Program of Study
The program is designed primarily for the working student with most courses offered during the evening. Students should be able to complete the program going part-time, including summers, in 18 months or less.
A typical program of study is shown below.
- Prerequisites
- Financial Management (F301)
Intro to Marketing Management (M301)
Operations Management (P301)
Intro to Microeconomics (E201)
Intro to Stat Theory Econ & Business (E270)
Commercial Law I (L203)
Intro to Financial Accounting (A201)
Intermediate Accounting I (A311)
Cost Accounting (A325)
| Accounting Core1 | Hours |
| Auditing | 3 |
| Introduction to Taxation | 3 |
| Tax Research | 1.5 |
| Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| Learning in a Professional Environment (LIPE)2 (work experience and intensive seminars) |
3 |
| Advanced Auditing, Tax or Other Accounting Elective | 3 |
| Accounting Elective | 1.5 |
| Nonaccounting Business or Other Approved Graduate Level Courses | 3 |
| Business Law for Accountants | 3 |
| Business Elective | 3 |
| Elective (Business or other approved graduate course) | 3 |
| 30 |
1If a required course has been previously completed and used toward another degree (e.g., auditing, tax, intermediate accounting or business law as is the case for most undergraduate accounting majors), it must be replaced by a suitable elective.
2Students may get 3 hours of credit for LIPE or alternatively register for 3 hours of other accounting courses.
In many cases, students--particularly undergraduate accounting majors and those currently working in accounting related professions--will have completed some or all of the required courses (e.g., the core and/or business law). These students normally will replace these courses with electives in their areas of interest. Business and/or nonbusiness courses are also required to satisfy the Nonaccounting Business course requirements. Some of the typical electives are listed below. It should be emphasized that students may also take other electives in other IU and Purdue Schools at IUPUI. Opportunities exist for out-of-class learning as well. This flexibility enables students to create a program of study that will fit their career goals. In planning, however, it should be emphasized that many of these courses are not always available every semester or during summers.
- Accounting (minimum 6 hours)
- Accounting Theory
Advanced Accounting
Advanced Auditing
Contemporary Accounting Topics
Corporate Financial Reporting
Financial Statement Analysis
Not for Profit (Fund) Accounting
- Information Systems
- Computer Based Accounting Systems
Data Management
IInformation Technology for Managers
Telecommunications in Business - Finance
- Advanced Capital Budgeting
Asset Valuation and Strategy*
Corporate Financial Risk Management
Corporate Governance and Restructuring
Equity Markets
The Firm in the Capital Market
Fixed Income Investments
International Trade
International Corporate Finance - Taxation
- Advanced Tax: Entity Issues
Contemporary Tax Topics
Corporate Taxation
Estate and Gift Taxation
Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts
Partnership Taxation
State and Local Taxation
Tax Accounting Periods and Methods
Taxation of S Corporations
I Taxation of Tax Exempt Organizations I & II - *This course is the prerequisite for the other finance courses listed.
