Master of Professional Accountancy, M.P.A.

The school offers one degree—the Master of Professional Accountancy. The program leading to the M.P.A. is essentially the culmination of a five-year program. A student who earns the bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting may normally complete the M.P.A. program on a full-time basis with one year’s additional work. A minimum of thirty (30) hours of graduate work is required. Students may apply for entry into the MPA program at any time to commence coursework in the subsequent academic period. A part-time program is also available.

More detailed information on the admissions process is available online at www.usm.edu/business/accounting/about-mpa.

Students with a variety of educational backgrounds may enter the program. Students who have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university must either transfer or take the following business environment and tool courses:

• Applied Calculus for Business 3 hrs.
• Principles of Economics 6 hrs.
• Managerial Statistics I 3 hrs.
• Management for Organizations 3 hrs.
• Legal Environment of Business 3 hrs.
• Advanced Business Law 3 hrs.
• Principles of Finance 3 hrs.
• Global Managerial Policy and Strategy 3 hrs.
• Principles of Marketing 3 hrs.

The following lower-division accounting courses are also required:

• Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 hrs.
• Intermediate Accounting 6 hrs.
• Advanced Accounting 3 hrs.
• Auditing 3 hrs.
• Accounting Information Systems 3 hrs.
• Cost Accounting 3 hrs.
• Income Tax Accounting 3 hrs.
• Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting 3 hrs.