{"id":44911,"date":"2026-01-05T17:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/?page_id=44911"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:44:10","slug":"msa-sample-pos-prior-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/master-of-science-in-accounting-msa\/msa-sample-pos-prior-business\/","title":{"rendered":"MSA Sample Program of Study (prior\u00a0business\u00a0degree)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master of Science in Accounting<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Master of Science in Accounting (MSA)\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-academics\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-44303\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44303\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/\">Undergraduate Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44301\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44301\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/\">Graduate Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44302\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44302\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/professional\/\">Professional and Executive Business Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MSA Sample Program of Study (prior\u00a0business\u00a0degree)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is a&nbsp;<em>sample program of study<\/em>&nbsp;(POS) for students who enter the MSA program with a&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">business degree<\/span>.&nbsp;If you have taken any of the Accounting Foundation courses prior to entering the program and received a grade of B or better, these course requirements will be waived. The POS generally requires 12-14 MSA program courses depending on undergraduate major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accounting Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ACC 301 Intermediate Accounting I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACC 302 Intermediate Accounting II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACC 303 Cost Accounting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACC 401 Accounting Computer Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACC 402 Advanced Accounting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACC 403 Federal Tax Accounting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACC 404 Auditing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Accounting Core<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MAC 501 Accounting Theory I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MAC 502 Accounting Theory II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MAC 503 Taxation of Business Entities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MAC 504 Financial Statement Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Accounting Electives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the graduate accounting electives listed under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/accounting\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum on the MSA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Business Electives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the graduate business electives listed under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/accounting\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum on the MSA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the University of Rhode Island Master of Science in Accounting program, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/cynthia-blanthorne\/\">Cynthia Blanthorne<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master of Science in Accounting MSA Sample Program of Study (prior\u00a0business\u00a0degree) The following is a&nbsp;sample program of study&nbsp;(POS) for students who enter the MSA program with a&nbsp;business degree.&nbsp;If you have taken any of the Accounting Foundation courses prior to entering the program and received a grade of B or better, these course requirements will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5286,"featured_media":0,"parent":44902,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-44911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44911"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45756,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44911\/revisions\/45756"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}