BBA/MBA Accounting Program Description
The Master of Business Administration in Accounting, accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), consists of 36 credit hours designed to heighten your broad-based business knowledge to meet employers' expectations while satisfying the new CPA licensing requirements.
As an accounting professional, the bottom line among prospective employers and clients is your proven proficiency - in technical knowledge, critical thinking ability and communication skills. Angelo State University provides these competencies through two avenues for earning an MBA in Accounting. Students who have already received a bachelor's degree enroll in the regular MBA in Accounting program, while outstanding undergraduate accounting students may enroll in the Integrated BBA/MBA program.
Accounting Program Requirments
MBA Program:- A four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university with an overall undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 2.5 (including all grades on repeated courses) or a GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate work (including all grades on repeated courses)
- 24 hours of undergraduate work: Principles of Accounting I and II, Intermediate Accounting I and II (GPA average of the two previously listed courses has to be 2.5 or greater), Cost Accounting, Individual Income Tax, Advanced Accounting I and II, Auditing, Business Statistics, Business Law, Micro-economics, Business Computer Applications and Business Math II or
Calculus I - The Graduate Management Admission Exam (GMAT)
- An application essay of no more than 500 words
- A minimum score of 1050 from the formula: (undergraduate GPA) x 200 + GMAT
For admission to senior-graduate status, an applicant must
- Be an undergraduate accounting major with a minimum of 90 sch of undergraduate credit with an overall GPA of 3.0 or better
- Have a minimum 2.5 GPA in Intermediate Accounting I and II, with no grade lower than "C"
- Take the Graduate Management Admission Exam (GMAT)
- An application essay of no more than 500 words
- Have a minimum score of 1050 from the formula: (undergraduate GPA) x 200 + GMAT
BBA/MBA Accounting Program Coursework
All students must complete a minimum of 36 semester credit hours (sch) of graduate work. Students may take undergraduate prerequisites courses simultaneously with graduate courses for which they have the required prerequisites. Intermediate Accounting I and II must be satisfactorily completed before enrolling in ACC 6303, 6317, 6361, and 6362.
ACC 6303 Applied Auditing
ACC 6313 Accounting Information Systems
ACC 6317 Advanced Accounting Problems
ACC 6361 Advanced Tax Accounting
ACC 6362 Tax Research Methodology
ECO 6311 Managerial Economics
FIN 6301 Financial Management
MGT 6311 Organizational Behavior
MGT 6312 Operations Management
MGT 6313 Corporate Strategies and Policies
MKT 6301 Marketing Management
MSC 6301 Decision Analysis (Statistics)
ASU is the Right Choice
Angelo State University has a $163 million physical plant located on a 268-acre campus which provides a beautiful, modern setting for research and study. Library holdings exceed 1,400,000 items, and the library provides access to an extensive list of electronic databases. A campus-wide fiber optic computer network links the university to major research and communications networks. There are seven computer laboratories situated throughout the campus.
Recent graduates of the program have been employed by Armstrong, Backus & Co. LLP, Eckert, Ingrum, Tinkler, Oliphant, Featherston and Barr LLP, Oliver, Rainey, & Wojtek LLP, Webb & Webb LLP, Shannon Hospital, Condley & Co. LLP, Abilene; Robinson Burdette LLP, Lubbock; Sproles-Woodard LLP, Midland, Johnson-Miller LLP, Odessa; Ernst & Young LLP, San Antonio; KPMG LLP, Dallas & Midland; PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, Ft. Worth & Houston; CFO of MHMR, San Angelo; Director of State Water Development Board, Austin; Metromedia Restaurant Group, Dallas; United Foods, Lubbock, Verizon, San Angelo & Irving; Mueller Inc., Ballinger; Guinn, Smith LLP, Irving; Four Square Advertising, Dallas.
We know that you have many choices when deciding where to earn your master's degree and we hope that you decide that ASU is the right choice for you.
Accounting - Graduate Faculty
Dr. Thomas A. Bankston, Professor, Department Head
C.F.A., Ph.D., University of Florida;
M.B.A., B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Specialization: Financial Management
Dr. Norman A. Sunderman, Professor, Graduate Advisor
C.P.A., D.M.A., M.M., University of Michigan;
M.B.A., M.P.A., Texas A&M Univ.-Kingsville;
B.S., Bowling Green State University
Specialization: Financial Accounting
Dr. Sudhir K. Chawla, Professor
Ph.D., M.B.A., University of Texas at Arlington;
Ph.D., National University of Ireland;
M.S., B.S., Univ. of Bombay
Specialization: Marketing Management
Dr. Michael DeCelles, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma;
B.S., University of Missouri-Kansas City
Specialization: Financial Accounting
Dr. Jamal Husein, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Utah State University;
M.B.A., University of New Haven.;
B.Sc., Yarmouk University
Specialization: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Economics
Dr. S. Murat Kara, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., M.A., Texas Tech University;
M.S., Georgia State University;
B.A., Karadeniz Tech University (Turkey)
Specialization: Managerial Economics & Financial Mgt.
Dr. Judy D. Lewis, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Univ. of North Texas;
M.B.A., Texas A&M Univ.;
B.B.A., Stephen F. Austin State University
Specialization: Auditing and Managerial Accounting
Dr. Krishnan A. Ranganathan, Associate Professor
C.P.A., C.M.A., Ph.D., University of North Texas;
M.B.A., Sam Houston State University;
B.S., Loyola College (India)
Specialization: Taxation
Dr. David Torres, Associate Professor
Ph.D., M.B.A., Northwestern University;
B.A., Southwest Texas State University
Specialization: Organization Theory, Entrepreneurship
Dr. Karen Torres, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago;
M.B.A., University of Chicago;
B.A., Northwestern University
Specialization: Business Ethics & Strategic Policy
Dr. J. Thomas Yokum, Professor
Ph.D., University of South Carolina;
M.B.A., B.B.A., Texas Christian University
Specialization: Statistics, Forecasting