Master of Accountancy Proposed Program Changes - To Be Effective Fall 2007

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1 Master of Accountancy Proposed Program Changes - To Be Effective Fall 2007 Professional Track - Current Curriculum Professional & Tax Tracks - Proposed Curriculum MSIS 682 Information Security & Control or MGT 612 Managing People & Organizations MGT 612 or Graduate ACC course at 600 level 3 electives 3 electives Tax Track - Current Curriculum Professional & Tax Tracks - Proposed Curriculum MSIS 682 Information Security & Control or MGT 612 Managing People & Organizations MGT 612 or Graduate ACC course at 600 level 3 ACC Tax Electives 3 ACC Tax Electives APRT Track - Current Curriculum APRT Track - Proposed Curriculum BUS 610 Law and Public Policy ACC 530 Accounting for Nonprofit Institutions 3 electives 2 electives

2 MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY (MAcc) Leslie Turner, D.B.A., Chair Robert Salyer, M.S., C.P.A., Program Director I. PURPOSE The Master of Accountancy (MAcc) degree program supports the mission of Northern Kentucky University to educate students to be productive citizens, to prepare them for success in careers and occupations... There are three tracks within the MAcc degree program. The Professional track is intended to allow those with an undergraduate accounting degree to meet the requirement that candidates for the certified public accountant examination have 150 semester hours including a bachelor s degree. Students with an undergraduate accounting degree enter this track. The second track is the Tax track. This track is intended to allow those with an undergraduate accounting degree to choose a specialty in tax by completing tax elective courses and to meet the requirement that candidates for the certified public accountant examination have 150 semester hours including a bachelor s degree. In addition, students who do not have an undergraduate degree in accounting but who have completed two introductory accounting courses, six semester hours of intermediate accounting, and three semester hours of tax may enter either the professional track or the tax track. The third track is the Accounting Practice and Reporting track. This track meets the needs of students who do not have an undergraduate degree in accounting but who wish to pursue a career in accounting. Students who enter this track must have completed an introductory financial accounting course and an introductory managerial accounting course at a regionally accredited institution. The Department of Accountancy also offers a post baccalaureate certificate in Advanced Taxation. Students who pursue this certificate must have an undergraduate degree in accounting, or have completed the equivalent of six semester hours of Intermediate Accounting and three semester hours of tax. II. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS Additional Admission Requirements To be considered for admission to the MAcc program, applicants must meet all requirements for admission to a College of Business program (detailed above). All academic requirements of the College of Business program related to transfer credit and academic standing (see above under College of Business main section of the graduate section of this catalog) are enforced for the MAcc program. Students who are enrolled in or have completed the MBA at NKU and choose to pursue a MAcc may transfer up to 12 semester hours completed under the MBA to degree requirements of the MAcc. The following MBA courses may be transferred toward the MAcc MGT 612 Managing People and Organizations MBA core courses (see Business Administration section) Professional Track Program Requirements The Professional Track program is a 30-semester-hour program composed of 21 semester hours of required courses and 9 semester hours of electives. To enter this track, students must have completed two introductory accounting courses, a tax course, and the equivalent of six semester hours of Intermediate Accounting. The required courses are: MGT 612 Managing People and Organizations or a graduate ACC course at the 600 level (This capstone course must be taken in the last semester, or within 9 Three electives may be selected from graduate courses for which the admitted MAcc student meets the prerequisites. Courses that may not be used as electives are: ACC 605, BUS 605, FIN 605, IFS 605, and ACC 625. Tax Track Program Requirements The Tax Track program is a 30-semester-hour program composed of 21 semester hours of required courses and 9 semester hours of graduate tax electives. To enter this track, students must have completed two introductory accounting courses, a tax course, and the equivalent of six semester hours of Intermediate Accounting. The required courses are: MGT 612 Managing People and Organizations or a graduate ACC course at the 600 level

3 (This capstone course must be taken in the last semester, or within 9 Three electives may be selected from the following graduate tax courses. ACC 630 Federal Taxation of Corporations ACC 632 Tax Accounting Methods ACC 634 Taxation of Partnerships and Pass Through Entities ACC 636 State Taxation ACC 638 Advanced Individual Taxation Accounting Practice and Reporting Track Program Requirements The Accounting Practice and Reporting Track program is a 30-semester-hour program composed of 21 semester hours of required courses and 9 semester hours of electives. To enter this track, students must have completed two introductory accounting courses. The required courses are: (This capstone course must be taken in the last semester, or within 9 Two electives may be selected from graduate courses for which the admitted MAcc student meets the prerequisites. Courses that may not be used as electives are: ACC 605, BUS 605, FIN 605, and IFS 605. Graduate certificate in Advanced Taxation Core Course Three electives may be selected from the following graduate tax courses. ACC 630 Federal Taxation of Corporations ACC 632 Tax Accounting Methods ACC 634 Taxation of Partnerships and Pass Through Entities ACC 636 State Taxation ACC 638 Advanced Individual Taxation

