What will I learn in the Prep Track that I won't learn elsewhere?
See discussion page.
| Course | Credits | Pro Route | Ph.D. Prof | Tax Route | Ph.D. Tax | |
| MSM Graduate Core | ||||||
| Finance | MBA 520 | 3.0 | x | x | x | x |
| Operations Mgt | MBA 530 | 3.0 | x | x | x | x |
| Org Behavior | MBA 540 | 3.0 | x | x | x | x |
| Marketing Mgt | MBA 550 | 3.0 | x | x | x | x |
| Management Seminar | MBA 593R | 0.5 | x | x | x | x |
| Communications | MBA 509 | 3.0 | x | x | x | x |
| 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | |||
| General SOA/Management | ||||||
| Money, Banking, & Business | Acc 453 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Strategic Management | MBA 581 | 3.0 | x | x | x | x |
| Ethics, Business, & Society | P Mgt 582 | 3.0 | x | x | x | x |
| 9.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | |||
| General Accounting - Professional | ||||||
| Research Seminar | Acc 515 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Adv Taxation | Acc 522 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Acc Info Systems Risk and Control | Acc 525 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Adv Financial Statement Auditing | Acc 530 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Adv Managerial Acc | Acc 531 | 1.5 | x | x | ||
| Adv Prof Fin Acc | Acc 540 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis | Acc 541 | 1.5 | x | x | ||
| Fraud Prevention & Detection | Acc 550 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Finance Elective | MBA 621-9 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Elective 1 | 3.0 | x | ||||
| Elective 2 (Non-Accounting) | 3.0 | x | ||||
| Elective 3 (Non-Accounting) | 3.0 | x | ||||
| 33.0 | 12.0 | - | - | |||
| General Accounting - Tax | ||||||
| Advanced Financial Accounting | Acc 503 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Advanced Taxation OR | Acc 522 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Tax Research Methodology | Acc 523 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Special Problems in Federal Taxation | Acc 560 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Corporate Taxation I | Acc 561 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Corporate Taxation II | Acc 562 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Taxation of Partnerships | Acc 563 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Taxation of Esatates, Gifts and Fiduciaries | Acc 564 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Federal Income Taxation | MBA 602 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Tax Elective 1 | Acc 5xx | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Tax Elective 2 | Acc 5xx | 3.0 | x | |||
| Elective 1 | 3.0 | x | ||||
| Elective 2 (Non-Accounting) | 3.0 | x | ||||
| Elective 3 (Non-Accounting) | 3.0 | x | ||||
| - | - | 33.0 | 12.0 | |||
| General Ph.D. Prep Courses | ||||||
| Intro to Academic Research | Acc 516 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Academic Research Applications | Acc 517 | 1.0 | x | x | ||
| Readings & Conference | Acc 591R | 2.0 | x | x | ||
| Calculus I | Math 112 | 4.0 | x | |||
| Statistical Methods for Research I | Stat 511 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Statistical Methods for Research II OR | Stat 512 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Econometrics | Econ 588 | 3.0 | x | |||
| Statistics for Economists | Econ 378 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Intermediate Price Theory I | Econ 380 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Intermediate Macroeconomics | Econ 381 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| Introduction to Econometrics | Econ 388 | 3.0 | x | x | ||
| - | 24.0 | - | 30.0 | |||
| Total Credits | 57.5 | 57.5 | 57.5 | 63.5 | ||
A couple notes about the table:
- Make sure to reveiw the updated course requirements before signing up for any courses.
- The Ph.D. Prep Track is an integral part of each of the Professional and Tax Routes. The major differences as shown in the table are the substitution of certain professional and tax electives for additional courses in economics and statistics.
- The Ph.D. Prep Track requires that tax students take both Statistical Methods for Research (Stat 512) and Econometrics (Econ 588), whereas professional students may choose either one. Tax students must also have taken Calculus I (Math 112), whereas professional students may not. Tax students may also choose between taking Advanced Taxation (Acc 522) and Tax Reasearch Methodology (Acc 523).
