Departmental Advisors
Dr. Neil Wilner
Dr. Thomas Klammer
- Room: BA 215
- Phone: 940-565-3102
940-565-3099
940-369-6822
940-565-3065 - Email: Wilner@unt.edu
Klammer@unt.edu
The Master of Science with a major in accounting is designed to provide an appropriate base of knowledge for entry into the accounting profession. Students earning this degree will have completed an educational program consistent with recommendations from professional accountants and accounting educators, and will be prepared for entry into careers as professional accountants--- either as public or management accountants or as internal auditors within the public or private sector.
Career Possibilities with an MS in Accounting:
- Accountants
- Actuary
- Bank Examiner
- Budget Accountant
- Budget Analysis
- Budget Control Analyst
- Chief Cost Accountant
- Chief Financial Officer
- Controller
- Cost Accountant
- Cost Dept. Supervisor
- Financial Analyst
- Financial Investment Analyst
- Management Accountant
- Management Consultant
- Property Accountant
- Public Accountant
- Trust Accountant
Background Courses (up to 37.5 hours)
All students must fullfil the MS program's background course requirements.
Required Accounting Courses (18 hours)
- ACCT 5110
- Fundamentals of Accounting Research (3 hours)
- ACCT 5120
- Using Information Systems in Accounting (3 hours)
- ACCT 5250
- Strategic Cost Management (3 hours)
- ACCT 5270
- Managerial Cost Accounting (3 hours)
- ACCT 5XXX
- Accounting Elective (6 hours)
- ACCT 5760
- Contemporary Issues in Accounting (3 hours) - taken in final semester
Non-Accounting Electives (18 hours)
Examples of electives often selected to support this specialization area
Information Technology:
- BCIS 5120
- Information Systems Development
- BCIS 5610
- Executive and Decision Support Technologies
- BCIS 5620
- Networking and Telecommunications
Psychology:
- PSYC 5230
- Personnel Psychology
- PSYC 5540
- Groups in Work Settings
- PSYC 5750
- Organizational Psychology
Sociology:
- SOCI 5010
- Social and Cultural Foundations of Human Behavior
- SOCI 5030
- Seminar on Complex Organizations
- SOCI 5100
- Seminar on Social Psychology
- SOCI 5310
- Seminar on Occupations and Professions
Management:
- MGMT 5120
- Managing Organizational Design and Change
- MGMT 5140
- Organizational Behavior and Analysis
- MGMT 5230
- Management Seminar
- MGMT 5280
- Analysis and Design of Operations System
- MGMT 5300
- Entrepreneurship and Venture Management
- MGMT 5760
- Strategic Management
Marketing and Logistics
- LSCM 5300
- Strategic Supply Chain Management
- LSCM 5560
- Strategic Logistics Management
- MKTG 5150
- Marketing Management
FIREL:
- BLAW 5400
- Law for Accounting and Managers
- BLAW 5610
- Legal Issues in Electronic Commerce
- FINA 5170
- Financial Management
- FINA 5210
- Investment Analysis and Management
- RMIN 5730
- Risk Management Techniques for Business Executives
- RMIN 5770
- Employee Benefits and Uses of Life and Health
- REAL 5350
- Introduction to Real Estate and Investments
- REAL 5440
- Advanced Real Estate Financial Analysis
As a general rule it is useful to select groups of two or more related non-accounting electives as part of the chosen support coursework.
Students should consult a departmental advisor and select courses that will support their professional goals and enhance their managerial accounting focus.
Students may take ACCT 5800 "Intership" by completing the application process and obtaining an approved internship. The internship is part of the non-accounting electives in each specialization. Note: The internship grade does not count as part of the required 3.0 on accounting graduate work.
Students in this specialization should consider taking the CMA (Certified Management Accounting) professional examination. Students who also wish to take the CPA examination should take BUSI 5200 "Professional Ethics and Corporate Governance."
Professional Organizations
Students in Accounting can join Beta Alpha Psi, the National Honorary Accounting Fraternity, and NABA, the National Association of Black Accountants.
