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The accounting department offers four degrees: Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA), Masters of Science in Accounting (MSAcc) with tracks in general accounting and taxation, Masters of Science in Taxation (MSTax), and a PhD in Business with a concentration in accounting. The BBA degree is designed for students who want to work in the field of accounting. The MSAcc (in combination with the BBA) satisfies the requirements to sit for the CPA exam and is designed for students who want to enter the field of public accounting. The MSTax degree is designed for working professionals in the field of taxation, both in industry and in public accounting, who want to continue their education in taxation at an advanced level. The PhD in accounting prepares students for an academic career with a coursework that provides the tools and knowledge to do original research in a variety of areas.
Undergraduate
- Focus Concentration in Accounting: requires the completion of the five accounting courses: Accounting Systems and Procedures, Intermediate Accounting I, II and III, and Accounting Theory.
- Integral Concentration in Accounting: requires completion of five accounting courses: Accounting Systems and Procedures and Professional Ethics in Accounting and three courses chosen from Intermediate Accounting I, II, III, Cost Accounting, Not for Profit Accounting, Consolidated Financial Statements, Tax I, Accounting Information Systems.
Graduate
- MS Accounting: This program, when combined with an undergraduate business degree in accounting satisfies the education requirements to sit for the CPA exam in the State of Ohio and 45 other states, the District of Columbia , Puerto Rico , and Guam. Students can chose either the General Accounting Track or the Taxation Track. The program is offered in both full-time and part-time formats and can be taken by students with a bachelors degree in Accounting (48 credits), a non-Accounting business degree (57 credits), or a non-business degree (66 credits).
- MS Tax: The MS Tax Program is a graduate program offered in downtown Cincinnati in the evenings for practicing tax professionals who have full-time jobs and would like to improve their knowledge by pursuing graduate education in taxation on a part-time basis. This program can be completed in six academic quarters by taking two courses per academic quarter.
PhD
- Concentration in Accounting: The Department of Accounting seeks exceptional students with strong analytical and verbal skills. Accounting research examines the incentives for and the process of generating accounting information and evaluates its usefulness for investors, corporate managers and auditors. The program is rigorous and demanding requiring significant course work in microeconomics, mathematics, statistics, econometrics, and finance as well as doctoral level research seminars in accounting. Depending on the particular research interest, a student may also pursue coursework in psychology, sociology or other social science disciplines. The objective of the PhD program is to train individuals to identify original research questions and pursue them in an efficient and systematic manner. The doctoral students are trained primarily to be productive faculty members in research universities. We have currently five students in the program and plan to add at most 2-3 new students each year. The average GMAT of our existing student is around 700.
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