Accounting, M.B.A.

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Component I: Residency Workshops (Zarb School of Business)

These workshops cover library information resources, calculus for business applications, information technology, and statistics for business applications respectively. Full-time students must complete them during the first semester in which they begin an M.B.A. Program. Part-time students must complete them within the first two semesters. Documentation of completion must be submitted to the Graduate Programs Office in order for students to register for the subsequent semester. The calculus for business applications, information technology, and statistics for business applications workshops may be satisfied through previous equivalent undergraduate or graduate course work taken within a specific time frame with a B or better grade* at an accredited college or university or through satisfactory performance on a proficiency examination administered by the appropriate department within the Zarb School of Business. Students will receive with their letter of admission information about which residency requirements, if any, have been met through prior course work. *Note: B+ or better within the past five years is required for full-time day M.B.A. students.

The following Library Information Resources Workshop is required of all students:

MBA 201W Library Information Resources Workshop (No Credit)

The library information resources workshop ensures that all graduate students establish in their first semester the ability to fully utilize the extensive information, data, and other resources available through the University’s Axinn Library. Since the library’s resources and services are constantly expanding, the information resources workshop is continually updated to reflect the most contemporary and efficient utilization of these resources to enable students to solve business problems and to perform sophisticated business research. This workshop offers extensive coverage of the library’s Lexicat system, access services, reference services, media services, curriculum materials center, government documents and other resources.

The following Workshops may be required depending upon academic preparation:

MBA 202W Information Technology (No Credit)

This workshop presents an introduction to the use of computer hardware, software, and connectivity in a business environment. Software including spreadsheet modeling, database management, groupware, and Internet tools is covered. Students gain an understanding of computer capabilities and limitations, and the appropriate use of information technology in domestic and global environments.

MBA 203W Calculus for Business Applications (No Credit)

This workshop focuses on a basic overview of calculus required for a better understanding of certain aspects of the business curriculum. Topics include functions, analytic geometry of the plane, differentiation, and integration as applied to business decision making. (Students enrolled in the M.S. programs in accounting, taxation and marketing are not required to take this workshop.)

MBA 204W Statistics for Business Applications (No credit)

This workshop focuses on a basic overview of statistics required for a better understanding of certain aspects of the business curriculum. Topics covered include descriptive statistics, basic probability rules, discrete probability distributions, continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions for the mean, estimation and hypothesis testing for the mean.

Majors in Accounting Requirements:

Majors in Accounting* must also satisfy the following courses:

LEGL 24 - Legal Aspects of Business Organizations, 3 s.h.

ACCT 224 - Financial Reporting and Analysis Semester Hours: 3
or ACCT 123 and 124 Financial Accounting, Theory and Practice I and II, 3 s.h. each,
ACCT 231 - Cost Accounting Systems Semester Hours: 3
ACCT 242 - Advanced Accounting Theory and Practice Semester Hours: 3
*NOTE: Accounting students who have a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in a field other than accounting or business administration who want to become eligible to take the New York state CPA examination should refer to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education - Registration of Curricula, Part 52.13 Accountancy and speak with an adviser in the Department of Accounting, Taxation, and Legal Studies in Business.

Competency IV: Accounting Major Concentration - Semester Hours: 15

With permission of the Graduate Programs Office, in consultation with the department chairperson to set general policy, students may substitute an elective course outside of their major area for one of these courses.

One international accounting theory course, 3 s.h.
One elective in area of concentration, selected under advisement, 3 s.h.

ACCT 216 - Tax Accounting Semester Hours: 3
(or a 200-level taxation course)
ACCT 234 - Advanced Auditing Semester Hours: 3
ACCT 250 - Seminar in Advanced Contemporary Accounting Theory Semester Hours: 3

Component VI - Internship (no credit) for full-time day M.B.A. students only

*Footnotes

Accounting students who have a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in a field other than accounting or business administration who want to become eligible to take the New York state CPA examination should refer to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education - Registration of Curricula, Part 52.13 Accountancy and speak with an adviser in the Department of Accounting, Taxation, and Legal Studies in Business.

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