There is a dire need for those who understand general business principles, along with technology and accounting. A career path in Accounting Information Systems Design and Assurance prepares students for a career in this much sought-after area.
This career path essentially provides the students the opportunity to obtain an MBA with the same accounting systems focus that is available in the Master of Professional Accountancy program. Students entering the program should have an undergraduate accounting degree.
Students leaving the program will be well-prepared to enter into a public accounting career with the major accounting firms. Once employed they could easily move into a consulting track where they would help companies design systems with built-in auditing controls. Or they could enter the assurance service track where they would audit systems for proper design and control. On the corporate side, students could find a career in systems design or audit systems.
Students whose previous academic coursework does not include the foundation courses listed below (minimum grade of C) will take them as part of this career path.
1. Foundation Requirements:
ACCT 4110, Financial Accounting & Reporting
ACCT 4210, Cost/Managerial Accounting
ACCT 4310, Accounting Information Systems
ACCT 4410, Financial Statement Analysis
ACCT 4610, Assurance Services (Auditing)
A course in a procedural or object-oriented programming language such as Visual BASIC (CIS 3210 or CIS 3215), C/C++ (CIS 3260) or JAVA (CIS 3270).
2. Any student with an undergraduate accounting degreee from an AACSB-accredited business school meets the foundation requirements for ACCT 4110, ACCT 4210, ACCT 4310, ACCT 4410 and ACCT 4610. Any student without such a degree must take or have taken these foundation courses or their equivalent.
ACCT 8630, Information Systems Assurance
ACCT 8680, Security & Privacy of Information & Information Systems
CIS 8030, Software Requirement Management
CIS 8040, Fundamentals of Database Management Systems
MBA students who complete this career path will earn concentrations in accounting and information systems.
Allison Jacobs, 404-413-7238, email: ajacobs@gsu.edu
