Accountancy (M.Acc.), 4+1 Early Acceptance
The University of North Georgia’s Accountancy (M.Acc.), 4+1 program allows 果冻传媒 undergraduate accounting majors to seamlessly transition between their undergraduate and graduate degree. In most cases, students are able to complete both their master’s and bachelor’s in just five years. If you are a 果冻传媒 accounting major, you can apply for early conditional acceptance into the MAcc 4+1 program the semester after you complete ACCT 3310 – Intermediate Accounting 1. If admitted into the program, you’ll have access to graduate level coursework your senior year. Opting for the 4+1 program early in your undergraduate study will make sure you are on the right path for both your undergraduate and graduate level degrees.
果冻传媒's Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) program emphasizes the emerging trend of data analytics in the practice of accounting. The program will prepare you for the rapidly changing skills and competencies the practice of accounting requires today and will require in the future. The program will prepare you for entry into both non-public and public accountancy careers through advanced study and meets the 150-hour requirement and the 30-hour accountancy credit requirement for certified public accountant (CPA) licensure.
Note: Non-果冻传媒 Accounting majors may apply to the traditional Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) program.
Master of Accountancy, 4+1 Early Acceptance Program Quick Facts
- For 果冻传媒 Accounting majors
- Day-time classes offered on the Dahlonega campus
- Evening classes offered on the Gainesville campus
- Program start fall, spring, or summer
- Part-time and full-time options
- 30 hour program completed in 1 year with full-time option
Program Application Deadlines
All application materials are to be received prior to the deadline. If program capacity is met prior to established admission deadlines, we will stop accepting applications for admission and cancel remaining incomplete applicants. Applications will open after midterms and stay open for four weeks following that date. Completing your application earlier is better.
Fall Deadline
Spring Deadline
Summer Deadline
How to Apply to the Master of Accountancy, 4+1 Program at 果冻传媒
About the Master of Accountancy Curriculum
The Master of Accountancy program includes 18 credit hours of core classes and 12 credit hours of electives. The program may be completed in one year for full-time students or over two years for part-time students. Classes may be made available both for day and evening courses.
Core Requirements (18 Credit Hours)
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Study and application of professional oral and written communication for accountants, study and demonstration of servant leadership and professionalism, including a study of the Code of Professional Conduct for the professional accountant and ethical decision making.
Hours:
3
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This course discusses the tax problems of setting up, operating and liquidating business entities including C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts. The interaction of tax problems of the business entity and small business owner are emphasized. Estates and trust are discussed. More tax research is introduced, state tax issues are discussed, and tax preparation software is used.
Hours:
3
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Advanced auditing topics with emphasis placed on the practical aspects of auditing financial statement transaction cycles and account balances. Students will complete a practice case, including the drafting of the audit report.
Hours:
3
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The practice of auditing and accounting is an elaborate, structured data analysis process. This course provides concepts and tools for analyzing and interpreting data using the latest software tools. From simple calculations to sophisticated statistical models, data analysis calls for asking the right questions; acquiring, transforming, and analyzing data for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive purposes; and effectively communicating results.
Hours:
3
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A study and analysis of conceptual issues in financial accounting theory and business reporting. Topics are considered from their historical development to contemporary circumstances. Academic and professional literatures are employed to gain a variety of perspectives on current matters.
Hours:
3
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Students in this course apply current technology to challenges faced by accountants balancing the needs of customers, shareholders, employees and other stakeholders within ethical and legal considerations.
Hours:
3
Electives (Choose Four)
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This course is a study and analysis of advanced managerial and cost accounting topics. Students will examine the impact accounting information has on internal managerial processes and decision making. Case work will be used to illustrate topics covered. International issues are introduced.
Hours:
3
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An introduction to federal tax research, including research processes, tax practice and procedural issues. Tax policy issues will also be covered as they relate to the accounting profession.
Hours:
3
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Research, analysis, and communication of U.S. GAAP financial recording and reporting for business combinations, partnerships, foreign currency transactions, and derivative financial instruments hedging exchange rate risk. Study of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on related topics.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Cross-leveled: ACCT 4320
Hours:
3
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Financial reports are utilized to establish and monitor contracts between the firm and its stakeholders, and to value claims on the firm's assets. This course focuses on the techniques commonly used to analyze financial reports. It is designed for students pursuing careers in which financial reports are commonly used (e.g., assurance and attestation, commercial lending, corporate finance, investment banking, investor relations, security analysis, strategic management consulting, and venture capital). The course assumes a solid understanding of basic financial accounting.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Cross-leveled: ACCT 4610
Hours:
3
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This elective course teaches graduate students accounting and reporting for state and local governments and basic coverage of accounting for other types of non-business entities. The course covers fund accounting concepts and practices as well as government-wide financial reporting and the relationships between the two. Journal entries, financial statement preparation, internal controls, and auditing government and not-for-profit entities will be presented.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Cross-leveled: ACCT 4315
Hours:
3
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This course introduces participants to forensic accounting, an interdisciplinary field that includes litigation support, business valuation, fraud prevention, fraud detection, and fraud investigation.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc programCross-leveled: ACCT 4380
Hours:
3
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To provide students with applied professional experience or experience with the profession in another culture; to provide students the opportunity to apply their accounting knowledge to a real-world business problem.
