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2013-2014 University Catalog

Accounting, BS/Accounting, Accelerated MS

Return to: School of Management 


Phone: 703-993-1880

E-mail: msa@gmu.edu

Web: http://som.gmu.edu/msa

 

Highly-qualified Mason Accounting majors may apply to the accelerated master’s degree program and obtain both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting after satisfactory completion of a total of 144 credits.  Graduates will be exceptionally well-prepared for professional school or a PhD program in accounting or a related discipline.

In the accelerated program, six credits of ACCT 600 level courses can be used to meet both bachelor’s and master’s degree requirements.  These six credits will replace six credits of general electives in the student’s undergraduate program.  ACCT 600 level courses that can be selected for the accelerated program include ACCT 611, ACCT 651, ACCT 672, and ACCT 692.

This program of study is offered by the Accounting Area within the School of Management.

Application Requirements

Applicants to accelerated master’s programs must have completed at least 75 credits that apply to their undergraduate degree (with at least 24 credits earned at Mason).

Students submit an application to the MSA program director with any other supplementary application materials requested by the program.  The application includes the proposed conferral date for the undergraduate degree and the two graduate courses that are to be applied to the undergraduate degree.

Admission requirements are as follows: 1) A minimum GPA of 3.00 in at least four accounting courses (e.g., ACCT 203, ACCT 301, ACCT 331 and ACCT 332) with no grade less than a B- in those accounting courses 2) Two recommendation letters from full-time Mason accounting faculty 3) Review and approval by the MSA program director.  GMAT is not required.

Interested students should contact the MSA program office for more details about the application process.

Degree Requirements

Students are responsible for familiarization and compliance with the university’s Academic Policies  contained in this catalog.

On completion and conferral of the undergraduate degree in the semester indicated in the application, the student submits the Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Transition Form and is admitted to graduate standing.  As graduate students, accelerated master’s students have an advanced standing.  They must meet all master’s degree requirements except for the two courses (6 credits) they completed as undergraduates.  Students must begin their master’s program the semester immediately following conferral of the undergraduate degree.

Reserve Graduate Credit

Students may take up to 6 additional graduate credits as reserve graduate credit.  These credits do not apply to the undergraduate degree.  The ability to take courses for reserve graduate credit is available to all high achieving undergraduates with the permission of the program director.  Permission to take a graduate course for reserve graduate credit is normally granted only to Mason seniors within 15 hours of graduation.  To apply these credits to the master’s degree, students must request that the credits be moved from the undergraduate degree to the graduate degree using the Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Transition Form.