Accounting MS

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Program Director: Mary Malina and Katherine Gunny
Telephone: 303-315-8464/303-315-8431
E-mail: Mary.Malina@ucdenver.edu or Katherine.Gunny@ucdenver.edu>

Whether you are considering CPA licensure or just looking to accelerate your accounting career, a master of science in accounting will help you achieve your goals. The coursework gives students the technical accounting competencies and critical thinking skills necessary to support a successful career in all accounting areas including public or private accounting, nonprofit, government, or tax.

We offer a 4+1 program that allows our current undergraduate accounting students to pursue the master of science degree, if they achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher in the Intermediate series (ACCT 3220, 3230, and 3320), without taking the GMAT test. Students are also allowed to replace two undergraduate required accounting courses with two graduate accounting courses. Interested students, please contact the Business School advising team.

The MS accounting degree consists of 30 required hours + 12 hours of prerequisites that may be waived based on prior coursework:

Accounting Prerequisites: (12 hours)

The MS in accounting requires completion of the following accounting prerequisites.

Required Prerequisite Courses (advisor will evaluate transcript for possible waivers, grades must be a C or better to be considered for possible waiver):

ACCT 6031 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I
(Equivalent undergraduate course: ACCT 3220: Intermediate Financial Accounting I)
ACCT 6032 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II
(Equivalent undergraduate course: ACCT 3230 Intermediate Financial Accounting II)
ACCT 6070 - Intermediate Cost Accounting
(Equivalent undergraduate course: ACCT 3320 Intermediate Cost Accounting)
ACCT 6140 - Fundamentals of Federal Income Tax
(Equivalent undergraduate course: ACCT 4410 Fundamentals of Federal Income Tax)

Accounting Core: (24 hours)

Students may not receive graduate credit for undergraduate coursework and may not retake any course successfully completed at the undergraduate level with a grade of “C” or better. An advisor will evaluate prior coursework to determine possible substitutions.

Accounting Electives: (6 hours)

Choose two from the following courses (unless otherwise noted, all courses are 3 credit hours):

ACCT 6080 - Accounting for Government and Nonprofit Organizations
ACCT 6285 - Accounting and Finance for Sustainability
ACCT 6330 - Fraud Auditing
ACCT 6340 - Financial Statement Analysis
ACCT 6370 - International Accounting
ACCT 6520 - Issues in Oil and Gas Accounting
ACCT 6939 - Internship/Cooperative Education
ACCT 6400 Taxation of C Corporations and Shareholders
ACCT 6410 Advanced Tax for Individuals
ACCT 6450 Tax Research
ACCT 6480 Partnership Taxation

University of Colorado Denver

Accounting MS

Accounting Prerequisites: (12 hours)

Accounting Core: (24 hours)

Accounting Electives: (6 hours)

Total: 30 hours