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Overview

Accounting permeates the fabric of modern society. Gain the tools you need to understand tax laws, securities regulations and accounting and auditing standards. Accounting provides the measures of economic activity for our society and for our individual lives. Enroll in the MPAcc program and learn how to motivate employees, design efficient systems to achieve shareholders' goals, and how to communicate your strategic plan to others.

Get Your CPA Credentials

The MPAcc program will prepare you for a career in corporate accounting, public accounting or for entrance into doctoral programs in business and accounting. Completion of the MPAcc program satisfies the requirements needed to take the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination in the state of Georgia. Combined with an undergraduate degree, the MPAcc also satisfies the educational requirements of 150 total semester hours and 30 hours of upper-level courses needed to obtain certification. Courses completed during the program give students the confidence and technical knowledge needed to successfully complete the outside work experience requirements.

Curriculum

MPAcc students not only gain technical accounting proficiency, they also prepare to enter the fast-paced business world. Ethics and technology as well as oral and written skills are incorporated into every aspect of the curriculum.

Accreditation

The Richards College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - International (AACSB-I). The accounting program is one of only five institutions in the state of Georgia to have additional accounting accreditation from the AACSB.