Master of Accounting and Financial Management Program
To tailor the Master of Accounting and Financial Management (MAFM)* program to their professional interests and goals, students must select one of the following emphases: Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst or Certified Fraud Examiner. The CPA and CFA emphases include coursework preparing students for professional certification exams. Total program length varies based on the number of courses taken per eight-week session.
Courses are distributed as follows:
| Accounting Foundations Courses
all six required by all MAFM students |
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| AC505 | Managerial Accounting |
| AC550 | Intermediate Accounting I |
| AC551 | Intermediate Accounting II |
| AC553 | Federal Taxes and Management Decisions |
| AC557 | Intermediate Accounting III |
| FI504 | Accounting and Finance: Managerial Use and Analysis |
Students who hold an undergraduate accounting degree may be eligible to waive one or more of the accounting foundations courses; however, each course waived must be replaced with an elective course as noted in the section describing their chosen emphasis (also see Course Waivers). MAFM students may waive a maximum of six courses.
CPA Exam-Preparation Emphasis
The MAFM program with CPA exam-preparation emphasis requires successful completion of 45 semester-credit hours, including credits earned in the accounting foundations courses and in coursework distributed as outlined below.
Students who are licensed CPAs or who have passed appropriate parts of the CPA exam are exempt, as appropriate, from AC591, AC592, AC593 and AC594 (see Course Exemptions within the Keller academic catalog). Students are granted these exemptions in addition to those allowed as described in Transfer Credit, Course Waivers and Course Exemptions.
CPA exam-preparation courses vary in length; the length for all other courses is eight weeks per course.
| CPA Emphasis-Specific Courses five required |
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| AC555 | External Auditing |
| AC559 | Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting Issues |
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| GM597 | Business Law: Strategic Considerations for Managers and Owners |
| AC600 | Financial Management Capstone: The Role of the Chief Financial Officer |
| FI515 | Managerial Finance |
| FI516 | Advanced Managerial Finance |
| CPA Exam-Preparation Courses all four required |
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| AC591 | CPA Exam Preparation: Auditing and Attestation |
| AC592 | CPA Exam Preparation: Business Environment and Concepts |
| AC593 | CPA Exam Preparation: Financial Accounting and Reporting |
| AC594 | CPA Exam Preparation: Regulation |
| Elective Course one required |
| Students may choose from appropriate electives for which they meet the prerequisite(s). |
CFA Exam-Preparation Emphasis
The MAFM program with Chartered Financial Analyst exam-preparation emphasis requires successful completion of 44 semester-credit hours, including credits earned in the accounting foundations courses and in coursework distributed as outlined below.
Students who hold CFA certification, or who have passed appropriate parts of the CFA exam, are exempt from FI595 and FI596 (see Course Exemptions within the Keller academic catalog). Students are granted these exemptions in addition to those allowed as described in Transfer Credit, Course Waivers and Course Exemptions.
CFA exam-preparation courses are of varying length; the length for all other courses is eight weeks per course.
| CFA Emphasis-Specific Courses all five required |
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| AC600 | Financial Management Capstone: The Role of the Chief Financial Officer |
| FI515 | Managerial Finance |
| FI516 | Advanced Managerial Finance |
| FI560 | Securities Analysis |
| FI561 | Mergers and Acquisitions |
| CFA Exam-Preparation Courses
both required |
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| FI595 | CFA Level I Exam Preparation |
| FI596 | CFA Level II Exam Preparation |
| Elective Course one required |
| Students may choose from appropriate electives for which they meet the prerequisite(s). |
CFE Emphasis
The MAFM program with Certified Fraud Examiner emphasis requires successful completion of 45 semester-credit hours, including credits earned in the accounting foundations courses and in coursework distributed as outlined below.
| CFE Emphasis-Specific Courses
all five required |
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| AC555 | External Auditing |
| AC562 | Auditing: An Operational and Internal Perspective Including Fraud Examination |
| AC572 | Accounting Fraud Examination Concepts |
| AC574 | Forensic Accounting: Ethics and the Legal Environment |
| AC600 | Financial Management Capstone: The Role of the Chief Financial Officer |
| Elective Courses any four required |
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| AC571 | Accounting Information Systems |
| AC573 | Accounting Fraud Criminology and Ethics |
| GM594 | Global and Domestic Security Management |
| GM597 | Business Law: Strategic Considerations for Managers and Owners |
| SE571 | Principles of Information Security and Privacy |
| SE575 | Information Security Law and Ethics |
| SE581 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Security Management |
| SE582 | Security Risk Analysis and Planning |
| SE583 | Security Administration and Operation |
| SE584 | Forensic and Business Investigations Techniques |
For additional information see the Keller academic catalog.
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