{"id":422,"date":"2012-08-13T11:32:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/academics\/macc-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:21:42","slug":"macc-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/curriculum\/core-curriculum\/macc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Course Requirements &#8211; MAcc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Thirty credit hours of core and elective courses are required to complete the&nbsp;MAcc&nbsp;degree. Students enter the program in August and complete their degree in May. The core curriculum consists of a series of accounting and financial reporting courses.&nbsp; As electives, a variety of business courses are available including, but not limited to, corporate strategy, finance, marketing, international business, economics and public policy. In addition, graduate level courses may be taken outside the Business School for students wishing to study non-business areas such as law, public policy, communications, or engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Fall Term<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td><td><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Winter Term<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ACC 561: Federal Taxation I (3.0 credits)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ACC 625: Advanced Financial Accounting (2.25 credits)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ACC 555: Corporate Financial Research and Reporting (2.25 credits)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ACC 630: Auditing and Assurance (1.5 credits)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ACC 601: Accounting Information System Design (1.5 credits)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ACC 630: Auditing &amp; Assurance (1.5 credits)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ACC 695: EY Acc &amp; Pub Pol Symposium (3 credits)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ACC 565: Financial Instruments and Structured Finance (2.25 credits)<\/span><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u200bApproximately&nbsp; 1.5 Credits of <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: revert; font-weight: inherit;\">Electives*<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u200bApproximately&nbsp;<\/span>11.25 Credits of<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> Electives*<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>*<\/strong>&nbsp;In choosing your electives, students must include at least ONE of the following choices if you&nbsp;<strong>do not<\/strong>&nbsp;waive any of the above core courses, or TWO of the following choices if you&nbsp;<strong>do&nbsp;<\/strong>waive any of the above core courses:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx?term=1&amp;course=%20620&amp;dept=ACC\">ACC 620: Federal Taxation II<\/a>&nbsp;(2.25 credits)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx?term=1&amp;course=%20650&amp;dept=ACC\">ACC 650: Cost Management Systems<\/a>&nbsp;(2.25 credits)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx?term=1&amp;course=%20711&amp;dept=ACC\">ACC 711: Financial Statement Analysis<\/a>&nbsp;(2.25 credits)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx?term=1&amp;course=%20713&amp;dept=ACC\">ACC 713: Business Forecasting and Equity Valuation<\/a>&nbsp;(2.25 credits)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx?term=1&amp;course=%20725&amp;dept=ACC\">ACC\/FIN 725: Managing the Maize and Blue Fund<\/a>&nbsp;(1.5 credits)&nbsp;<em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx?term=1&amp;course=%20726&amp;dept=ACC\">ACC\/FIN 726: Maize and Blue Fund<\/a>&nbsp;(1.5 credits)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx?term=1&amp;course=%20555&amp;dept=BL\">BL 555: Ethics and Negotiation<\/a> (3.0&nbsp;credits)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Choose one of the following accepted Law School tax courses:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LAW 691:&nbsp;International Tax<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LAW 726:&nbsp;Partnership Tax<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LAW 747:&nbsp;Taxation of Individual Income<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LAW 749: Corporate Taxation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>*Please note:<\/strong> Students who have a BBA from the University of Michigan are not eligible to waive any core courses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting Analytics Concentration:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For students that opt into the Accounting Analytics Concentration in addition to completing the core accounting curriculum, 8.25 credits of approved coursework will replace elective study to complete the concentration:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete at least three courses in Group 1: Core Electives\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/corporate-financial-reporting-2720\">ACC 564: Corporate Financial Reporting<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/financial-communication-and-investor-relations-8643\">ACC 618: Corporate Communication and Investor Relations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx?term=1&amp;course=%20650&amp;dept=ACC\">ACC 650: Cost Management Systems<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/financial-statement-analysis-i-8002\">ACC 711: Financial Statement Analysis I<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/financial-statement-analysis-ii-8003\">ACC 713: Financial Statement Analysis II<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete at least one course in Group 2: Analytics Electives\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/applied-business-analytics-and-decisions-9150\">TO 618: Applied Business Analytics and Decisions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/big-data-management-tools-and-techniques-10164\">TO 640: Big Data Management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/marketing-research-design-and-analysis-2904\">MKT 618: Market Research Design and Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/business-application-development-visual-basic-excel-9153\">TO 513: Spreadsheet Modeling and Apps<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/business-application-development-visual-basic-excel-9153\">TO 515: Business App Development with Visual Basic for Excel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/applied-regression-and-data-analysis-9133\">TO 566: Applied Regression and Data Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/data-mining-and-applied-multivariate-analysis-9134\">TO 567: Data Mining and Applied Multivariate Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/applied-business-forecasting-i-9129\">TO 572: Applied Business Forecasting<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/artificial-intelligence-business-11662\">TO 633: Artificial Intelligence for Business<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/revenue-management-8442\">TO 649: Revenue Management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/pricing-analytics-and-strategy-4521\">MKT 608: Pricing Analytics and Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/customer-analytics-5902\">MKT 626: Customer Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/marketing-engineering-and-analytics-2907\">MKT 630: Marketing Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a name=\"Fall 2017\" id=\"Fall 2017\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty credit hours of core and elective courses are required to complete the&nbsp;MAcc&nbsp;degree. 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