Accounting Concentration MBA

Overview
The scope of services rendered by certified public accountants is constantly broadening as business activities expand and become more complex. Since the affairs of all business must be financed, conducted, measured and monetarily controlled, the only limitations on expansion of the public accountant's services are the limits on expansion of business itself. Moreover, the recent spate of financial reporting problems has clearly shown that the financial health of our global capital markets is heavily dependent on transparent, comparable, and consistent financial information. Lubin's MBA in Accounting program prepares students to take on the broadening role of a CPA in this ever-changing business landscape.

Pace has one hundred years of experience in preparing students for successful accounting careers. The relevance and innovation of our programs has resulted in our being awarded the prestigious AACSB Accounting Accreditation, a distinction that only 167 schools across the nation share. AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, is the premier accrediting organization for business schools in the world. Pace is among the fewer than 3% of business schools nationwide that have both professional and accounting accreditation from AACSB.

Program and Courses
The MBA in Accounting for CPA preparation is a 53-72 credit program that has been designed for liberal arts, science, engineering, or general business administration degree holders who wishes to prepare for the CPA profession. You will be fully prepared to take the CPA exam upon graduation. Given the breadth of this program, students develop an understanding of all the functional areas of a business, as well as the role of accounting in facilitating both operating and strategic decisions. It is not open to students with undergraduate degrees in accounting.

The program which follows has been registered by the New York State Education Department, Division of Professional Education, as meeting the educational requirements for admission to the CPA examinations. Students who complete this prescribed program are required to have only one year of experience in public accounting in order to obtain the CPA certificate.

The student's undergraduate transcripts will be reviewed in order to determine if any additional credits are needed to meet the State CPA requirements.

The following coursework is required for completion of the MBA degree in Accounting for CPA preparation:

Degree Requirements
Preliminary Skill (0 credits)
Foundation Core (0-19 credits)
Professional Core (15 credits)

MBA 670 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Skills
MBA 672 Managerial Economics for Decision Making
MBA 674 Globalization, the New Economy and Ethics

Accounting Core (14)
ACC 613 Accounting for Planning and Control
ACC 615 Financial Accounting
ACC 618 Financial Accounting II
TAX 503 Fundamental Concepts of Taxation
TAX 504 Sales and Exchanges of Property

Required Specialization Courses (17)
ACC 620 Accounting Entities
ACC 632 Auditing
ACC 635 Advanced Auditing Practice
ACC 649 Contemporary Accounting Issues
ACC 662 Modeling of Information Systems
ACC 692 Accounting Research Project

Required Specialization Elective (3) choose one
ACC 675 International Accounting
ACC 681 Financial Reporting and Capital Markets
ACC 682 Analysis of Financial Statements
ACC 684 Advanced Cost and Management Accounting
TAX 612 Corporate Taxation for Accountants

Breadth Electives (7)
LAW 610 Business Law for CPAs
Lubin 600 level course, not ACC or MBA prefixed (except for MBA 676, 678, 679)

Capstone (3)
MBA 688 Business Strategy and Stakeholder Responsibility

Total Credits: 53-72