MAcc Accountancy at University of Arkansas

Programme overview

The Master of Accountancy is a 30-credit-hour AACSB-accredited programme in the Walton College of Business that needs no thesis or comprehensive exam. It is designed to be completed in one year full-time.

Faculty: Sam M. Walton College of Business | Department: Accounting | Duration: One year full-time (at least 12 hours per semester across consecutive fall and spring semesters) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Fayetteville, AR, United States

What you will study

A 12-hour core of Advanced Financial Accounting, Auditing Standards, Financial Statement Analysis and Advanced Taxation, at least 9 hours of approved electives (including 3 ACCT hours, e.g. Financial Accounting Research and Theory, econometrics, statistics) and up to 9 hours of graduate business electives.

Career pathways

Public practice, industry, government, academia and doctoral study; completion can qualify students to sit professional exams.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Meet Graduate School of Business admission requirements; admission by the departmental admissions committee; valid GMAT score for direct applicants; prerequisite background in statistics, mathematics, information systems, accounting and business completed within five years before entry or evidence of current knowledge.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer sessions.

Graduate School application deadlines: August 1 for fall, December 1 for spring, April 15 for summer sessions; some departments set earlier deadlines. The application fee is $60 for new applicants; $30 for returning UA graduate students.

Law (JD): priority application deadline April 15, with rolling review after that date; admission is for the full-time program in the fall.

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