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$18,252* Total Tuition
12-24 months Duration
36** Credit Hours
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Program Overview

Learn why our 100% online accounting MBA stands out

The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Online MBA in Accounting is designed for accounting professionals who want to play a larger role in the strategy and direction of a company. This 100% online master’s program will also benefit students who wish to better understand the world of accounting and taxation principles and practices as applied within business environments.

Through this accounting graduate program, you will acquire core business knowledge in areas such as economics, operations management and organizational behavior—while teaming that understanding with a strong emphasis in accounting. The four accounting concentration courses include: Forensic Accounting; Advanced Auditing & Assurance Services; Taxes & Business Strategy; and Oil, Gas & Energy Accounting. The accounting coursework can also help you prepare to take the CPA Exam.

$18,240*

Total Tuition

12-24 months

Duration

36**

Credit Hours

This MBA accounting program will enable you to:

  • Understand how accounting decisions and the regulatory environment impact business strategy
  • Conduct forensic accounting investigations and detect and prevent occupational fraud
  • Comprehend the basic principles of oil and gas accounting
  • Understand advanced auditing and assurance including fraud auditing, operational auditing, assurance services for IT and e-commerce, ethics, and legal liability
  • Facilitate better communication between financial and non-financial employees
  • Understand how accounting decisions and the regulatory environment impact business strategy
  • Conduct forensic accounting investigations and detect and prevent occupational fraud
  • Comprehend the basic principles of oil and gas accounting
  • Understand advanced auditing and assurance including fraud auditing, operational auditing, assurance services for IT and e-commerce, ethics, and legal liability
  • Facilitate better communication between financial and non-financial employees
  • Understand how accounting decisions and the regulatory environment impact business strategy
  • Conduct forensic accounting investigations and detect and prevent occupational fraud
  • Comprehend the basic principles of oil and gas accounting
  • Understand advanced auditing and assurance including fraud auditing, operational auditing, assurance services for IT and e-commerce, ethics, and legal liability
  • Facilitate better communication between financial and non-financial employees

Business accounting career opportunities:

  • Financial analyst
  • Auditing Manager
  • Forensic Accountant
  • Financial Reporting Manager
  • Controller
  • Financial analyst
  • Auditing Manager
  • Forensic Accountant
  • Financial Reporting Manager
  • Controller

AACSB Accredited Accounting logo - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

The College of Business at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). The TAMU-CC College of Business is one of only 193 business schools worldwide holding dual accreditation in both business and accounting programs.

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Tuition

Our tuition is affordable at TAMU-CC

The Online MBA – Accounting program at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi provides an affordable pathway to earning a respected graduate degree.

$18,252* Total Tuition
$1,306.61* Per Course

Tuition and fees are subject to change without notice by action of the Board of Regents.

Additional Fees

Master's degrees require a one-time, non-refundable application fee of $50 for U.S. residents and $70 for international applicants. Applicants requesting to change term of entry to a future term, within the year, may request this change one time without submitting a new application fee.

A $50 late fee is assessed for tuition payments made after the deadline.

Courses may be subject to proctoring exams up to $75 plus late fees.

Financial Aid Can Help Pay Your Tuition

Scholarships and loans are available. The application period for the academic year began January 1st. The application is valid for Fall, Spring, and Summer terms. Complete the FAFSA, available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.Enter Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Federal School Code (011161) in Step 6 on the FAFSA form.

Financial Aid Contact Information

Financial Aid Office
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Office of Student Financial Assistance
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5772
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5772

Phone: 361-825-2338
Fax: 361-825-6095
[email protected]

Veteran Affairs Contact & Benefit Information

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is committed to recruiting, retaining, and supporting active duty service members, veterans, and dependents to maintain a diverse and highly qualified student body, faculty, and staff. For additional information, please visit the Veterans Affairs Office site.

Veterans Affairs Office
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Veterans Affairs Office
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5775
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5775

Phone: 361-825-2331 or 361-825-3610
Fax: 361-825-2533

$18,252* Total Tuition
$1,521* Per Course

Sammi’s Online MBA Success Story

As I’ve progressed in my career, I understand the advantage I’ll have by continuing my education. It opens up a lot of doors for new opportunities.

