Five Year Joint Accounting - MAL Program                 smlogo.gif (1217 bytes)

1.  Students in the Public Accounting track apply for admission to the MAL program at the end of the junior year.  The application
      process includes:  submission of a completed application form, three letters of recommendation (two from professors and one
      from an employer), a personal statement, an example of their writing in an academic paper, a GPA of at least 3.3, and an
      interview with a three-person panel from the MAL program

2.  Students must also have faculty endorsement from the Accounting program.

3.  Students must complete at least one year of accounting work experience (either a job or an internship) by the time they graduate
      from the MAL program.  This can be done during their last 1 1/2 years, working during the day and taking MAL classes at night.

Typical 5 Year Course Schedule*

First Year

Fall ENG 111 Effective Writing Spring ECO 113 Principles of Microeconomics

ECO 112 Principles of Macroeconomics
ACC 222 Principles of Accounting II

MIS 175 Intro to Computing for Business
BUS 242 Principles of Management

ACC 221 Principles of Accounting I

General Education Perspective
Summer
General Education Perspective






Second Year

Fall BUS 252 Principles of Marketing Spring BUS 331 Financial Management

BUS 301 Business Law
ACC 323 Accounting Theory and Practice II

BUS 379 Quantitative Methods

General Education Perspective x 2

ACC 322 Accounting Theory and Practice I



Summer
General Education Perspective






Third Year

Fall ACC 324 Managerial Cost Accounting Spring ACC 326 Tax Accounting

ACC 423 Auditing
ACC 425 Advanced Accounting


General Education Perspective x 2

General Education Perspective x 2
Summer
General Education Perspective






Fourth Year

Fall
General Education Perspective x 3




MAL 510 Visions of Leadership






** BA Accounting degree granted **

Winter MAL 514 Research Methods Spring MAL 531 The Dynamics of Change

MAL 511 Creativity and the Problem Solving Process
MAL 550 Digital Communication & Technology



Fifth Year

Fall MAL 545 Decision Making and Technology Spring MAL 597 Non-Thesis Independent Study (International Accounting)

MAL 580 Colloquium on Contemporary Theories of Leadership
MAL 530 Ethics of Communication
Winter MAL 535 Organizational Theory and Leadership




MAL 540 Political Leadership






** MA Leadership degree granted **

* Assumes current general education perspectives and skill requirements                                                                                                 10/26/2003

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