NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF
ACCOUNTANCY GRADUATE PROGRAMS
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF
ACCOUNTANCY
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BEGAN FIVE
YEARS BEFORE 150-HOUR REQUIREMENT TOOK EFFECT
FIRST PRIORITY WAS TO INSURE THAT OUR B.S.
GRADUATES WHO DID NOT PURSUE A MASTERS DEGREE
HAD THE APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR
POSITIONS IN THE CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT MAS
PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION
PROVIDED BY THE B.S. PROGRAM
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MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY SCIENCE THE BUSINESS
DEGREE FOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS
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M.A.S. PROGRAM GENERAL STRUCTURE
REQUIRED ACCOUNTING HOURS 12 REQUIRED
ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE HOURS 3 REQUIRED BUSINESS
HOURS (NON-ACCY) 9 GENERAL ELECTIVES
BUSINESS/ACCY 6 ________ TOTAL
HOURS 30
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M.A.S. PROGRAM

• Four required Accountancy Courses
• Financial Statement Auditing
• Advanced Issues in Taxation
• Research (http//busweb.cob.niu.edu/faculty/m20
  reb1/syl670.html)
• Accountancy Capstone (http//busweb.cob.niu.edu
  /faculty/m20reb1/A690/syl690.html)

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M.A.S. PROGRAM

• Areas of Study
• General Track
• Tax Track (12 hours of graduate tax courses)
• Accounting Information Systems (9 hours of
  graduate information systems courses)
• Cost Management Governmental and
  Not-for-Profit

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M.A.S. PROGRAM

• Goals of the M.A.S. Program
• Provide students with foundational
  accounting knowledge
• Provide students with broad-based business
  knowledge
• Help students develop career and
  professional skills
• Integrate accountancy and business
  knowledge with professional
  skills throughout program

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ACCOUNTANCY FOUNDATION
General/AIS Areas of Study Financial
Statement Auditing Advanced Issues in
Taxation Advanced Accounting Information
Systems Financial Statement Analysis Advanced
Financial Reporting Taxation Area of
Study Financial Statement Auditing Corporate
Taxation Partnership Taxation Taxation of
Property Transactions
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M.A.S. PROGRAM

• General Business Knowledge General/Tax Tracks
• Strategic Environmental Analysis
• Information System Technologies
• Financial Markets and Investments
• Personal Selling for Managers

• General Business Knowledge AIS Track
• Business Computer Operating Systems
• Business Systems Analysis and Design
• Business Applications of Database Mgmt
  Decisions
• Business Telecommunications

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M.A.S. Program

• PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Ethics
• Problem Solving
• Decision-Making
• Knowledge Integration
• Research
• Computer Skills
• Technology
• Teamwork
• While all of our courses are designed to help
  develop
• selected skills, our Research and Capstone
  courses
• focus significantly on development of these
• competencies.

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M.A.S. Program

• TECHNOLOGY
• FARS/EDGAR/COMPACT DISCLOSURE
• GARS
• ABI/INFORM
• STANDARD POORS RESEARCH INSIGHT
• GREAT PLAINS
• RIA CHECKPOINT
• CCH TAX RESEARCH NETWORK

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M.A.S. Program Other Issues
Internships Spring program and summer
program Financial Aid Graduate
assistantships Scholarships Internships Tuition
stipends from firms Enrollment
Trends Caterpillar Alliance
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M.S.T. PROGRAM

• TARGETED AT WORKING TAX PROFESSIONALS
• OFFERED IN CHICAGO SUBURBS
• OVER 150 PART-TIME STUDENTS IN PROGRAM
• FALL 2001 BEGINS OUR FIFTH YEAR
• 30 HOURS OF GRADUATE TAXATION COURSES
• REQUIRED
• DEVELOPING A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN
• GRADUATE TAXATION