Degree Plan

The MSACCY degree plan is meant to prepare students for careers in professional accounting by offering them the opportunity to customize their degree to address a specific area of interest. Please review the course offerings and details for information regarding the available courses.

Students are subject to a 30-hour degree plan and are required to select one of three functional tracks: Assurance and Financial Reporting, Tax Compliance and Consulting, and Business Advisory and Internal Audit.

Students that started prior to Fall 2025 have the option to switch to the new curriculum or stay in the one that was in effect when they started the program.

The MSACCY degree plans outlined below are based on successful completion of all business and accounting foundation prerequisites. If necessary, business foundation courses can be completed as part of a modified MSACCY degree plan where additional credits would be required. Accounting foundation prerequisites must be completed prior to starting the MSACCY degree program.

If a student has taken an undergrad or post-baccalaureate equivalent of any graduate-level course and successfully completed it, they cannot receive credit for the same course as part of their graduate career. Students may replace previously completed credit hours with graduate-level courses selected from a department-maintained list of electives. Please speak with your academic advisor about the related process for a waiver with substitution.

Fall 2025 and Beyond

Upon acceptance, students will need to declare which of the three required tracks they intend to pursue.

Pick One of Three Areas of Specialization (12 hrs)

• Assurance & Financial Reporting Track

  Courses	Credit Hours
  Financial Statement Analysis (ACCT 7340)	3
  Control & Security of Financial Information (ACCT 7390)	3
  One course from a list of track options (see list below)	3
  Business or Accounting Elective (see department-maintained list for business or accounting elective options)	3

  Assurance & Financial Reporting Options

  • Government & Non-Profit Accounting (ACCT 7378)
  • Enterprise Risk Management (ACCT 7384)
  • Forensic Accounting (ACCT 7385)

• Tax Compliance & Consulting Track

  Required Track Courses	Credit Hours
  Either Tax Research (ACCT 7362) or Current Issues in Taxation (ACCT 7379)	3
  Three courses from a list of options (see list below)	9

  Tax Compliance & Consulting Options

  • Oil & Gas Taxation (ACCT 7337)
  • Partnership Taxation (ACCT 7360)
  • Tax Research (ACCT 7362)*
  • Multijurisdictional Tax (ACCT 7372)
  • Current Issues in Taxation (ACCT 7379)*
  • Advanced Corporate Tax (ACCT 7380)

  * Students on the Tax Compliance & Consulting Track are required to take one of these two courses. If a student wishes to take both classes, one of the courses will count toward the 9 hours of track courses students may choose from the list of options. Note, a single class cannot fulfill mandatory track course requirements and count as track elective.

• Business Advisory & Internal Audit Track

  Required Track Courses	Credit Hours
  Advanced Internal Auditing (ACCT 7367)	3
  Enterprise Risk Management (ACCT 7384)	3
  Forensic Accounting (ACCT 7385)	3
  Control & Security of Financial Information (ACCT 7390)	3

Department-Maintained List for the Business or Accounting Elective

• Business or Accounting Elective Options (3hrs)

  • Any required or elected course in any of the three tracks not used to complete a track.
  • ACCT 7363 Contemporary Accounting Topics
  • ACCT 7373 Applied Data Analytics Tools in Accounting
  • ACCT 7374 Applied Data Analytics Computational Techniques in Accounting
  • BZAN 7320 Business Modeling for Competitive Advantage
  • MIS 7373 Business Applications of Database Management Systems I
  • MIS 7376 Systems Analysis and Design
  • MIS 7381 Management of Information Security
  • MIS 7378 Information Technology Management and Control

Fall 2022 - Summer 2025

Students that started in Summer 2025, or a prior semester, have the option to switch to the new degree plan curriculum or stay in the one that was in effect when they started the program. Students interested in changing to the new curriculum need to meet with their academic advisor to determine eligibility and submit a graduate petition for approval. Please contact your advisor at msaccy@uh.edu for more information.

