• Degree Requirements
The MSA program is structured to be completed in 10-16 months of full-time study or 16-24 months part-time.  The total required credits vary from 30-57 credits depending on your eligibility to waive classes based on coursework completed at other institutions.

Management Preparation Courses (18 Credits/6 courses; may be waived)

MBA 610 Organizational Behavior
MBA 622 Operations and Data Analysis
MBA 630 Economic Analysis for Managers
MBA 640 Corporate Financial Reporting and Control
MBA 650 Value-Based Financial Management
MBA 660 Marketing: The Challenge of Managing Value

Accounting Preparation Courses (6 credits/2 courses; may be waived)

ACCT 801 Graduate Financial Accounting I
ACCT 804 Cost Information, Decision, and Control

MSA Required Courses (21 credits/7 courses)

ACCT 802 Graduate Financial Accounting II
ACCT 824 Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis
ACCT 825 Corporate Financial Planning and Control
ACCT 861 Leadership in the Financial Professions
ACCT 865 Technology and Financial Information Systems
MBA 780 Managing in the Global Environment
ACIB 872 Multinational Financial Analysis and Control

Electives (9 credits/3 courses)

Choose three elective courses. No more than two electives may be accounting electives.  Students selecting the Public Accounting Track may have to take four electives depending upon prior coursework.

Public Accounting (12 credits/4 courses)

ACCT 803 Graduate Financial Accounting III
ACCT 805 Auditing and Assurance Services
BLLS 800 Business Law
TAX 801 Issues in Taxation I

Controllership (For-Profit) (9 credits/3 courses)

ACCT 805 Auditing and Assurance Services
TAX 801 Issues in Federal Taxation I
TAX 862 Taxation of Corporations

Controllership (Not-for-Profit) (9 credits/3 courses)

ACCT 871 Not-for-Profit Accounting and Control
TAX 801 Issues in Federal Taxation I
TAX 872 Tax-Exempt Organizations

Fraud Examination (9 credits/3 courses)

ACCT 805 Auditing and Assurance Services
ACCT 806 Fraud Examination
BLLS 871 Corporate Crime and Financial Fraud

Information Technology (9 credits/3 courses)

ACCT 805 Auditing and Assurance Services
ISOM 810 Management of Information Technologies
ISOM 825 Business Data Communications

CONTACT US

Graduate Programs in Accounting
617.573.8641
617.573.8704 (fax)
msa@suffolk.edu

Office Location:
73 Tremont Street
12th Floor

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