Program Requirements [30 - 42 credits]
(Effective January 2018)
The M.S. in Accounting and Business Advisory Services program requires 30 credits of coursework plus a maximum of 12 credits of foundation coursework for those students with an undergraduate degree not in business or accounting.
Now Offering a Specialization in Data Analytics
More and more firms are looking to hire people with skills in data analytics and now you can specialization in this area by choosing 9 courses aligned with that skill-set.
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Foundation Courses (0-12 Credits)
Up to 12 Foundation Credits may be waived. Please speak with your adviser. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 505 Accounting Essentials
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or ACCT 2011.5 ACCT 510 Intermediate Accounting I
Prerequisite: ACCT 505 or ACCT 3013 ACCT 511 Intermediate Accounting II
Prerequisite: ACCT 510 or ACCT 3023 ACCT 512 Auditing
Prerequisite: ACCT 505 or ACCT 4013 FIN 505 Essentials of Finance
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or FIN 3311.5 -
Required Core Courses (9 Credits)
All students in the program will take 9 credits of required courses. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 740 Advanced Topics in Assurance Services1
Prerequisites: ACCT 512 or ACCT 4023 ACCT 752
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INSS 605Topics in Accounting Systems1
Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or ACCT 402
~or~
IT for Business Transformation3
3FIN 605 Financial Management
Prerequisite: FIN 505.1.5 FIN 625 Corporate Finance
Prerequisites: FIN 5051.5 1 If this course was taken as part of a prior undergraduate degree, it must be substituted with an INSS 605. -
Elective Courses (9 credits)
Tailor your interests with these elective courses. Choose 9 credits to satisfy your elective courses. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 513 Intermediate Accounting III2,3
Prerequisites: ACCT 511 or ACCT 3103 ACCT 514 Fundamentals of Income Taxation2,3
Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or ACCT 4053 ACCT 601 Forensic Accounting Principles3
Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or ACCT 4123 ACCT 604 Litigation Support
Prerequisite: ACCT 5053 ACCT 605 Performance Management
and Accounting Controls
Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or ACCT 4043 ACCT 624 Finance and Accounting Analytics
Prerequisite: ACCT 5123 ACCT 635 Financial Statement Analysis3
Prerequisite: ACCT 5053 ACCT 650 Law, Regulation, Professional Responsibility3
Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or ACCT 4203 ACCT 655 Tax Policy
Offered by the UB School of Law for LLM/M.S. Taxation3 ACCT 680 Taxation of Entities3
Prerequisites: ACCT 514 or ACCT 4063 ACCT 701 Accounting Ethics 3
Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or ACCT 4133 ACCT 702 Federal and State Government Accounting3
Prerequisites: ACCT 504 or ACCT 414
3 ACCT 720 Strategic Profitability Analysis
Prerequisite: ACCT 605
3 ACCT 755 Advanced Financial Reporting Issues3
Prerequisites: ACCT 511 or ACCT 403
3 ACCT 770 Seminar in Current Topics in Accounting
Prerequisites: ACCT 511 or ACCT 411
3 ACCT 795 Graduate Accounting Internship
Prerequisites: Permission or ACCT 495
3 ACCT 797 Special Topics in Accounting
Prerequisite: ACCT 505
3 2 Required elective if no equivalent course at the undergraduate level.
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Choose to specialize in Data Analytics
You may choose to use 9 of your 12 elective courses to obtain specialized skills in data analytics. The requirements for the specialization are as follows: Course No. Title Credits INSS 611 Data Science Toolkit I
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 INSS 612 Data Science Toolkit II
Prerequisite: INSS 611/612 or INSS 3101.5 INSS 651 Database Management Systems
Prerequisite: Graduate standing INSS 310 if both or 611/612 are satisfied.3 Specialization Elective: One course from the following: ACCT 624
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FIN 624Finance and Accounting Analytics
Prerequisite: ACCT 512
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Finance and Accounting Analytics
Prerequisite: FIN 6053
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INSS 722 Visual Business Intelligence
Prerequisite: INSS 6053