When students were accepted, they declared which of the three required tracks they intended to pursue.

Pick One of Three Required Tracks

• Assurance & Financial Reporting Track (15hrs)

  Courses	Credit Hours
  Advanced Accounting (ACCT 7330)	3
  Financial Statement Analysis (ACCT 7340)	3
  Advanced Financial Statement Auditing (ACCT 7370)	3
  Control & Security of Financial Information (ACCT 7390)	3
  One course from a list of options (see list below)	3

  Assurance & Financial Reporting Options

  • Applied Data Analytics Tools in Accounting (ACCT 7373)*
  • Applied Data Analytics Computational Techniques in Accounting (ACCT 7374)*
  • Government & Non-Profit Accounting (ACCT 7378)
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance (ACCT 7382)
  • Enterprise Risk Management (ACCT 7384)
  • Forensic Accounting (ACCT 7385)

  * Counts if a student started in the MSACCY program between Fall 2022 and Summer 2023. If you were admitted Fall 2023- Summer 2025, please speak with your academic advisor about petitioning to have this class count towards your track.

• Tax Compliance & Consulting Track (15hrs)

  Courses	Credit Hours
  Advanced Accounting (ACCT 7330)	3
  Either Tax Research (ACCT 7362) or Current Issues in Taxation (ACCT 7379)	3
  Three courses from a list of options (see list below)	9

  Tax Compliance & Consulting Options

  • Oil & Gas Taxation (ACCT 7337)
  • Partnership Taxation (ACCT 7360)
  • Tax Research (ACCT 7362)*
  • Transfer Pricing: Theory & Practice (ACCT 7364)
  • Multijurisdictional Tax (ACCT 7372)
  • Current Issues in Taxation (ACCT 7379)*
  • Advanced Corporate Tax (ACCT 7380)

  * Students on the Tax Compliance & Consulting Track are required to take one of these two courses. If a student wishes to take both classes, one of the courses will count toward the 9 hours of track courses students may choose from the list of options. Note, a single class cannot fulfill mandatory track course requirements and count as track elective.

• Business Advisory & Internal Audit Track (15hrs)

  Courses*	Credit Hours
  Advanced Internal Auditing (ACCT 7367)	3
  Forensic Accounting (ACCT 7385)	3
  Control & Security of Financial Information (ACCT 7390)	3
  Enterprise Risk Management (ACCT 7384)	3
  One course from a list of options (see list below)	3

  Business Advisory & Internal Audit Options

  • Advanced Accounting (ACCT 7330)
  • Financial Statement Analysis (ACCT 7340)
  • Applied Data Analytics Tools in Accounting (ACCT 7373)**
  • Applied Data Analytics Computational Techniques in Accounting (ACCT 7374)**
  • Government & Non-Profit Accounting (ACCT 7378)
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance (ACCT 7382)

  * If you are planning to apply for CPA certification before 8/1/2026, please speak with an academic advisor about the track option to meet the research and analysis requirement.

  ** Counts if a student started in the MSACCY program between Fall 2022 and Summer 2023. If you were admitted Fall 2023- Summer 2025, please speak with your academic advisor about petitioning to have this class count towards your track.

Department-Maintained List for the Business or Accounting Elective

• Business or Accounting Elective Options (3hrs)

  • Any required or elected course in any of the three tracks not used to complete a track.
  • ACCT 7363 Contemporary Accounting Topics
  • ACCT 7397 Sustainability Accounting*
  • ACCT 7397 Entrepreneurship and Value - Risk Reporting*
  • BZAN 7320 Business Modeling for Competitive Advantage
  • MIS 7373 Business Applications of Database Management Systems I
  • MIS 7376 Systems Analysis and Design
  • MIS 7381 Management of Information Security
  • MIS 7378 Information Technology Management and Control

  * Will not be offered after Spring 2025.