M.P.Ac. in Accounting Information Systems
Admission Requirements
- Completed application form accompanied by a fifty dollar nonrefundable
application fee.
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- Two courses in principles of accounting or equivalent.
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
- Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), unless the
applicant is a CPA or has passed a state bar examination. Applicants will also
be exempt from the GMAT if they have earned a B.S. degree in accounting from
Rhode Island College or the University of Rhode Island, with a 3.00 grade point
average in the major.
Course Requirements
| Foundations Component |
| ACCT 510 | Advanced AIS: Systems Modeling | 3 |
| ACCT 552 | Topics in Assurance: Risk Assessment | 1.5 |
| ACCT 553 | Topics in Assurance: Electronic Commerce | 1.5 |
| CIS 421 | Networks and Telecommunications | 3 |
| CIS 453 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| CIS 535 | Data Management | 3 |
| Electives |
| SIX CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES at the graduate level in accounting | 6 |
| SIX CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES at the graduate level, with consent | 6 |
| THREE CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES at the graduate level in computer information systems | 3 |
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| Total Credit Hours | 30 |
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