The MSA Program at Wake Forest University requires thirty hours of graduate coursework.  The thirty hours includes fifteen hours of core coursework that all students must take, as well as additional required coursework within their chosen track.  A student enrolled in the MSA program may choose from three tracks:  Assurance Services, Tax Consulting, or Transaction Services.  The program includes an optional ten week busy season professional internship (early January through early March).

The MSA also prepares students to take the CPA examination at the completion of the program. The Wake Forest University MSA program has received national recognition for our students' success on the examination since the first graduating class.

REQUIRED CORE CURRICULUM

• ACC 710-Professional Research and Communication
• ACC 711-Accounting for Derivatives and Financial Instruments
• ACC 712-Business Combinations and Multinational Corporations
• ACC 721-Strategic Cost Analysis
• ACC 731-Federal Taxation of Corporations
• ACC 790-Professional Ethics and Current Issues
• BUS 762-Business Law for Accountants

TRACKS

Assurance Services

• ACC 750-Forensic Accounting
• ACC 752-Analalytical Procedures
• ACC 754-Advanced Auditing and Assurance Services

Tax Consulting

• ACC 730-Tax Research Methods
• ACC 732-Selected Topics in Taxation
• ACC 733-Tax Policy and Planning
• ACC 735-Mergers Acquisitions and Buyouts

Transaction Services

• ACC 782-Business Analysis and Valuation
• FIN 5110-Advanced Financial Management
        OR
  FIN 5620-Capital Markets and Institutions
• ACC 735-Mergers Acquisitions and Buyouts

ELECTIVES

• ACC 716-Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
• ACC 722-Resource Planning and Control
• ACC 770-Global Issues in Accounting: Risk, Regulation, and Reporting
• ACC 781-Accounting and Financial Management for Entrepreneurs
• Any course in another track listed above
• Approved School of Law and MBA classes