College of Business Administration at Winthrop University

The Master of Business Administration-Accounting Emphasis program provides graduate business education of high quality. The MBA-Accounting program prepares students to assume responsible positions as leaders and team members in the dynamic and varied organizations of the twenty-first century. To this end, the program promotes the following objectives: accountability, adaptability, creative thinking, teamwork, communication and accounting expertise. Our MBA program is fully accredited by AACSB-International, the premier accrediting agency for business schools.

The evening MBA with an Accounting emphasis is a two-phase program of 33 semester hours of required graduate courses. Depending upon the individual student's preparation, prerequisites may be required.

Students from a variety of educational, managerial and professional backgrounds participate in and enhance the educational experience. Nationally accredited, the program is taught by faculty committed to excellence in teaching and research.

The applicant for admission to the MBA-Accounting Emphasis program must show high promise of success in post-graduate business study as measured by undergraduate grades, scores on the GMAT and other relevant criteria. An applicant must also meet the general requirements for admission to graduate study at Winthrop University.

An applicant whose baccalaureate degree is from a foreign institution must present a score of at least 400 on the GMAT. An applicant whose native language is not English must present a score of at least 550 on the TOEFL.

Students desiring to participate in the MBA-Accounting emphasis program who do not have a bachelors degree in business administration from an AACSB accredited college or university or who have not had appropriate undergraduate training in business administration, accounting or economics may be required to complete certain prerequisite courses including the following:

ACCT 280 & ACCT 281	Accounting Information for Business Decisions I and II
ACCT 303	Accounting Information Systems
ACCT 305 & ACCT 306	Intermediate Accounting I and II
ACCT 309	Budgeting and Executive Control
ACCT 401	Introduction to Tax
CSCI 101	Introduction to Computers and Information Processing
ECON 215	Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 216	Principles of Macroeconomics
BADM 350	Legal Environment of Business
FINC 311	Principles of Finance
MGMT 321	Principles of Management
MKTG 380	Principles of Marketing
MGMT 355 or MGMT 671	Business Communication or Advanced Business Communication
QMTH 205	Applied Statistics I
	AND
QMTH 206	Applied Statistics II
	OR
QMTH 651	Statistical Methods for Decision Making
MGMT 341 or MGMT 661	Information Systems
MGMT 326 or MGMT 662	Operations Management

Required Courses		Semester Hours
ACCT 606	Advanced Financial Accounting	3
ACCT 607	Tax Research	3
ACCT 609	Advanced Auditing	3
ACCT 610	Advanced Managerial Accounting	3
ACCT 615	Professional Exam Review	0
FINC 655	Financial Policy Management	3
MGMT 650	Theory and Behavior of Business Organization	3
MGMT 657	Strategic and International Issues in Management	3
600-level BADM, FINC, MGMT, MKTG, QMTH		6
500-600 level ECON, FINC, MGMT, MKTG, QMTH, BADM		3
Select 3 hours from the following list:		3
ACCT 502	Corporate Tax
ACCT 505	Advanced Accounting Topics
ACCT 506	Not for Profit Accounting
ACCT 509	External Auditing
ACCT 510	Cost Accounting II
Total Semester Hours		33

Note: Registration for GSTC 600, Continuing Graduate Studies,
may be required. Check with advisor.