A Pathway for Everyone into the Master of Accounting Program

Begin Your Career in Accounting with Confidence and Credentials

PATHWAYS

PATHWAY 1

This pathway is for students who have an accounting major or minor from a regionally accredited educational institution in the U.S.

You can directly apply to the MAcc program and, if admitted, will be required to take 30 credits of graduate work. No additional prerequisites or co-requisites need to be completed.

PATHWAY 2

This pathway is for students who have a Bachelor’s degree in business from a regionally accredited educational institution in the U.S.

You can directly apply to the MAcc program and, if admitted, you will be required to take up to 36 credit hours of graduate work.

ACCTG 5110 and ACCTG 5120 are co-requisites of the MAcc program. You must earn a minimum B- grade in both courses.

PATHWAY 3

This pathway is for students who don’t have a business or accounting major or minor.

These applicants are required to take 2 prerequisites. If taken at the U of U, these are ACCTG 5050 and FINAN 5050 (both are offered online). They can also satisfy these prerequisite courses elsewhere. They must earn a B- or better in these courses to qualify for the MAcc program. If admitted, they would take 9 additional credits (3, 3-credit courses: 5110, 5120, 5210)–making the total program 39 credits.

Course Information and Timing for Pathway 3:

Fall Semester 2022

Pre-requisite classes (offered online):

  • ACCTG 5050 Fundamentals of Accounting
  • FINAN 5050 Financial Management

Classes offered:

  • ACCTG 5110 – Financial Accounting I
  • ACCTG 5210 – Management Accounting I

Students will begin the MAcc Program in the summer and these classes will be in person. Once students starts the program, the majority of classes are offered in person and during the day. We do have online and evening options, but can only guarantee an online or evening schedule at a part-time rate.

  • ACCTG 5120 – Financial Accounting II
  • ACCTG 6610 – Reading & Interpreting Financial Statements
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Admission Requirements

For information on the program and the application process, please contact Lashelle.Mann@Eccles.Utah.edu or stop by during our online drop-in office hours.