Master of Accounting Curriculum

Required Coursework

4 Accounting Courses (includes Accounting Ethics)

1 Communication Course

Elective Coursework

3 Accounting Courses

2 Floating Electives

TOTAL: 10 Courses

Required Accounting Courses

• ACCT 585: Professional Responsibilities in Accounting
• ACCT 530: Ethics for Professional Accountants

You will be placed in ONE of the following two classes:

• ACCT 546: Auditing and assurance Services
• ACCT 557: Advanced Financial Statement Auditing Topics

You will be placed in ONE of the following two classes:

• ACCT 547: Enterprise Information Systems
• ACCT 549: Advanced Enterprise Systems and Technologies

Accounting Electives

• ACCT 526: Global Accounting Experience
• ACCT 535: Management Accounting and Control Systems
• ACCT 537: Performance Measurement, Evaluation, and Incentives
• ACCT 546: Auditing and Assurance Services
• ACCT 559: Strategy and Operations Through CFO Lens
• ACCT 560T: Tax Theory and Ethics
• ACCT 574: Accounting in the Global Business Environment
• ACCT 580T: Tax Accounting Methods
• ACCT 581: Financial Statement Analysis
• ACCT 582: Mergers and Acquisitions
• ACCT 583: Income Tax Accounting and Auditing
• ACCt 584: Family Wealth Preservation
• ACCT 587: Forensic Accounting

Floating Electives

Students are able to choose floating electives from a wide variety of business classes, from The Business of Sports Entertainment and Negotiation and Deal Making to Financial Analysis and Valuation and Entrepreneurial Finance. In addition to MBA electives, past students have chosen electives relevant to their career goals from the USC Gould School of Law; School of Cinematic Arts; Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism; and The Price School of Policy, Planning, and Development.

*Curriculum approval required by academic advisor