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Accounting and Information Management Concentrations of Study

Concentrations for candidates who wish to emphasize financial accounting, auditing and tax subjects:

Basic Business Core (12 credit hours)
Each candidate must satisfactorily complete the following three courses:
AIM 6344 Financial Statement Analysis
MECO 6303 Business Economics
OPRE 6301 Quantitative Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty in Business
And complete one of the following two courses:
OPRE 6302 Operations Management AIM 6343 Accounting Information Systems

Concentration I – Financial Planning and Analysis (24 credit hours)
AIM 6330 Corporate Financial Reporting
AIM 6332 Issues in Financial Reporting
AIM 6345 Business Valuation
AIM 6346 Financial Dimensions of Mergers and Acquisitions
Choose at least one of the following: *
AIM 6347 Cost Benefit Analysis for Technology Management AIM 6376 Accounting Applications in Capital Markets AIM 6377 Corporate Governance and Accounting
Additional graduate AIM electives (nine credit hours)

Concentration II – Audit and Assurance Services (24 credit hours)
AIM 6333 Advanced Financial Reporting
AIM 6334 Auditing
AIM 6370 Business Law for Accountants
AIM 6335 Ethics for Professional Accountants
Choose at least one of the following: *
AIM 6336 Information Technology Risk Management AIM 6349 Information Technology Strategy and Control AIM 6377 Corporate Governance and Accountants
Additional graduate AIM electives (nine credit hours)

Concentration III – Taxation Services (24 credit hours)
AIM 6351 Individual Taxation
AIM 6352 Corporate Taxation
AIM 6354 Partnership Taxation
AIM 6356 Tax Research
AIM 6335 Ethics for Professional Accountants
Additional graduate AIM electives (nine credit hours)

Concentration IV – International Services (24 credit hours)
AIM 6330 Corporate Financial Reporting
AIM 6341 Planning, Control and Performance Evaluation
AIM 6362 International Accounting
AIM 6363 International Taxation
Choose any six hours from the following:
IMS 6300 The Multinational Firm
IMS 6202 International Business Transactions
IMS 6310 International Marketing Management
IMS 6220 International Corporate Finance
IMS 6360 International Strategic Management
Choose at least one of the following: *
AIM 6342 Strategic Cost Management AIM 6347 Cost Benefit Analysis for Technology Management AIM 6377 Corporate Governance and Accounting
Additional graduate AIM electives (three credit hours)

Concentration V – Management Consulting (24 credit hours)
AIM 6336 Information Technology Risk Management or AIM 6338 Analysis and Design with SAP*
AIM 6340 Information Technology Project Management or AIM 6349 Information Technology Strategy and Control*
AIM 6341 Planning, Control and Performance Evaluation or AIM 6342 Strategic Cost Management*
AIM 6347 Cost Benefit Analysis for Technology Management or AIM 6377 Corporate Governance and Accounting*
Choose at least one of the following: *
AIM 6345 Business Valuation AIM 6346 Financial Dimensions of Mergers and Acquisitions AIM 6376 Accounting Applications of Capital Markets
Additional graduate AIM electives (nine credit hours)

Concentration VI – Information Management (24 credit hours)
AIM 6336 Information Technology Risk Management
AIM 6338 Analysis and Design with SAP
AIM 6340 Information Technology Project Management
AIM 6347 Cost Benefit Analysis for Technology Management
AIM 6349 Information Technology Strategy and Control
Additional graduate AIM electives (nine credit hours)

Concentration VII – Professional Accounting Concentration (24 credit hours) (Students should only follow this concentration if they were not undergraduate accounting majors.)
AIM 6330 Corporate Financial Reporting
AIM 6332 Issues in Financial Reporting
AIM 6341 Planning, Control and Performance Evaluation or AIM 6342 Strategic Cost Management
AIM 6334 Auditing
AIM 6335 Ethics for Professional Accountants
Additional graduate AIM electives (nine credit hours)

*Alternate courses may be selected as AIM electives.