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Sep 17, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Accounting, B.S./M.S.
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The Dual Degree in Accounting provides Marist students majoring in accounting the opportunity to receive both an undergraduate and graduate degree in as little as four years and four months. Accounting majors may be accepted into the Dual Degree program in Accounting at the end of their sophomore year. Students complete substantially all of the undergraduate portion of their bachelor degree during the first semester of their senior year and begin the graduate portion during the second semester of their senior year with an internship and distance learning courses. Students will be required to take at least one graduate course during their fall semester of their senior year along with their remaining undergraduate courses and at least one undergraduate course during the second semester with their graduate courses. The graduate degree is completed during the summer with two five-week sessions and one two-week accelerated tax research course. There is no GMAT requirement for Marist students majoring in accounting to enter the Dual Degree program.
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Summary of Requirements for a B.S./M.S. In Accounting
Note: A minimum of 60 credits in Liberal Arts is required. 1.0 Course Requirements in Accounting: 33 cr
- Accounting Core 30 Credit(s)
- Integrative Capping Course 3 Credit(s)
2.0 Course Requirements in Related Fields: 39-40 cr
Total Credit Requirement for a Major in Accounting: 72-73 cr
3.0 Core/Liberal Studies Requirements
Breadth: 18 cr
- PHIL 101L - Philosophical Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
- Ethics, Applied Ethics, or Religious Studies 3 Credit(s)
- Fine Arts 3 Credit(s)
- History 3 Credit(s)
- Literature 3 Credit(s)
- Mathematics 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
- Natural Science 3 Credit(s)
- Social Science 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
Pathway: 12 cr
Breadth and Pathway courses may overlap, but all students must take a total of 36 distribution credits (including related field requirements). Students majoring in Breadth areas may apply a maximum of 6 credits to their distribution total. If applicable to a Pathway, 3 credits may come from disciplines outside of Core Breadth areas. Although foreign language and culture courses are not required within the Core, some courses in these fields may be used to fulfill distribution requirements. See the Core/LS Program website for a detailed list of all courses that satisfy distribution requirements.
- Courses addressing an interdisciplinary topic.
Total Core/Liberal Studies Requirement: 37 cr
Total Credit Requirement for Graduation: 120 cr
5.0 Accounting Core: 9 cr
- MSPA 601 - Accounting Research 3 Credit(s)
- MSPA 610 - Tax Research 3 Credit(s)
- MSPA 620 - Advanced Auditing 3 Credit(s)
6.0 Graduate Related Fields: 9 cr
- MBA 664 - Economics 3 Credit(s)
- MSPA 630 - Business Valuations 3 Credit(s)
- MBA 665 - Analytics Bootcamp 3 Credit(s)
7.0 Graduate Electives: 12 cr
Choose 12 credits from the following:
- MSPA 602 - Internship in Accounting 3 Credit(s)
- MBA 667 - Accounting 3 Credit(s)
- MBA 688 - Ethical Management of Organization 3 Credit(s)
- MSPA 621 - Accounting Information Systems 3 Credit(s)
- MSPA 603 - International Financial Accounting Standards 3 Credit(s)
Total Credits Requirements for Graduation: 30 cr
Total Credits for Dual Degree Program: 150 cr
Recommended Program Sequence for a Dual B.S./M.S. In Accounting
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