Accounting

Accounting

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Overview

Success, by the numbers. Are you working in accounting but want to take your career to the next level? This degree program will provide you with all the skills and knowledge to flourish in this fast-growing field with in-depth coursework in financial, managerial, cost and auditing. Our core MBA curriculum in business, ethics and leadership fundamentals provides the perfect foundation for this highly-valued specialization.

Note: The JIU accounting program is specifically developed to meet the AICPA’s 150 credit hour requirement. Students with a standard Bachelors of Business in Accounting at 120 credit hours can take the 30 credit hour accounting component of the MBA to meet the AICPA standards or elect to take all 36 credit hours and receive the MBA as well. Additionally, students with a Bachelors in Business who did not major in accounting, but wish to change fields, must take the five JIU Bachelor-level pre-requisite accounting courses in addition to the MBA level courses.

Strongly recommended: Students without undergraduate coursework in Accounting are encouraged strongly to take the following undergraduate-level courses; however, these courses are not eligible for Title IV funding:

BBA306 Financial Accounting
BBA406 Cost Accounting
BBA407 Intermediate Accounting I
BBA408 Intermediate Accounting II
BBA409 Taxation I

Curriculum Overview

Orientation (Credits: None)
JIU501: Orientation – Successful Online Learning for Masters Students

6 Business Administration Courses (Credits: 18)
BC607: Leading from a Global Perspective
ETH501: Making Ethical Management Decisions
MBA502: Economic Theory and Applications
MBA503: Managerial Accounting
MBA504: Financial Management
MBA505: Marketing Management

5 Specialization Courses (Credits: 15)
MBA620: Auditing I
MBA621: Auditing II
MBA622: Advanced Accounting
MBA623: Advanced Taxation
MBA624: Forensic Accounting

Capstone (Credits: 3)
MBA580: MBA Capstone

Outcomes

Specialization Learning Outcomes

Apply concepts of audit risk, materiality, and evidence to selected audit and assurance services, processes and business systems.
Analyze professional audit responsibilities relative to assurance, attestation, and internal auditing services.
Explain and apply advanced accounting concepts to a variety of service and manufacturing organizations.
Identify the tax consequences of many sophisticated business, financial, and personal wealth-planning transactions.
Evaluate different approaches to fraud detection and deterrence relative to forensics accounting.

Program Learning Outcomes

Evaluate ongoing and developing issues and trends related to leading and managing organizations in global business environments.
Compare and contrast microeconomic strategies (cost, production structure, etc.) appropriate for companies operating in a variety of markets, including global and e-commerce markets.
Examine different ethical reasoning concepts, theories, and issues as they apply to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Evaluate the managerial accounting concepts that are germane to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Evaluate marketing issues, concepts, and trends that are crucial to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Examine financial reporting and accounting information in managerial decision-making.
Prioritize and create personal strategies for dealing with potential ethical dilemmas.
Examine and appreciate the ethical perspectives of others.
Appraise leadership/management concepts for effective management of organizations that operate across international borders.
Apply rules, conventions, and practices for measuring and reporting economic events in financial terms.
Assess budgeting, cash management, credit administration, investment analysis, borrowing funds and financial forecasting tools for effective business decision making.
Evaluate marketing challenges and opportunities to make sound marketing strategy decisions.

Degree At A Glance

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Total Credits:

36 credits

Time Frame:

24 months

Designed For:

This degree program is ideal for students who want to work in public, management and government accounting as well as internal auditing. Our flexible, professionally focused program will enable you to structure your studies to focus on budget analysis, financial and investment planning and information technology consulting so that you may pursue your personal and professional goals.

Interested in becoming a CPA? If so, do understand that every state has different requirements. Please check with your state’s CPA Accountancy Board to make sure that you fully understand the specific educational requirements to sit for your state's CPA exam.

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