MBA and MS in Accountancy (Dual Degree Program)

Graduate Business

Kevin Leeds, Interim Director
Carmela Beutel, Associate Director
Filomena Durso, Assistant Director

This page contains the MBA and MS as coordinated degrees and a self-evaluation worksheet to complete both degree programs.

MBA and MS in Accountancy

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 both degrees in 51 credits.

Candidates may transfer into the program a maximum of six credits from other graduate degree programs. They may complete both degrees in 45 credits.

Whatever the background, a candidate must complete at Saint Peter’s 45 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 or Gb624Technology for Managers.
Ec520 Macroeconomics.
Fn530 Corporate Finance (or an approved substitution).
Gb503 Statistics for Managerial Decision Making (or an approved substitution).
Gb511 Management and Human Behavior.
Gb513 Marketing Management (or an approved substitution).
Gb517 Business Ethics and Legal Liability

Required Courses (15 credits)
Ac520   Financial Accounting and Reporting
Ac541   Internal Controls and Compliance: Sarbanes Oxley
Ac543   Forensic Accounting and Internal Auditing
Accounting Electives (6 credits)

Required Courses (Choose 6 credits from the following)
Gb626   Business System Interruption.
Gb629   Enterprise risk Management (3)
Gb630   Strategic Risk Management
Gb631   Risk Management and Insurance (3)
Gb636   Financial Aspects of Risk Management (3)

Electives (15 credits) Graduate business, finance, management, marketing, economics, and computer science courses.

Capstone (3 credits) Gb695 Global Business Policy, Gb637 Outlaw Regimes and Corruption, or Gb692 Post-American World.

Dual MBA and MS Self Evaluation Worksheet

Required (24 credits)
Ac501 Managerial Accounting      ______    Ec520 Macroeconomics.            ______

Gb503 Statistics for Managers      ______    Cs510 Mgmt Info Systems.        ______

Gb511 Mgmt & Human Behavior  ______    Gb513 Marketing Management   ______

Fn530 Corporate Finance             ______    Gb517 Bus Ethics/Legal Liab     ______

Required Courses (9 credits)
Ac520 Fin Accounting/Reporting  ______   Ac541 Sarbanes Oxley             ______

Ac543 Forensic Accounting          ______

Required Courses (6 credits)
Three of the following:

Gb626   Bus Sys Interruption ______        Gb624 Tech for Managers          ______

Gb629 ERM                           ______        Gb630 Strategic Risk Mgmt        ______

Gb631  Risk Mgmt & Insur     ______        Gb636 Financial Aspects of RM ______

Electives (21 credits) Graduate business, finance, management, marketing, economics, and computer science courses.

Elective #1  ____________  Elective #2  ___________ Elective #3 ___________

Elective #4  ____________  Elective #5 ___________ Elective #6  ___________

Capstone (3 credits)  Choose from Gb649 Outlaw Regimes, Gb692 Post-American World, or Gb695 Global Business Policy  

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