Program Overview

Designed for those with a non-accounting undergraduate degree, our STEM-designated Master of Professional Accounting (MPAC) gives you the right credentials to switch careers or progress upwards in your organization.

This program is designed for those who have earned an undergraduate degree in a non-accounting major (including any business major, liberal arts, and/or humanities) who want to pivot to the accounting profession.

Albers' MPAC program enables you to gain highly sought-after knowledge by today's employers.

Your coursework is designed to help you become an accounting professional. Our curriculum walks you through the coursework needed for a deep conceptual understanding of the extensive material required for the CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CMA (Certified Management Accountant), and ACCA (Association of Certified Charter Accountants) exams. The curriculum also includes courses on data analytics, visualization, as well as auditing in a world of emerging technologies.

Learning Competencies

On successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• LC1. Recommend a course of action to a prospective client by using a framework or model to analyze financial statements and other relevant data.
• LC2. Evaluate the accounting implications of an economic event by applying the principles, standards, and practices of financial accounting.
• LC3. Advise stakeholders of how strategic business risks relate to internal controls, financial reporting, tax, and/or audit using authoritative literature, fieldwork, surveys, archival, or other research data.
• LC4. Synthesize accounting information within the context of other business functions to inform the business decision-making process.
• LC5. Construct arguments for and against alternative accounting decisions by weighing the ethical, stakeholder, and stewardship implications of each.
• LC6. Provide insights to solving complex accounting problems by leveraging technology and analytics to enable data-driven decision-making, to enhance reporting accuracy, and/or to evaluate ethical implications of data analytics in accounting practices.?