Dual MBA and MS Accountancy Requirements

Dual MBA/MS Degrees
 
The dual M.B.A. and M.S. program provides two degrees to graduate business candidates. The joint program prepares candidates for senior financial and accounting positions where a breadth of management knowledge is combined with an in-depth understanding of accounting and risk management issues. The program emphasizes ethics, teamwork, and decision making. Candidates must complete 63 credits with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00.  
 
Adjustments will be made for:
Individuals with undergraduate credit in business, accounting, statistics, computer science, and economics. They may complete the program in 51 credits.
Candidates may transfer into the program a maximum of six credits from other graduate degree programs. They may complete the program in 45 credits.
 
Whatever the background, a candidate must complete at Saint Peter’s 12-15 credits of graduate accounting and 36-39 credits of graduate business, computer science, finance, or management courses, a total of 51 credits, with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.

 
Dual M.B.A. and M.S. Curriculum
An MBA/MS Accountancy candidate must complete a program of mandatory academic coverage of the topics covered in the following courses:
 
Core (24 credits)
Ac501 Managerial Accounting.
Cs510 Management Information Systems.
Ec520 Macroeconomics.
Fn530 Corporate Finance (or an approved substitution).
Gb503 Statistics for Managerial Decision Making (or an approved substitution).
Gb511 Management and Human Behavior (or an approved substitution).
Gb513 Marketing Management (or an approved substitution).
Gb517 Business Ethics and Legal Liability
Required Courses (9 credits)
Ac520   Financial Accounting and Reporting
Ac541   Internal Controls and Compliance: Sarbanes Oxley
Ac543   Forensic Accounting and Internal Auditing
Required Courses (Choose 6 credits from the following)
Cs663   Database and Knowledge Management Systems
Gb626   Business System Interruption.
Gb629   Enterprise risk Management (3
Gb631   Risk Management and Insurance (3)
Gb636  Financial Aspects of Risk Management (3)
Electives (21 credits) Graduate business, finance, management, marketing, economics, and computer science courses.
Capstone (3 credits) Gb695 Global Business Policy or Gb637 Outlaw Regimes and Corruption
 
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