Program Overview

Overview

The one-year M.S. in Professional Accountancy (MS-PA) program is designed to help prepare students for the complex, challenging and competitive world of business and accounting. This one-year program enables students to continue their accounting studies in a graduate format. The program builds on students' undergraduate education and leads to a greater degree of accounting sophistication.

Attracting students from a variety of backgrounds, the MS-PA one-year program is design to meet a wide range of educational needs. Students study advanced accounting topics designed to provide them with a broad perspective on the environment (economic, tax, financial) in which accounting operates.

Admission

Admission to the program requires an undergraduate degree in accounting. The University at Albany School of Business accepts both full-time as well as part-time students in the MS-PA one-year program.

updated 2-17-05

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