Career Tracks
MBA-ACC (MBA in Accounting)
Introducing our new MBA-ACC Program, offered as a full-time,
10-month program:
NAU's MBA-ACC Program provides a unique graduate degree for
students entering the accounting profession. The MBA core is
taught in an integrated and team-based environment. Students
learn to identify, analyze, and solve problems with an
enterprise-wide perspective versus the functional silo
perspective found in typical MBA programs. Combining the MBA
core with our graduate accounting coursework allows students to
more fully develop necessary business skills-particularly those
related to communication, presentation, and interpersonal
relations-and to integrate those skills with additional
technical accounting knowledge.
The MBA-ACC Program is designed for students with an
undergraduate accounting degree. Students complete 20 hours of
team-based, integrated MBA core classes and select four
electives (12 hours) from the following accounting courses:
-External Auditing & Attestation
-Government and Nonprofit Accounting
-Cases in Financial Reporting
-Advanced Cost Accounting
-Financial Reporting & Statement Analysis
-Advanced Taxes
MBA-ACC Program Highlights:
Graduates will meet the 150-Hour CPA education requirements
for Arizona and other jurisdictions.
Fully accredited by AACSB-International
Small class size, high faculty to student ratio
New sustainable designed building with state-of-the-art
technology
MBA-ACC Core Curriculum
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Geographic Information Systems
The NAU MBA program added a new career track in 2006 through a partnership
with NAU’s world renowned program in Geographic Information Systems.
An MBA in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was unheard of until now. The
typical career path of a GIS professional begins as a specialist then moves on
to analyst, project manager, program manager and beyond. Job descriptions for
project and program managers reflect a need for advanced business skills in
addition to superior technical skills. By obtaining both advanced business and
technical skills through the NAU MBA program, students will be able to ensure
their career growth and take comfort in knowing that they will not have to add
the pursuit of an MBA later on in life, when they might be juggling additional
personal and professional responsibilities.
Applicants to the GIS career track must have completed an undergraduate
degree in GIS, Geography, or a closely related field. Students will complement
their thirty graduate credit hours of interdisciplinary business core courses
with nine graduate credit hours of GIS electives and a three credit hour project
management class.
Marketing Analysis & Distribution Management
Additionally, the MBA program is introduced a third career track in 2006.
Marketing Analysis & Distribution Management takes a close look at how to
forecast, grow, and satisfy demand for products and services. Graduates will be
able to apply their skills as demand analysts, distribution/supply chain
analysts, business analysts, and assistant product managers.
Other Emphasis:
MBA
Accounting
Finance
General Management
Marketing Analysis & Distribution Management