The Master of Business Administration (MBA)/Master of Accountancy (MAcc) joint degree program is intended for students who wish to pursue a graduate business administration and accountancy degree jointly.  Students earn both the MBA and MAcc degrees via an accelerated combined MBA/MAcc degree program.  The joint program requires 48 credit hours of graduate courses, exclusive of any prerequisite MBA or MAcc coursework. This professional degree for qualified students is intended for those interested in the management of human, material, and financial resources in business, government and non-profit organizations in addition to preparation for public or private accounting and career advancement in the accounting profession. Through electives there is specialization in either public accounting or international accounting. The joint degree meets the course requirements to be eligible to take the CPA exam.

Advantages of a Mercer MBA/MAcc Joint Degree

• Once-a-week classes
• Evening and Saturday courses
• Five admissions entry points
• Eight-week sessions
• Accomplished and caring faculty
• New academic facility, offering state-of-the-art in learning technology
• Easy-to-reach location, just off I-85 and I-285 north

Program of Study

MBA/MAcc Joint Degree Program
FOUNDATION COURSES   (0- 21 hours)
BAA	505	Macro and Micro  Economics
BAA	510	Accounting and Finance
BAA	515	Management and Marketing
ACC	550	Intermediate Accounting I*
ACC	555	Intermediate  Accounting II*
ACC	530	Auditing (cross listed with ACC 431)
ACC	535	Individual Tax (cross listed with ACC 375)
MBA CORE  (24 hours)
BAA	601	Managerial Economics
BAA	603	Managerial Accounting
BAA	604	Issues in Business Law & Corporate Responsibility
BAA	605	Marketing Concepts and Practices
BAA	607	Management Information Systems
BAA	609	Corporation Finance
BAA	611	Operations Management Science
BAA	613	Ethical Leadership
MAcc CORE  (12 hours)
BAA	665	Advanced Auditing
ACC	601	Accounting Theory
BAA	657	Advanced Accounting
ACC	602	Accounting Information Systems (AIS)
INTERNATIONAL ELECTIVES  (3 hours)
ACC	641	International Financial Reporting Standards
		OR
ACC	640	Advanced International Accounting Topics
ELECTIVES:  Choose two courses (6 hours) where 1 course must be an Accounting elective, see below, and 1 course a General MBA elective, see Catalog)
Accounting Electives:		Choose One
BA	635	Corporate Partnerships and Estate Taxation
ACC	620	Issues in Accounting Research
ACC	621	Financial Statement Analysis
ACC	650	Accounting Internship
CAPSTONE  (3 hours)
BAA	699	MBA Capstone
REQUIRED COURSE SUMMARY:
MBA	CORE	24 hours
MAcc	CORE	12 hours
International	ELECTIVE	3 hours
OTHER	ELECTIVES	6 hours
CAPSTONE	MBA	3 hours
TOTAL 48 hours
PREREQUISITE COURSES  for  MBA
Micro Economics Macro Economics Principles of Marketing Principles of Management Principles of Accounting Principles of Finance Business Law
PREREQUISITE COURSES FOR MAcc (BAA 510 or undergraduate accounting principles sequence is prerequisite):
Intermediate Accounting Sequence Auditing Tax Accounting