graduate degree to satisfy the 150-hour credits to be licensed as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).  会计 firms hire accounting graduates to begin their careers in early September.  相应的, the MS/PAccy is designed to address the requirement that entering accounting professionals have either completed the 150-credit requirement or have completed a substantial portion with a plan in place to complete the remaining requirements.  

课程

The Master of 科学 in Professional Accountancy requires 30 credits. 对于圣母学院的学生, up to 12 credits may be earned during the fall/spring semesters of the senior year, with remaining credits during the summer following conferral of their undergraduate degree. 

Fall Semester Senior Year:

  • MBA 665 Analytics Bootcamp (8 weeks)

Spring Semester Senior Year:

  • Elective (ACCT 397 or MSPA Internship in 会计 or MBA 667 会计) (8 weeks)
  • MBA 664 经济学 (8 weeks)
  • MBA 688 Ethics in 管理 of Organizations Elective (8 weeks)

Summer Semester (two five-week sessions and one two-week session):

  • MSPA 630 Business Valuations
  • MSPA 620 Advanced Auditing
  • MSPA 621 会计 信息rmation Systems
  • MSPA 603 International 会计 Standards
  • MSPA 601 会计 Research (10 weeks)
  • MSPA 610 Tax Research (2 weeks online subsequent to completion of Summer Term)

计划的好处

  • Meets 150-credit hour requirement for CPA licensing requirement
  • Cost savings – up to 12 graduate-level credits taken at the undergraduate rate
  • Speed to degree – BS and MS earned in 4 years 4 months
  • 不需要GMAT **
  • Strong faculty relationships with both accounting firms and the corporate community
  • Intern during the busy winter season
  • Career readiness to join accounting firms in September 

入学

Current Marist students may apply their second semester sophomore year. Students with junior status can be admitted provided they can complete 117 credit hours by the end of the senior year fall semester.  

入学 Requirements:

  • Declared 会计 major
  • 3.累积绩点
  • 3.00会计GPA
  • GMAT upon request (may be required for those below a 3.00 GPA)

Deadline for Application – April 1 (sophomore status)*

*Applications will be reviewed after April 1 on a case-by-case basis for eligibility.

**如果GPA低于3分.0, GMAT may be required upon request.

 

为 more information and to apply, contact the MS/PAccy Program Director:

特蕾西J. Niemotko, JD, CPA, CFE
Associate Professor of 会计
School of 管理
特蕾西.niemotko@risesh01.net
(845) 575-3000分机. 3225