MPA Bridge Curriculum
The award-winning faculty at Texas McCombs will challenge you, inspire you, and prepare you to excel. The MPA curriculum allows you to tailor your classes to reach your career aspirations.
Customize Your Courses Based on Your Career Interests
Work with your MPA academic and career advisors to select courses that align with your specific career goals. You'll start with a foundational set of courses and broaden your knowledge with accounting electives and MBA electives in areas such as finance, information technology, strategy, management, and more.
MPA CURRICULUM PATHS
Each curriculum path requires the completion of 31 to 43 graduate credit hours total, including a minimum of 19 hours in accounting (depending on course waivers)
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Business Advisory / Management Consulting |
Forensic Accounting |
Investment Banking |
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Corporate Accounting / Financial Analyst |
Government Accounting / Not-For-Profit |
Tax Consulting |
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External Auditing / Assurance |
Internal Auditing |
Wealth Management / Investment & Tax Consulting |
START DATE
If you are admitted to the MPA Bridge program, you must take ACC 381 in the summer following admission unless you are eligible to waive the course. ACC 381 is offered as an in-person course in the second summer session.
WAIVER POLICY
The MPA degree consists of 43 total credit hours. However, we will waive up to four MPA core courses (12 credit hours) if you complete equivalent coursework before transitioning to graduate status. Upper-level courses in the Business Economics Option Program will qualify for MPA course waivers.
Your academic advisor will approve any waivers and substitutions during new student advising in the summer. Contact us if you have any questions in the meantime.
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Exceptional Faculty
Our world-renowned faculty teach a wide variety of accounting courses and infuse the curriculum with cutting-edge ideas.
MPA Bridge Coursework
The nature and length of a student's program may vary based on academic background, undergraduate degree progress, special interests, internship and coursework opportunities, CPA examination plans, and other factors. The sample plan below assumes that the MPA Bridge student is not interning, achieves summer graduate standing, and does not waive or substitute any MPA core coursework. MPA academic advisors will help craft a plan that fits each student’s unique needs.
MPA BRIDGE COURSEWORK EXAMPLE
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Summer Year 1 (Senior Standing): ACC 381-Financial Accounting |
3 |
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Fall Year 1 (Senior Standing): ACC 380K.1-Financial Accounting Standards & Analysis I (Intermediate) |
3 3 |
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Spring Year 1 (Senior Standing): ACC 387.1-Introduction to Managerial Accounting |
3 |
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Summer Year 2 (Graduate Standing): ACC 380K.13-Information Technology for Accounting & Control |
3 3 |
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Fall Year 2 (Graduate Standing): ACC 180C-Distinguished Speaker Lyceum |
1 3 |
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Spring Year 2 (Graduate Standing): Accounting Elective |
3 3 |
| TOTAL HOURS | 43 |