Prerequisites
Business and Accounting Prerequisites
We welcome students from non-accounting undergraduate backgrounds into our program. The Montana MAcct curriculum builds on foundational business and accounting concepts (prerequisites). Students making a transition to accounting can complete prerequisites before or after admission to the program but prerequisites must be completed prior to taking graduate accounting and some elective courses.
Accounting Information Systems I |
ACTG 321 |
Corporate Reporting I |
ACTG 305 |
Corporate Reporting II |
ACTG 306 |
Corporate Reporting III |
ACTG 307 |
Cost/Management Accounting I |
ACTG 410 |
Principles of Fed Tax-Individuals |
ACTG 401 |
Auditing I |
ACTG 411 |
Governmental Acct |
ACTG 425 |
Nonprofit Acct |
ACTG 426 |
Business prerequisites include coursework in economics, statistics, management, marketing, business law, finance, operations management, and information systems. Accounting prerequisites include coursework in financial, cost/managerial, taxation, accounting information systems, auditing, and government/nonprofit accounting. The Graduate Programs Director (dawn.hambrick@umontana.edu) evaluates all transcripts for necessary prerequisites.
Financial Accounting |
ACTG 201 |
Managerial Accounting |
ACTG 202 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
ECNS 201 |
Business Law |
BGEN 361 |
Business Finance |
BFIN 322 |
Introduction to Statistics |
STAT 216 |
MIS Foundations for Business |
BMIS 270 |
Mgmt. & Organizational Behavior |
BMGT 340 |
Operations Management |
BMGT 322 |
Marketing Principles |
BMKT 325 |