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Designed for students with strong undergraduate accounting backgrounds, this program provides advanced instruction in accounting, economic analysis, finance, and quantitative methods. Coursework emphasizes asset valuation, enterprise reporting, tax research and planning, comptrollership and managerial accounting, contemporary accounting topics, and accounting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Our highly regarded Master of Science in accounting program will prepare you for certified public accountant (CPA) licensure. This program is registered with the New York State Education Department as meeting the 150 semester-hour requirement for CPA candidates.
The program information listed here reflects the approved curriculum for the 2024–25 academic year per the Brooklyn College Bulletin. Bulletins from past academic years can be found here.
This program is registered with the New York State Education Department as meeting the 150-semester-hour requirement for CPA candidates. Students who complete the program may sit for the CPA examination. Coursework emphasizes asset valuation and related problems of enterprise reporting, tax research and planning, comptrollership and managerial accounting, contemporary accounting topics, and accounting requirements of the SEC. Applicants must have course work equivalent to the B.S. in accounting at Brooklyn College. As of fall 2023, the program is available to students fully online.
Thirty credits are required for the degree.
Students must complete the following courses:
All of the following: Accounting 7106X, 7107X, 7108X, and 7109X.
Two of the following: Accounting 7110X, 7120X, 7130X, 7140X, 7141X, 7150X, 7190X.
One of the following: Economics 7000X, Economics 7205X or Business 7205X, or Business 7206X, or Economics 7010X. Note that Economics 7000X has a mathematics prerequisite. Students who have not taken Economics 7025X or a comparable undergraduate mathematics course are advised to take Economics 7010X or Economics 7205X or Business 7205X or Business 7206X.
Economics 7215X or [Business 7215X] or Finance 7215X or [Business 7240X] or Finance 7240X or [Business 7216X] or Finance 7216X.
Economics 7230X or Business 7230X or 7276X or 7278X.
One course from the following: Accounting 7110X, 7120X, 7130X, 7140X, 7141X, 7150X, 7190X; Business 7200X, 7202X, 7204X, 7208X, 7216X, 7220X, 7240X, 7250X, 7255X, 7260X, 7276X, 7278X; Business 7131X or Accounting 7131X; Economics 7020X, 7021X.
With permission of the chair or graduate deputy chair, up to 12 graduate credits may be accepted for work done at other institutions.
Applicants must have earned a 120-credit bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 15 credits in accounting and 24 credits in general business electives.
Submit the following documents to the Office of Graduate Admissions:
This program accepts nondegree applicants. Nondegree applicants can only take a maximum of 12 graduate credits at Brooklyn College. If you wish to take more than 12 graduate credits at Brooklyn College, you are required to apply for the M.S. in Accounting degree program and meet all of the requirements of degree-seeking applicants.
Refer to the instructions at Graduate Admissions.
220 Whitehead Hall E: john.paul@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.951.5000, ext. 2644
Or contact:
222 West Quad Center 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210 E: grads@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.951.4536
Mondays–Fridays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
To make an appointment with a graduate admissions counselor, visit:
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Brooklyn College is an integral part of the cultural and artistic energy of New York City. Our faculty members in the Department of Accounting offer incomparable expertise and tremendous talent, and each brings a unique perspective to their teaching and mentoring in and out of the classroom.
Through job fairs, the internship database, and internship panels, the Magner Career Center gives students in the accounting M.S. program access to career opportunities at a wide variety of employers, including:
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