Master of Science in Accountancy and Data Analytics

Business prerequisites that have not been met prior to enrolling in the MSA program are expected to be satisfied by completing graduate courses at SDSU.

These courses do not count toward the MSA degree

• BA 640 Financial Reporting and Analysis (undergraduate equivalent: financial accounting ACCTG 201)
• BA 670 Managerial Accounting (undergraduate equivalent: managerial accounting ACCTG 202)
• BA 642 Statistical Analysis (undergraduate equivalent: statistical analysis for business: MIS 301)
• BA 643 Managerial Economics (undergraduate equivalent: microeconomics and macroeconomics Econ 101 and Econ 102)
• BA 673 Organizational Behavior and Leadership (undergraduate equivalent: management and organizational Behavior: BA 350)
• BA 674 Financial Management (undergraduate equivalent: fundamentals of finance: BA 323)

Note:  Students with an undergraduate degree in business may satisfy this entire set of prerequisites. Completion of these courses will not count toward the MSA degree. To qualify for the waiving of these classes, students must have taken equivalent courses from an AACSB accredited institution within the past 7 years and have earned at least a grade of B. See the SDSU catalog for course descriptions.

Accountancy prerequisite courses that have not been completed prior to enrolling in the MSA program must be completed as part of the MSA degree. Students without accounting undergraduate major must take the following three courses:

These courses do not count toward the MSA degree

• ACCTG 620 Financial Measurement and Reporting (equivalent non-MSA course: intermediate accounting)
• ACCTG 621 Accounting Information Systems (equivalent non-MSA course: accounting information systems)
• ACCTG 626 Assurance and Auditing Services (equivalent non-MSA course: auditing)

Note:  Students with an undergraduate degree in accounting will have likely completed equivalent courses. Completion of these courses will NOT count toward the MSA degree. Equivalent courses completed prior to enrolling in the MSA program will be waived or replaced with appropriate elective courses as needed. See the SDSU catalog for course descriptions.  

Select two electives from the following list. (this list is not an exhaustive list, other electives may be selected upon approval from the advisor).

• ACCTG 505 Fraud Examination
• ACCTG 530 Ethics in Accounting
• ACCTG 663 Financial Statement Analysis
• ACCTG 670 Seminar in Assurance Services
• ACCTG 705 Forensic Accounting
• BA 749 Business Analytics (R programming)
• MIS 515 Object-Oriented Programing for Business Applications (Python)
• MIS 585 Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Management
• MIS 620 Electronic Business and Big Data Infrastructures
• MIS 686 Enterprise Data Management
• MIS 691 Decision Support Systems
• MIS 695 Business Systems Analysis and Design
• MIS 697 Project Planning and Development
• MGT 746 Seminar in Corporate Governance
• MIS 750 Strategic Project Management
• MIS 752 Seminar in Supply Chain and Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP)
• MIS 755 Information Systems Security Management
  
  

These electives are available upon approval by the faculty advisor and potentially require filing a program adjustment form

• ACCTG 501 Advanced Financial Accounting
• ACCTG 503 Federal Taxation of Individual
• ACCTG 508 Accounting for Not-for-profit Organizations
• ACCTG 651 Corporate Taxation
• ACCTG 654 Partnership Taxation
• ACCTG 655 Tax Planning of Individuals
• ACCTG 656 Multijurisdictional Taxation
• ACCTG 659 Seminar in Accounting for Income Taxes (2 units)
• BA 649 Business Analytics
• BA 749 Business Analytics (R programming)
• MIS 687 Secure Enterprise Networking and Mobile Technologies
• MIS 720 Electronic Business and Big Data Infrastructures
• MIS 753 Global Supply Chain Analytics