Accounting, M.S.
Murray Koppelman School of Business
Program Overview
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).
Program Details
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.
Program Requirements (30 Credits)
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:
Accounting
All of the following: Accounting 7106X, 7107X, 7108X, and 7109X.
Two of the following: Accounting 7110X, 7120X, 7130X, 7140X, 7141X, 7150X, 7190X.
Economic Analysis
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.
Finance
Economics 7215X or [Business 7215X] or Finance 7215X or [Business 7240X] or Finance 7240X or [Business 7216X] or Finance 7216X.
Quantitative methods
Economics 7230X or Business 7230X or 7276X or 7278X.
Business Electives/Econometrics
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.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Ethical Reasoning
- Written Communication
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Information Literacy
- Critical Thinking
- Strategic Thinking
Admissions Requirements
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.
- Fall Application Deadline : June 15, rolling admissions
- Spring Application Deadline: December 15, rolling admissions
Supporting Documents for Matriculation
Submit the following documents to the Office of Graduate Admissions:
- Transcripts from all colleges and universities attended. Applicants who earned a bachelor’s degree outside the United States need to submit a course-by-course international transcript evaluation. See Graduate Admissions for more information.
- Two letters of recommendation.
Required Tests
- GMAT scores (optional). CUNY undergraduate accounting students with a GPA in baccalaureate major of 3.00 or higher need not submit GMAT scores.
- F-1 or J-1 international students must submit English Proficiency Exam. TOEFL—79, IELTS—6.5, PTE—58–63, Duolingo—105–160.
Nondegree Applicants
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.
More Information
Refer to the instructions at Graduate Admissions.
Contact
John Paul, Program Director
220 Whitehead Hall
E: john.paul@brooklyn.cuny.edu
P: 718.951.5000, ext. 2644
Or contact:
Office of Graduate Admissions
222 West Quad Center
2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210
E: grads@brooklyn.cuny.edu
P: 718.951.4536
Office Hours
Mondays–Fridays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
To make an appointment with a graduate admissions counselor, visit:
The Support You’ll Find
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.
Internships and Employers
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:
- Bank of America
- BNY Mellon
- Citibank
- Deloitte
- EY
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- KPMG
- Morgan Stanley
- New York Life Insurance Company
- PricewaterhouseCooper
