Accounting and Analytics

This graduate certificate is aimed at advancing accounting knowledge and the data analytic skills that are increasingly important to accounting professionals.

Accounting and Analytics Requirements

The required courses are:

ACC 620Accounting Regulations

3

BIA 652Multivariate Data Analysis I

3

Or

FA 541Applied Statistics with Applications in Finance

3

One Accounting course

Students are required to select one accounting course from the list below:

ACC 555Retirement and Estate Planning

3

ACC 585Fraud Examination and Forensic Investigation

3

ACC 510Financial Statement Analysis

3

One Analytics course

Students are required to select one graduate level elective Analytics course, subject to advisor approval.

Graduate level elective Analytics courses include but are not limited to: FA 550 Data Visualization Applications, FA 542 Time Series with Applications to Finance; FA 595 Financial Technology (FinTech), BIA 672 Marketing Analytics, MIS 631/632 Data Management/ Data Management Lab, BIA 678 Big Data Technologies.