Skip to main content
Two women sitting at a table looking at paper on the table.

Curriculum

Build Your Future in Finance

Prepare for a successful career in financial planning, wealth management, corporate finance, or public accounting. Learn from top-ranked faculty and gain hands-on experience as you build advanced knowledge in accounting, tax, and a specialized area of your choice.

The program also prepares you to pass the CPA exam, covering all of the exam’s core topics: auditing and attestation, financial accounting and reporting, and taxation and regulation.

Program at a Glance

  • One year—Finish in two semesters with 100% in-person classes
  • 30 credits—10 classes dive deep into curriculum aligned with the future
  • Relevant—Gain the finance/accounting expertise and CPA prep employers seek

Gain Foundational + Specialized Skills

Start by developing a strong foundation in financial management and accounting.

Core Courses

MS in Financial Management and Accounting Core

Courses

  • Financial Reporting II or Accounting and Analysis for Reporting Entities (choose one)
  • Accounting Information Systems
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Fundamentals of Taxation
  • Corporate and Advanced Taxation
  • Managerial Accounting

Specialize your expertise by selecting one of three career pathways.

Career Pathway

Accounting analytics

For students who want to combine accounting knowledge with data analysis and technology skills.
Courses
  • Foundations of Auditing
  • Foundations in Accounting Analytics
  • Information Risk, Control, and Forensics
  • Choose one:
    • Accounting and Analysis for Reporting Entities
    • Business Law
    • Data Technology for Business Analysts
Career Pathway

Financial advising

For students interested in helping individuals and families manage their financial lives, from investments and retirement to estate planning and tax strategy.
Courses
  • Strategic Planning for Estates and Business Transitions
  • Wealth Management and Financial Planning
  • Analysis of Taxes and Business Decisions
  • Choose one:
    • Analysis of Taxation for Pass-Through Entities
    • Risk Analytics and Behavioral Science
    • Principles of Risk Management
Career Pathway

Capital management

For students who want to work within companies to manage financial strategy, budgeting, investment decisions, and long-term planning.
Courses
  • Analysis of Performance Measurement and Control
  • Business Valuation
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Choose one:
    • Investment Banking
    • Challenges and Solutions in Business Sustainability
    • Project Management

Not sure which pathway or discipline is right for you? Academic advisors work closely with you to help decide.

Brett Killion
“Our program’s flexible structure supports individualized learning journeys while maintaining a challenging academic environment that cultivates leaders in accounting analytics, financial advising, and capital management.”
Brett Killion
Program Director, MS in Financial Management and Accounting

Connect with us.

Get the latest infoGet the latest program info

Sign up to learn more about the MS in Financial Management and Accounting.

Loading…

More Ways to Connect

decorative

Schedule a 30-minute
admissions consultation

Schedule now

Attend an upcoming event

Explore events

Start your application

Apply now