Management Accounting Concentration

The strategic importance of management accounting and is increasingly recognized in fast-paced and globally competitive business environments. The information is used extensively as key decision-making criteria in leading organizations.

The management accounting concentration is specifically focused on contemporary management accounting and financial decision-making. The program includes theory and concepts, advanced technical knowledge and skills, and familiarization with the increasingly sophisticated tools and methodologies of the management accountant.

Topics included in the management accounting concentration are those most prominent in today's fast-paced and dynamically changing management environment:

• Activity Based Management
• Total Quality Improvement
• Continuous Quality Improvement
• Business Process Reengineering
• Strategic Cost Management
• Value Adding Processes
• Benchmarking
• Financial Process Reengineering
• Strategic Uses of IT
• Performance Measurement

Requirements

To complete the concentration, students must take the following two courses:

• ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (ACC 502)
• GRADUATE SEMINAR IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (ACC 599)

For the third course, students must choose one additional course from among the following.

• FINANCIAL REPORTING (ACC 501)
• ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ACC 503)
• CORPORATE PLANNING (ACC 533)
• ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS (ACC 535)
• VALUATION PRACTICES (ACC 576)
• INCOME TAX AND BUSINESS DECISIONS (ACC 584)
• THE ROLE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE (ACC 586)
• ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AND CAPITAL MARKETS (ACC 587)
• SPECIAL TOPIC COURSES (ACC 798)

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