Sammi Bivens, TAMU-CC Online MBA Graduate

Calendar

These are the milestones to guide you on your student journey

Take advantage of our flexible, 100% online format with 7-week courses and several start dates a year. You can start when it’s most convenient for you, and earn your Online MBA while you continue working.

4/19/24 Next Apply Date
5/15/24 Start Class
TermApplication DeadlineMissing Documents DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineCourse Start DateCourse End Date
Summer 14/19/245/1/245/14/245/8/245/15/247/5/24
Summer 26/14/246/26/247/7/247/1/247/8/248/23/24

Dropping a Course While Remaining Enrolled in Other Courses

A student dropping a course or courses yet remaining enrolled in the University for at least one course on or before specified date may be subject to a 100% refund of applicable tuition and fees according to the schedule.

Withdrawing from All Courses for the Term

A student officially and completely withdrawing from the University during the semester may be subject to a refund of applicable tuition and fees according to the schedule.

A review of accounts is done at the conclusion of the withdrawal refund period to insure proper payment of tuition and fees. Refunds will be processed after each audit. Withdrawals are calculated based on the total tuition and fees, not the amount paid. Refunds are available in three forms: direct deposit, paper check or BankMobile Vibe account. To find out more information about the BankMobile Refund Process, go to BankMobile. Your billing, permanent and local addresses must be current in order to receive all vital information. Please update your addresses on SAIL or with the Registrar's Office.

4/19/24 Next Apply Date
5/15/24 Start Class
“My job requires me to not only travel locally and regionally but also internationally. So, I need to have that flexibility of still being able to stay on top of my coursework. I'm in multiple different time zones, but it doesn't prevent me from studying or keeping up with assignments and deadlines.”

Kim Andrew, TAMU-CC Online MBA Student

Admissions

Know the steps to being admitted to our accounting online program

Please review the admission guidelines for the Online MBA program below. For specific questions or more details, view our Admission FAQs.

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Bachelor's Degree
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GMAT may be waived based on GPA
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  • 3.0 GPA or above in the last 60 hours: No GMAT scores are required
  • 2.75 – 2.99 GPA in the last 60 hours: No GMAT scores are required and conditional admission will be granted
    • Students with a conditional admission will be required to earn at least a 3.0 GPA in their first three graduate courses to continue in the program
    • Enrollment in additional courses will not be allowed until acceptable GMAT scores are received
  • 2.5 – 2.749 GPA in the last 60 hours: GMAT scores will be required
    • School code is 6849. Generally, scores over 5 years old will not be accepted

  • Submit the following:
    • A nonrefundable application fee ($50 domestic / $70 international)
    • A current resume
    • An essay describing your professional and educational goals in at least 500 words.
  • All admissions documents can be uploaded here
    • All official transcripts documenting undergraduate and graduate coursework taken at any accredited college or university attended. These must be sent directly from the granting institution(s) to Recruitment and Admissions via email or to:

Office of Recruitment and Admissions
ATTN: Graduate Admissions
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit # 5774
Student Services Center 101
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5774

**MBA Transfer Credit Policy - A student may transfer up to 9 semester hours of graduate credit [advanced courses only] from another AACSB university with the permission of the Director of Master's Programs, if it is determined appropriate to the degree being sought. Graduate coursework transferred from other regionally accredited institutions of higher education prior to acceptance cannot be older than seven years at the time the master's degree is awarded. Credit to be earned at other institutions after acceptance in the graduate program must be taken at an AACSB accredited program and approved in advance. Approval is granted at the discretion of the Director of Master's Programs.

If you have submitted an application for the online program and prefer to change your entry term, please complete the Change Term of Entry form and email to [email protected] or fax to (361) 825-5887. Applicants may request a change of term once a year. All additional requests will require a new application fee.

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Courses

Advance your knowledge in these online classes

Our Online MBA – Accounting curriculum combines a business core with specialized courses to help you gain in-demand accounting expertise. Students must complete 12 courses (36 credit hours) consisting of eight advanced MBA courses and four accounting concentration courses.

