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Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and complete the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Applicants will be evaluated for admission based on undergraduate grade-point average (GPA), both overall and in accounting, and scores for GMAT, Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), and Test of Written English (TWE), if applicable. TOEFL scores are recommended to be at least 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based).
Eighteen semester hours of the following prerequisite accounting courses (3 semester hours each), completed at an accredited college or university, are required for the MSACC program. (Examples of acceptable courses at the University of Kentucky are given in parentheses.):
- Intermediate Accounting I (ACC 301)*
- Intermediate Accounting II (ACC 302)*
- Accounting Information Systems (ACC 324)
- Auditing (ACC 403)**
- Concepts of Income Taxation (ACC 407)***
- Cost Management (ACC 418)
*The Intermediate Accounting courses must be based on the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
**The Auditing course must be based on the U.S. Auditing Standards Board’s and the PCAOB’s standards.
***The Concepts of Income Taxation course must be based on the U.S. Tax Code.
Students are strongly encouraged to complete either a one semester (fall, spring or summer) accounting internship or have equivalent work experience prior to entering the MSACC program.
Policy Changes
All statements made here are announcements of present policy only and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.
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