- MSc in Accountancy is a 2 years program offered by the University of Alabama.
- This degree program is designed for students whose primary career interests are accounting and assurance services.
- The program prepares students for professional careers in these fields by focusing on the development of research, cognitive thinking, interpersonal and communication skills.
- The Master of Accountancy degree program is a fifth-year professional program.
- The objective of the program is to provide students with greater breadth and depth of understanding in accounting and business than is possible in an undergraduate program.
- The program prepares students for careers as professional accountants in public accounting, financial institutions, industry, and nonprofit organizations.
- Graduates are prepared to research various databases related to troublesome accounting problems and to exercise judgment in making accounting-related decisions by drawing on their integrated, comprehensive body of accounting and business knowledge.
- Graduates will also develop cutting-edge data science techniques to analyze large datasets, identify anomalies, perform statistical analysis, and construct data visualizations.