The Master of Science (M.S.) in Accounting program is a dual AACSB accredited fully online program designed to equip students with the necessary skills to build a successful public and private accounting career. This program comprises 30 credits, offers three 12-week sessions a year (fall, spring & summer), and is delivered online asynchronously, providing a high degree and variety of flexibility. This degree of flexibility allows students to live and travel almost anywhere, choose when to begin, the pace at which to complete the program, and the flexibility to fit coursework around their other personal or work responsibilities. It is not a self-paced program, and most courses require some level of group work. The M.S. in Accounting combined with a bachelor's degree in accounting provides the student with the 150-hour educational requirements for C.P.A. (Certified Public Accountant) licensing.
Requirements
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| ACCT 5505 | Ethics and the Accounting Professional Environment | 3 |
| 27 |
| Financial Reporting I | |
| Financial Reporting II | |
| Assurance Services | |
| Federal Income Taxation | |
| Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation | |
| Business Sustainability Reporting and Analysis | |
| Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting and Analysis | |
| Contemporary Managerial Accounting Issues | |
| Global Financial Reporting and Analysis | |
| Advanced Assurance Services | |
| Business Law, Business Ethics, and Public Accounting | |
| Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination | |
| Accounting and Disclosure for Not for Profit Entities | |
| Data Analytics: Skills for Accountants | |
| Data Analytics: Accounting Applications | |
| Advanced Accounting Information Systems | |
| Accounting and Auditing for Governmental Entities | |
| Enterprise Risk Management: Identify Events as Risks to Manage or Opportunities to Seize | |
| Taxation of Business Entities - Flow Through Entities | |
| Taxation of Business Entities: C Corporations | |
| Taxes and Business Strategy | |
| Research for Accounting Professionals | |
| Financial Reporting of Income Taxes | |
| Advanced Accounting | |
| Special Topics in Accounting | |
Advanced Business Certificate in Accounting Analytics
Students may take an online graduate certificate in Advanced Business Certificate in Accounting Analytics. This is a stand-alone certificate, but, the 12 credits can also count toward the M.S. in Accounting.
This program is offered by the School of Business.
Accelerated Master of Science in Accounting
The Accelerated M.S. in Accounting is designed for UConn undergraduates who want to complete their B.S./M.S. in under 5 years. Up to 12 credits of the required graduate coursework taken while the student is an undergraduate may be used toward both the B.S. and M.S. Plans of Study. Undergraduate students enrolled in Accounting must apply for the accelerated track at the end of their sophomore year year and then apply to the M.S. program during their senior year.