Hours:
3
Tentative Course Schedule
Dahlonega Campus
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A study and analysis of conceptual issues in financial accounting theory and business reporting. Topics are considered from their historical development to contemporary circumstances. Academic and professional literatures are employed to gain a variety of perspectives on current matters.
Hours:
3
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The practice of auditing and accounting is an elaborate, structured data analysis process. This course provides concepts and tools for analyzing and interpreting data using the latest software tools. From simple calculations to sophisticated statistical models, data analysis calls for asking the right questions; acquiring, transforming, and analyzing data for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive purposes; and effectively communicating results.
Hours:
3
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Study and application of professional oral and written communication for accountants, study and demonstration of servant leadership and professionalism, including a study of the Code of Professional Conduct for the professional accountant and ethical decision making.
Hours:
3
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This course discusses the tax problems of setting up, operating and liquidating business entities including C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts. The interaction of tax problems of the business entity and small business owner are emphasized. Estates and trust are discussed. More tax research is introduced, state tax issues are discussed, and tax preparation software is used.
Hours:
3
Gainesville Campus
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Study and application of professional oral and written communication for accountants, study and demonstration of servant leadership and professionalism, including a study of the Code of Professional Conduct for the professional accountant and ethical decision making.
Hours:
3
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This course discusses the tax problems of setting up, operating and liquidating business entities including C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts. The interaction of tax problems of the business entity and small business owner are emphasized. Estates and trust are discussed. More tax research is introduced, state tax issues are discussed, and tax preparation software is used.
Hours:
3
Dahlonega Campus
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Advanced auditing topics with emphasis placed on the practical aspects of auditing financial statement transaction cycles and account balances. Students will complete a practice case, including the drafting of the audit report.
Hours:
3
-
Students in this course apply current technology to challenges faced by accountants balancing the needs of customers, shareholders, employees and other stakeholders within ethical and legal considerations.
Hours:
3
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This course introduces participants to forensic accounting, an interdisciplinary field that includes litigation support, business valuation, fraud prevention, fraud detection, and fraud investigation.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc programCross-leveled: ACCT 4380
Hours:
3
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Research, analysis, and communication of U.S. GAAP financial recording and reporting for business combinations, partnerships, foreign currency transactions, and derivative financial instruments hedging exchange rate risk. Study of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on related topics.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Cross-leveled: ACCT 4320
Hours:
3
Gainesville Campus
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This course introduces participants to forensic accounting, an interdisciplinary field that includes litigation support, business valuation, fraud prevention, fraud detection, and fraud investigation.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc programCross-leveled: ACCT 4380
Hours:
3
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Research, analysis, and communication of U.S. GAAP financial recording and reporting for business combinations, partnerships, foreign currency transactions, and derivative financial instruments hedging exchange rate risk. Study of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on related topics.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Cross-leveled: ACCT 4320
Hours:
3
Dahlonega Campus
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Study and application of professional oral and written communication for accountants, study and demonstration of servant leadership and professionalism, including a study of the Code of Professional Conduct for the professional accountant and ethical decision making.
Hours:
3
-
This course discusses the tax problems of setting up, operating and liquidating business entities including C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts. The interaction of tax problems of the business entity and small business owner are emphasized. Estates and trust are discussed. More tax research is introduced, state tax issues are discussed, and tax preparation software is used.
Hours:
3
-
A study and analysis of conceptual issues in financial accounting theory and business reporting. Topics are considered from their historical development to contemporary circumstances. Academic and professional literatures are employed to gain a variety of perspectives on current matters.
Hours:
3
-
The practice of auditing and accounting is an elaborate, structured data analysis process. This course provides concepts and tools for analyzing and interpreting data using the latest software tools. From simple calculations to sophisticated statistical models, data analysis calls for asking the right questions; acquiring, transforming, and analyzing data for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive purposes; and effectively communicating results.
Hours:
3
Gainesville Campus
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The practice of auditing and accounting is an elaborate, structured data analysis process. This course provides concepts and tools for analyzing and interpreting data using the latest software tools. From simple calculations to sophisticated statistical models, data analysis calls for asking the right questions; acquiring, transforming, and analyzing data for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive purposes; and effectively communicating results.
Hours:
3
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A study and analysis of conceptual issues in financial accounting theory and business reporting. Topics are considered from their historical development to contemporary circumstances. Academic and professional literatures are employed to gain a variety of perspectives on current matters.
Hours:
3
Add On a Graduate Certificate
You may elect to apply and complete a graduate certificate alone or use these courses as electives in the Master of Accountancy program.
Questions?
Carolyn.Pelkey@ung.edu
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