Master of Accountancy (MAcc)
A Program to Match Your Background
The Master of Accountancy program has two tracks to choose from that match your background.
Professional Track
Our Professional Track is for those who have an undergraduate accountancy degree and are seeking a public accounting career. This program helps you prepare for a career as a CPA and will allow you to meet the 150 credit hours required to take the CPA exam.
Professional Track/Taxation Specialization
Students in the Professional Track may obtain an Area of Concentration in Taxation by taking the nine elective hours in taxation:
- ACC 638 Advanced Individual Taxation
- ACC 634 Taxation of Partnerships and Pass Through Entities
- ACC 630 Corporate Taxation
Accounting Practice and Reporting Track
Our Accounting Practice and Reporting Track is for those who do not have an undergraduate accounting degree, but have an undergraduate degree in another field. This track is for those who are changing career paths and are now interested in pursuing an accounting degree.
Career Opportunities
Accounting is often called the "language of business" because it provides the information necessary for making business decisions in many types of organizations. The ability to interpret and analyze financial information allows accounting professionals to become trusted advisers to companies and clients, helping to monitor finances and to chart courses for the future. The opportunities for accounting professionals are diverse and limitless. Accounting professionals in public accounting serve a large variety of clients and perform a number of services, including:
- Auditing and assurance
- Business valuation
- Consulting
- Environmental accounting
- Financial planning
- Forensic accounting
- Information technology
- Litigation support
- Strategic planning
- Tax planning
Whether you aspire to be a CEO or CFO of a corporation, partner in a public accounting firm, controller of a government agency, finance director of a charitable foundation, special agent in white-collar crime, owner of your own business, or university professor, the NKU Master of Accountancy degree is the degree for you.