MSAT & MBA in Business Administration / Accounting and Taxation

Entry Requirements

Pre-sessional English (3 semesters) Extended IPP (3 semesters)

• TOEFL (iBT) 40
• IELTS 4.0
• Pearson (PTE) Not Accepted
• Pearson Versant 37-40
• Duolingo 55
• Gao Kao English Not accepted
• GPA: 2.5 for International pathway program
• Barney School of Business will consider 2.5 GPA if GMAT is submitted with score 450 or interview 3 years full-time work experience after completion of Bachelor’s degree.
• Upto 15 credits towards degree

Pre-sessional English (2 semesters) Extended IPP (3 semesters)

• TOEFL (iBT) 45
• IELTS 4.5
• Pearson (PTE) 30-35
• Pearson Versant 41-42
• Duolingo 65
• Gao Kao English Not Accepted
• GPA: 2.5 for International pathway program
• Barney School of Business will consider 2.5 GPA if GMAT is submitted with score 450 or interview 3 years full-time work experience after completion of Bachelor’s degree.
• Upto 15 credits towards degree

Pre-sessional English (1 semester) Extended IPP (3 semesters)

• TOEFL (iBT) 55-59
• IELTS 5.0
• Pearson (PTE) 36-41
• Pearson Versant 43-47
• Duolingo 75
• Gao Kao English Not Accepted
• GPA: 2.5 for International pathway program
• Barney School of Business will consider 2.5 GPA if GMAT is submitted with score 450 or interview 3 years full-time work experience after completion of Bachelor’s degree.
• Upto 15 credits towards degree

Extended IPP (3 semesters)

• TOEFL (iBT) 60-69
• IELTS 5.5
• Pearson (PTE) 42-49
• Pearson Versant 48-54
• Duolingo 85
• Gao Kao English Not accepted
• GPA: 2.5 for International pathway program
• Barney School of Business will consider 2.5 GPA if GMAT is submitted with score 450 or interview 3 years full-time work experience after completion of Bachelor’s degree.
• Upto 15 credits towards degree

Extended Plus IPP (2 semesters)

• TOEFL (iBT) 70-79
• IELTS 6.0
• Pearson (PTE) 50-57
• Pearson Versant 55-63
• Duolingo 95
• Gao Kao English Not Accepted
• GPA: 2.5 for International pathway program
• Barney School of Business will consider 2.5 GPA if GMAT is submitted with score 450 or interview 3 years full-time work experience after completion of Bachelor’s degree.
• Upto 15 credits towards degree

Direct Admission

• TOEFL (iBT) 80
• IELTS 6.5
• Pearson (PTE) 58
• Pearson Versant 64 (spring 2021 only)
• Duolingo 105 score (retest on arrival); 120 score (no test on arrival)
• Gao Kao English Not accepted
• GPA: 3.00 for Direct admission
• Barney School of Business will consider 2.5 GPA if GMAT is submitted with score 450 or interview 3 years full-time work experience after completion of Bachelor’s degree.
• Upto 15 credits towards degree

MSAT Required Courses (21 credits)
Choose EITHER the Financial/Assurance Track OR the Taxation Track. The following courses are required for both tracks:
AC 560 - Taxation of Business Organizations 3 credit(s)
AC 725 - Ethics for Accounting Professionals 3 credit(s)
BL 530 - Business Law 3 credit(s)

Financial/Assurance Track
AC 715 - Financial Reporting and Analysis 3 credit(s)
AC 720 - Advanced Auditing 3 credit(s)
AC 748 - Seminar in Managerial Accounting Control Systems 3 credit(s)
AC 749 - Seminar in Financial Reporting 3 credit(s)

Taxation Track
AC 774 - Advanced Taxation of Pass-Through Entities 3 credit(s)
AC 776 - Advanced Corporate Taxation 3 credit(s)
AC 783 - Research in Taxation 3 credit(s)
AC 789 - Seminar in Taxation 3 credit(s)

MBA Required Courses (27 credits)
QNT 601 - Managerial Statistics and Analytics 3 credit(s)
EC 602 - Economics for Managers 3 credit(s)
AC 603 - Accounting for Decision Makers 3 credit(s)
FIN 604 - Corporate Financial Strategy and Valuation 3 credit(s)
MGT 605 - Organizational Leadership 3 credit(s)
MKT 606 - Marketing Management 3 credit(s)
MGT 607 - Managing Organizational Processes 3 credit(s)
BL 608 - Business, Law, Compliance and Society 3 credit(s)
MGT 609 - Global Strategic Management 3 credit(s)

Electives (12 credits)
4 graduate MSAT or MBA electives.

Prerequisites
Students without an Accounting Undergraduate Degree would add the following courses:
AC 320 - Financial Reporting Theory I
AC 321 - Financial Reporting Theory II
AC 322 - Financial Reporting Theory III
AC 332 - Cost Management
AC 425 - Federal Income Tax Concepts
AC 430 Auditing Concepts and Problems

OR

AC 625 - Financial Reporting Standards and Practices I 
AC 626 - Financial Reporting Standards and Practices II 
AC 627 - Individual Income Tax 
AC 628 - Auditing Standards and Practices