4 ACC 520 Tax Planning (3,0,3) Impact of income tax on business entities, including corporations, S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and sole proprietors; gross income deductions, accounting periods, accounting methods and property transactions. PREREQ: Admission to the MACC program, ACC 200 and ACC 201, or permission of MACC Director ACC 530 Accounting for Non-Profit Institutions (3,0,3) Problems of control of funds and other assets; accounting classifications and relationships; planning, performance measurement, reporting and auditing from the viewpoint of the non-profit (including governmental) organization. Prereq: Admission to the MACC program, ACC 301 or graduate equivalent, or permission of MACC Director (3,0,3) Financial accounting theory and practice in determination of income and valuation of assets, liabilities and equities for external reporting in general purpose financial statements. Not open to students with credit for ACC 300 and ACC 301. ACC 605 Introduction to Financial Accounting (2,0,2) Preparation and interpretation of primary financial statements. ACC 601 Management Control Systems (3,0,3) Overall design of control systems and the behavioral and motivational impact on managers and employees of such systems; development of a management information system; design of compensation/incentive schemes, divisional control, work measurement vs. discretionary cost approach to cost control, budgetary control, internal control, and performance reporting. PREREQ: ACC 600. (3,0,3) Financial accounting topics for external reporting; international accounting; financial statement analysis. PREREQ: admission to graduate program; ACC 600 or equivalent. (3,0,3) Accounting for mergers, consolidations, acquisitions, and partnerships. PREREQ: admission to graduate program; ACC 600 or equivalent. the last semester, or within 9 credit hours of graduation. (3,0,3) Methodology and sources of tax research; tax analysis research, policy implications, behavioral aspects, and use of quantitative analysis. Open only to students admitted to graduate program. PREREQ: completion of undergraduate course(s) in individual and business taxation. (3,0,3) Communication, interpretation, analysis, and use of accounting information for the benefit of management; financial statement analysis, cost analysis, budgetary control, standard cost systems, and capital budgeting. Open only to students in graduate business programs. PREREQ: ACC 605 or equivalent, or consent of MBA director. ACC 630 Federal Taxation of Corporations (3,0,3) Corporate Taxation and topics concerning organization of the corporation, capital structure, debt vs. equity, dividends, stock redemption, liquidations, corporate divisions, corporate reorganizations. PREREQ: ACC 520 or equivalent, or permission of the Director of the Master of Accountancy program. ACC 632 Tax Accounting Methods (3,0,3) Methods of accounting, installment sales, inventories, LIFO, manufacturing, accounting method changes, accounting principle. PREREQ: ACC 520 or equivalent,or permission of the Director of the Master of Accountancy program. ACC 634 Taxation of Partnerships and Pass Through Entities (3,0,3) Concepts of partnership taxation including contributions of property and services. Partner basis, partnership liabilities, distributions sales or exchanges of partner s interest. Election of S corporation status, distribution to shareholders, liquidation, sales of corporation. PREREQ: ACC 520 or equivalent,or permission of the Director of the Master of Accountancy program.

5 ACC 636 State Taxation (3,0,3) State uniformity and equality safeguards, constitutional restrictions on state taxation (nexus). Corporate franchise, income and capital stock taxes. Allocation and appointment of net income under state and federal law. Sales and use tax, taxation of securities. PREREQ: ACC 520 or equivalent, or permission of the Director of the Master of Accountancy program. ACC 638 Advanced Individual Taxation (3,0,3) Executive compensation planning, deferred compensation, fringe benefits, options, alternative minimum tax, passive activities, deductions available to individuals and grantor trusts. PREREQ: ACC 520 or equivalent,or permission of the Director of the Master of Accountancy program. (3,0,3) Advanced auditing topics, including information technology auditing, statistical sampling, legal responsibilities, audit and attestation reports, ethics. PREREQ: admission to graduate program; ACC 600 or equivalent. ACC 694 Topics: Accounting (3,0,3) Specialized topics of faculty and student interest. Topics will vary and may include taxation, financial accounting, auditing, and international accounting. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 semester hours if topic differs. Open only to MBA students. PREREQ: ACC 600. (3,0,3) This capstone course is an overview of topics relevant to current accounting theory, ethics, research, standard setting, and practice. This course must be taken in the last semester, or within 9 credit hours of graduation. PREREQ: admission to graduate program: ACC 600 or equivalent. (3,0,3) Legal topics relevant to professional accounting: contracts, agency, business entities, Uniform Commercial Code, and Securities law. PREREQ: admission to graduate program.