Master of Professional Accountancy Degree

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Master of ProfessionalAccountancyDegree

• University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• School of Accountancy
• Coordinator Jina Morris

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Why should you seek an MPA?

• Accelerated Career Path
• Additional Professional Credential
• Ability to sit for the CPA exam
• Opportunity for Internship Positions
• Improve Communication Skills
• Professional and Personal Maturity

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Prerequisite to pursuing an advanced degree at
the School of Accountancy

• A bachelors degree in accounting (or business),
  which includes one year of intermediate accounting

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Course Prerequisites Prior to MPA Admission

• ACCT 308 Managerial Accounting
• ACCT 309 Accounting Systems
• ACCT 313 Intermediate Accounting I
• ACCT 314 Intermediate Accounting II
• ACCT 404 Advanced Accounting
• ACCT 408 Advanced Managerial Accounting
• ACCT 410 Auditing
• ACCT 412 Federal Tax Accounting (Individual)

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MPA Course Requirements (assuming all
prerequisites completed)

• ACCT 803 Seminar in Financial Accounting
• ACCT 857 Controllership
• or
• ACCT 858 Seminar in Managerial Accounting
• ACCT 831 Seminar in Auditing
• Three accounting electives courses
• two of these must be for graduate credit only (no
  400-level counterpart)
• Six free electives courses
• two of these must be for graduate credit only
• three of the six should be taken outside of the
  area of accounting
• (This program requires 36 hours beyond a
  bachelors)

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Accounting Courses for Graduate Credit Only

• ACCT 814 Governmental and Not-for-profit
  Accounting
• ACCT 840 Fraud Prevention and Detection
• ACCT 857 Controllership
• ACCT 858 Seminar in Managerial Accounting
• ACCT 920 History and Philosophy of
  Accounting Thought
• ACCT 990 Internship in Accounting

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Accounting Courses forGraduate Credit Only
(cont.)

• Tax-related
• ACCT 813 Federal Tax Accounting II
  (Corporate Tax)
• ACCT 815 Tax Research and Planning
• ACCT 816 Special Topics in Federal Taxation
  (Partnerships)

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Accounting Courses for Graduate Credit Only
(cont.)

• Others offered through the Law School
• ACCT 838 Corporate Taxation
• ACCT 848 Business Planning
• ACCT 863 Individual Taxation II
• ACCT 945 Partnership Seminar
• ACCT 967 Estate Planning
• ACCT 969 Tax Policy Seminar

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For Additional Course Listings

• See the UNL Graduate Bulletin
• (available on-line)

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Admission Procedure

• Application for Graduate School
• 1100 Seaton Hall
• 3 letters of reference
• At least one of which should be from a faculty
  member
• 2 copies of your transcript
• GMAT score

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For additional information about UNLs MPA
program, contact

• Jina Morris
• School of Accountancy
• 378 CBA
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail jmorris7_at_unl.edu