MA/MS in Accounting and Related Services

The Accounting and Analytics master's (M.S.) is an advanced degree that allows students to emphasize areas including tax, audit, ethics, data analytics, and both the financial and managerial branches of accounting. The study plan pairs one graduate accounting course with advanced offerings numbered in the 800s. Students fill out their remaining units from suitable graduate or undergraduate classes, subject to advisor approval. Someone entering with no earlier study of accounting or business may need extra classes to reach California's required hours for CPA licensure. Being admitted to a program that leads toward licensure carries no guarantee of receiving a license, since outside agencies decide those requirements. A faculty coordinator directs it, and graduate advisors come from the accounting department. Current requirements and advising contacts are available in the University Bulletin for anyone planning an application.