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Program checklist · MS

Accounting, MS

Binghamton University · Vestal, NY

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Program
Award
MS
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Binghamton University Academic Guide
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Master of Science in Accounting degree provides students with the academic training to qualify them for public- and private-sector accounting positions. While the MS Accounting program is intended primarily for accounting undergraduates from AACSB-accredited programs, we welcome students with little or no accounting/business coursework to apply. These students may pursue the program in an extended time frame (typically two-to-three years) and will need to take additional business and accounting coursework. Additional coursework may be in the form of prerequisites for required MS Accounting courses, as well as courses needed to meet the education requirements to sit for the CPA licensure examination.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196079
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196079_0232fe90
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Admissions Requirements

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    Program Requirements

    10 items
    1. Completed at least 30 credit hours of graduate coursework
      Not resolved to a course
    2. Maintained the equivalent of a B average in courses including core requirements approved by the program director and presented for the degree
      Not resolved to a course
    3. Fulfilled residency requirement, and all course requirements, with no credit for graduate courses in which a grade equivalent to less than C has been received (C- needs permission of graduate director)
      Not resolved to a course
    4. ACCT 540
      Financial Accounting Theory
      Not resolved to a course
    5. ACCT 541
      Audit & Managerial ACCT Theory
      Not resolved to a course
    6. ACCT 550
      Accounting Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course
    7. ACCT 555
      Advanced Accounting Theory
      Not resolved to a course
    8. ACCT 581B
      Forensic Acct: Audit Analytics
      Not resolved to a course
    9. ACCT 560
      Contemp Issues Acct Capstone
      Not resolved to a course
    10. Two graduate management electives (of which at least one must be a technical elective)
      Not resolved to a course

    Required Pre-program Competencies

    18 items
    1. Principles of Microeconomics
      Not resolved to a course
    2. Principles of Macroeconomics
      Not resolved to a course
    3. Statistics
      Not resolved to a course
    4. Financial Accounting
      Not resolved to a course
    5. Cost Accounting
      Not resolved to a course
    6. Intermediate Accounting Theory I
      Not resolved to a course
    7. Intermediate Accounting Theory II
      Not resolved to a course
    8. Auditing
      Not resolved to a course
    9. Taxation of Entities (Corporate Tax) or Survey of Taxation
      Not resolved to a course
    10. Legal Environment of Management I
      Not resolved to a course
    11. Legal Environment of Management II
      Not resolved to a course
    12. Organizational Behavior
      Not resolved to a course
    13. Management Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course
    14. Financial Management
      Not resolved to a course
    15. Introduction to Marketing
      Not resolved to a course
    16. Operations Management
      Not resolved to a course
    17. Evaluation of previously completed studies essentially equivalent to one or more courses (300 and 400 level equivalent classes need to come from a 4 year institution to be considered waivable).
      Not resolved to a course
    18. Completion of a course while enrolled in the MS Accounting program, which is not included in the total graduate requirements for the degree. MS Accounting students are expected to take the graduate equivalents of the background courses.
      Not resolved to a course

    Additional Information About the Program

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      Source. Binghamton University, catalog 2026-2027 Binghamton University Academic Guide — https://catalog.binghamton.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=7&poid=2186&returnto=313. Captured page pages/0099.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.