The MBA/MS Accounting Dual Degree
 

The Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems, in cooperationg with the Office of Graduate & Executive Programs offers a MBA/MS in Accounting dual degree option. The dual degree option allows the student to complete both the MBA and the MS Accounting with a total of 60 credits. The MBA/MS Accointing combinges the required courses in the MBA program with the required and elective courses in the MS in Accounting. See sample curriculum.This program is jointly administered by the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics Graduate and Executive Programs office and the Department of Accointing and Management Information Systems.

Requirements for Admission

Students desiring to pursue the joint MBA/MS: Accounting must apply directly to the dual degree program and must meet the admissions requirements for both programs ( See the University catalog for those requirements). The admissions directors for each program will evaluate the application seperately and awill apply the same criteria as specified in their respective programs. THe prospective student is encouraged to see the admissions policies for both programs in the graduate catalog.For example,whereas the MS:Accounting program accepts students with no work experience, the MBA program requires 2 years of full-time professional experience to be considered for admission.

The MBA/MS: Accounting is a joint degree program. As such, the joint programs must be completed and the dual degree is conferred. Students admitted to the MBA/MS joint degree program who later decide they only want to complete one of the degrees must apply separately to the desired program for admission as a candidate in that program. Students who complete the single degree (MBA or MS:Accounting) may not at a later date be admitted to the dual degree program. In such case the student would be required to complete all requirements for the second degree. A student who is initially admitted to either degree and who decides to pursue the dual degree must apply for change of degree to the MBA/MS dual degree prior to receiving the first degree and must complete the requirements for the dual degree prior to any degree being granted.

The MBA/MS: Accounting is a joint degree program. As such, the joint programs must be completed and the dual degree is conferred. Students admitted to the MBA/MS joint degree program who later decide they only want to complete one of the degrees must apply separately to the desired program for admission as a candidate in that program. Students who complete the single degree (MBA or MS: Accounting) may not at a later date be admitted to the dual degree program. In such case the student would be required to complete all requirements for the second degree. A student who is initially admitted to either degree and who decides to pursue the dual degree must apply for change of degree to the MBA/MS dual degree prior to receiving the first degree and must complete the requirements for the dual degree prior to any degree being granted.

Requirements for the Dual Degree

The MBA/MS in Accounting program combines the core MBA courses with the required courses of the MS in Accounting program as well as 12 credits of Accounting electives for a total of 60 credits.Careful planning is required in order to complete the program in a timely manner.

Students may apply for the MBA/MS in Accounting on either a part-time or full-time basis. Full-time students are expected to complete the program in two and a half years. Part-time students are expected to complete the program in approximately four years.

Transfers of coursework earned elsewhere, and waivers of courses are allowable under the same provisions as the MBA and MS in Accounting programs separately. Regardless of course waivers, dual degree students must complete a minimum of 60 credits of coursework at the graduate level at the Universtiy of Delaware.

Students must maintain continuous enrollment in every regular semester (fall and spring) throughout their program unless by approved leave of absence.