Mercer Master in Accountancy

Program Profile

Students seeking the Master of Accountancy degree complete foundation courses (0-15 hours) and core courses (24 hours) in areas such as accounting and tax research, auditing, advanced financial statement analysis, international financial reporting standards and accounting theory.  Additionally, students are required to take six elective hours for a total of 30 - 45 program hours.   

PROGRAM OF STUDY

Foundation Courses* (0-15 hours)

BAA 510 Accounting & Finance (3 hours)

ACC 550 Intermediate Accounting I (3 hours)

ACC 555 Intermediate Accounting II (3 hours)

ACC 530 Auditing (3 hours)

ACC 535 Individual Tax (3 hours)

*Students may waive this foundation work with the satisfactory completion of equivalent undergraduate courses as evidenced by their official transcripts.

 

Core Program (24 hours)

ACC 601 Accounting Theory (3 hours)

ACC 602 Seminar in AIS (3 hours)

ACC 603 Seminar in Tax (3 hours)

ACC 620 Accounting & Tax Research (3 hours)

ACC 621 Advanced Financial Statement Analysis (3 hours)

ACC 640 Advanced International Accounting Topics (3 hours)

ACC 641 International Financial Reporting Standards (3 hours)

ACC 655 Advanced Auditing (3 hours)

 

Electives (Choose Two Courses) (6 hours)

BAA 613 Ethical Leadership (3 hours)

BAA 609 Corporate Finance (3 hours)

BAA 604 Issues in Business Law & Corp Responsibility (3 hours)

BAA 635 Corporate, Partnerships, and Estate Taxation (3 hours)

ACC 650 Internship (3 hours)

 

TOTAL 30 - 45 Hours