Accounting-Public (M.B.A.)

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This program is designed to graduate professionals to work in various public accounting and related fields and also provides students the opportunity to take additional coursework required for certification exams. Graduate level accounting courses may require undergraduate accounting prerequisites to have been completed; the specific prerequisites required will depend on the graduate accounting courses selected.

Accounting Foundation Courses

For the MBA (Public Accounting Concentration), the following undergraduate prerequisite courses are required:

M.B.A. Degree Requirements

Prerequisite Sequence

There are two options to satisfying the Prerequisite Sequence. Option 1 are two graduate courses that can be taken at Brenau. Option 2 are a series of undergraduate courses which could have been taken at Brenau, or transferred in as appropriate undergraduate classes from a regionally accredited university. For either option, the class must be taken within the last 5 years with a minimum grade of B. Students may use option 1 for one course and option 2 for the other.

Option 1

Option 2

In place of BA 514:
AC 201 - Accounting Principles I (Financial)
and BA 327 - Managerial Finance
In place of BA 508:
BA 206 - Microeconomics
and BA 207 - Macroeconomics

Introduction Sequence

To enhance their success in the program, students are required to take the following introduction sequence. All MBA students must pass all introduction sequence courses before moving into the core or global sequence.

Global Sequence

Choose one course from the list below.

Core:

Public Accounting Major

M.B.A. total hours:

Total semester hours required for degree, after the Prerequisite Sequence is completed and beginning with the Introduction Sequence: 42