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 Prerequisites
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.
Business 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 |