MS in Accounting Fairfax Campus and Online Curriculum and Program Format
Required: Students complete required courses in this sequence during the first year of the program. All required courses are held on Fairfax campus and DL.
Electives: 5 required. The following courses are offered in the session listed in the column. Full time students choose both a core and an elective in each session. Part-time students enroll in only core classes in their first year and elective courses in their second year. BAM pathway students should meet with the MS in Accounting program to plan their enrollment schedule.
Courses that fulfill certificate requirements indicated with:
(G)- Certificate in Government Accounting
(F)- Certificate in Forensic Accounting
(GC)- Certificate in Accounting for Government Contracts
(AA)– Certificate in Accounting Analytics
DL = asynchronous online
DL+ = synchronous online
FXC = Fairfax campus = courses are hybrid with face-to-face meetings and asynchronous online coursework.
| Session 1 (Aug - Oct) | |
|---|---|
| Required | ACCT 661: Advanced Accounting Analytics I (AA) |
| Electives | ACCT 611: (DL) Advanced Managerial Accounting (G) |
| ACCT 621: (DL+) GovCon Acquisition Regulations & Reporting (GC) | |
| ACCT 708: (FXC) Taxes and Business Strategy | |
| Session 2 (Oct - Dec) | |
|---|---|
| Required | ACCT 633: Advanced Issues in Financial Accounting |
| Electives | ACCT 623: (DL+) GovCon Project Accounting & Cost Management (GC) |
| ACCT 665: (FXC) Advanced Accounting Analytics II (AA) | |
| ACCT 672: (DL) Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (G) | |
| ACCT 737: (DL) Fraud and the Law (F) | |
| Session 3 (Jan - Mar) | |
|---|---|
| Required | ACCT 636: Fraud Examination (F) |
| Electives | ACCT 624: (DL+) GovCon Business Systems & Control (GC) |
| ACCT 673: (FXC) Advanced Accounting Information Systems (AA) | |
| ACCT 701: (DL) Business Valuation (F) | |
| ACCT 701: (FXC) Business Valuation (F) | |
| ACCT 695: Individual Internship (Must be approved by the Costello College of Business Career Services Office.) | |
| Session 4 (Mar - May) | |
|---|---|
| Required | ACCT 651: Advanced Issues in Taxation |
| Electives | ACCT 625: (DL+) GovCon Audit & Compliance (GC) |
| ACCT 737: (FXC) Fraud and the Law (F) | |
| ACCT 738: (DL) Advanced Topics in Fraud (F) | |
| ACCT 742: (FXC) Corp. Governance and Ethics (F) (G) | |
| ACCT 771: (FXC) Audit Analytics (AA) | |
| ACCT 772: (DL) Federal Accounting and Reporting (G) | |
| Session 5 (May - Jul) | |
|---|---|
| Required | ACCT 795: (DL+) Global Accounting Environment |
| Electives | ACCT 738: (FXC) Advanced Issues in Fraud (F) |
| ACCT 742: (DL) Corp. Governance and Ethics (F) (G) | |
| ACCT 781: (FXC) Tax Analytics (AA) | |
Schedule subject to change.
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