Accounting M.P.Ac. Admission

Admission Requirements

• Apply Texas application.

  If you have problems accessing the application, please contact the College of Graduate Studies and Research at 325-942-2169 or graduate.studies@angelo.edu.

• Transcripts from baccalaureate degree awarding university or college

  Upload unofficial transcripts, with the exception of Angelo State University transcripts, for application evaluation purposes using the Graduate Studies Documents for Submission form.

  Please do not send official transcript(s) until you have received a notice of acceptance from Angelo State University. Unless an unofficial transcript is not on hand, please request one.

  Official university transcripts should be sent through a secure electronic method (examples: Credential Solutions, Parchment, etc.) to graduate.studies@angelo.edu or by mail to:

  College of Graduate Studies and Research
  ASU Station #11025
  San Angelo, Texas 76909-1025

• GMAT

  GMAT requirement is waived if an applicant has a 3.25 overall/cumulative GPA or higher.

  Applicants may submit unofficial test scores using the Graduate Studies Documents for Submission form.

  Note: Official scores will be required, if admitted.

Prerequisites

• Must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Overall/Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better, including all grades on repeated courses, or a GPA of 3.0 or better in the last 60 hours of undergraduate work.
• GPA of 2.5 in ACCT 3311, ACCT 3312, and ACCT 3313, with no grades lower than C (courses may be repeated to satisfy this requirement).

Foundation Requirements

Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree in accounting typically will not need any additional coursework before beginning the graduate coursework in accounting specified above. Applicants who do not hold an undergraduate degree in accounting may be required to complete some or all of the following undergraduate prerequisites for the M.P.Ac. program:

• ACCT 2301 – Principles of Accounting I
• ACCT 2302 – Principles of Accounting II
• ACCT 3311 - Financial Accounting and Reporting I
• ACCT 3312 - Financial Accounting and Reporting II
• ACCT 3305 – Accounting Information Systems
• ACCT 3313 - Intermediate Accounting III
• ACCT 3331 – Cost Accounting
• ACCT 3361 – Income Tax Accounting
• ACCT 4303 – Auditing
• BCIS 1305 – Business Computer Applications

You may take the above courses as leveling courses simultaneously with graduate courses if you have completed the appropriate prerequisites.   ACCT 6303, 6317, 6361 and 6362 cannot be taken until both intermediate accounting courses have been satisfactorily completed.

Application Deadlines

These deadlines are for application only. Financial Aid and Scholarships may have their own deadlines.

Spring: Dec. 1
Fall: July 15
Summer: May 1
International Student Spring: Nov. 1
International Student Fall: June 10
International Student Summer: March 1