Welcome back, future accounting superstars! I’m keeping it classy this week and talking about courses.
The Ross MAcc degree has core curriculum, core elective(s), and electives. You are automatically scheduled into your core classes, which compose 17.25 of your 30 required units to graduate.
I just finished my first core class, ACC 555 Corporate Financial Research and Reporting. Despite the somewhat intimidating name, this was an incredibly interesting and engaging course. Each class consisted of discussing a case study that we had previously worked on with a group. The problems involved researching the proper way to account for something using the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. As our professor Cathy Shakespeare said, this was the first time for many of us that an accounting problem did not have a definitively right answer. I felt that this class really prepared me for the "real world", because we were put in ambiguous situations and forced to make decisions without perfect information. ACC 555 helped develop my professional judgment skills more than any class I've ever taken.
Two core classes, federal taxation and information systems design, are eligible to be waived if you completed an equivalent course in undergrad. I did both of these classes while earning my bachelor’s degree, so I get to take an extra core elective and one more elective. I’ll be taking Cost Systems/Advanced Management Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis I, and Ethics and Negotiations for Accountants as core electives.
I just finished my first core class, ACC 555 Corporate Financial Research and Reporting. Despite the somewhat intimidating name, this was an incredibly interesting and engaging course. Each class consisted of discussing a case study that we had previously worked on with a group. The problems involved researching the proper way to account for something using the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. As our professor Cathy Shakespeare said, this was the first time for many of us that an accounting problem did not have a definitively right answer. I felt that this class really prepared me for the "real world", because we were put in ambiguous situations and forced to make decisions without perfect information. ACC 555 helped develop my professional judgment skills more than any class I've ever taken.
Two core classes, federal taxation and information systems design, are eligible to be waived if you completed an equivalent course in undergrad. I did both of these classes while earning my bachelor’s degree, so I get to take an extra core elective and one more elective. I’ll be taking Cost Systems/Advanced Management Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis I, and Ethics and Negotiations for Accountants as core electives.
One of the things that drew me to Ross for my MAcc was the flexibility the program offers. Almost half of the degree is customizable with electives, and we MAcc students have access to the incredible classes of the Ross MBA program.
I am taking a wide range of MBA courses as electives. This semester, I have classes in management communication, excel, finance, and business law.
MAcc students are allowed to have a maximum of 6 units from non-Ross graduate programs. I’m in a Master of Public Policy class at the Ford School. The course title is Thinking About Crime: Drugs and Terrorism and is taught by a former United States Ambassador and member of the International Narcotics Control Board. I have found the class to be a nice complement to my study of accounting. Terrorism and drug crimes share common issues of money laundering. Next week, I am presenting a proposal to combat Taliban financing in Afghanistan.
Although Michigan as a university is on semesters, most of the MBA and MAcc classes are half a semester long. This means that some classes switch every 7 weeks! This may sound intense, but it’s actually an advantage. Because the MAcc program is one year, you’ll get to take a greater variety of classes! It also prevents procrastination because there isn’t enough time to fall behind.
Good luck as you prepare your applications and GO BLUE!
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