Students who hold non-business undergraduate degrees may be required to take some or all of the following courses.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Theoretical and applied facets of financial and managerial accounting for business. The course includes preparation and communication of financial information as well as the uses of accounting data in planning and controlling activities of business firms and other types of organizations.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An intensive study for graduate students with limited or no academic experience in economics. Provides an introduction to economic principles, analysis and procedures used in graduate-level study.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An intensive study for students with limited or no academic experience in finance. Helps to provide an understanding of the concepts of present value, funds flow analysis, cost of capital, capital budgeting, and valuation theories used in corporate finance.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of analytical methods useful for business and economic decision-making. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, inferential statistical methods, and decision analysis.
Students must complete the following core courses.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A continuation of financial and managerial accounting with emphasis on applications, and analysis and interpretation of financial statements. DOES NOT FULFILL MACC requirements.

Learning Outcomes

  • Use technology to conduct in-depth business valuation models and be able to interpret and use the model results to make informed business decisions
  • Use accounting information to make business decisions
  • Understand and interpret the financial reports of firms in different industries
  • Recognize the potential effects on financial results of management decisions, corporate transactions, and the adoption of different accounting policies
  • Communicate effectively with other users of company financial reports

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A graduate-level course in managerial micro economics focusing on the use of economic tools and concepts to assist managers in decision-making. Topics may include market demand and elasticity, demand estimation, production and cost functions, marginal analysis under various forms of market structure and game theory.

Learning Outcomes

  • From the firm’s management perspective to be able to effectively identify the market structure that the firm competes in and its primary and secondary competitors
  • Integrate the use of marginal analysis into the managerial decision-making process

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An expanded study of the theoretical framework of financial analytical principles, including contemporary topics. Combines theory and case analysis to integrate principles with practice, emphasis on the relevant theory, the application of theory to managerial problems, and the presentation of results in written and oral form. Applies concepts of corporate finance, accounting principles, and quantitative analysis.

Learning Outcomes

  • Know the role and function of the financial sector participants including banks, investment banks, mutual funds, securities markets and corporations
  • Understand the function of management and role of corporate governance in firm success
  • Be able to analyze key financial statements
  • Use information contained in financial statements to evaluate firm performance and develop financial forecasts
  • Derive the free cash flow generated by a project or business and consider the implications of inaccuracies in forecasts
  • Understand interest rates and monetary policy including the term structure of interest rates and resulting yield curve
  • Be able to perform security valuation using important valuation models and deriving the appropriate discount rates
  • Understand time value of money concepts, WACC, and capital budgeting techniques
  • Identify and apply appropriate decision criteria to determine whether real assets should be acquired or sold
  • Estimate an appropriate risk-adjusted required rate of return for evaluating investments in real assets
  • Understand how capital structure and payout policies affect firm value and growth

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The study of individual, group and intergroup behavior within organizations. Issues discussed include personality differences, power, politics, interpersonal relations, conflict management, work environment, satisfaction, performance and team building.

Learning Outcomes

  • An enhanced ability to manage organizations and their members by improving the skills for identifying causes of organizational events and devising action plans for influencing future events and behaviors
  • An increased understanding of the roles of theory and research in management decision making
  • Additional critical thinking skills for identifying organizational dynamics based on existing theories and research as applied to case-study analysis
  • Interpret and integrate concepts and strategies into business practices
  • Develop a working relationship with contemporary management challenges for the purpose of understanding, developing, analyzing, and preparing for consideration of management decisions

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An analysis of strategic decision-making, policy and strategy. Focus is on the integrative and multi-functional nature of organizational strategy decision. Intensive analysis of the influence of administrative decisions on organizational outcomes. Must be taken at the end of the program after completion of all advanced, non-elective courses. In unusual circumstances, it may be taken concurrently with the final non-elective courses with the written permission of the Director of Master's Programs.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Integrate previously studied material and apply strategic concepts to solve business problems at the general manager level.
  • Analyze a firm externally and internally to identify its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and propose actions based on that analysis.
  • Think strategically at functional, business, corporate, and international levels.
  • Present ideas effectively orally and in writing as an individual and as a team.

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Study of computer-based technologies for facilitating the analysis and evaluation of business problems. Provides the student with a case-driven analysis of evaluating and selecting the appropriate software tool to match the required management application. Software coverage may include a variety of available packages, such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, ftp, email, and electronic presentation.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand concepts of working with a computer and other related devices
  • Understand the advances of Excel and Access
  • Understand the role of information systems in supporting decision-making
  • Discuss how technologies can be used to improve management
  • Gain experience on organizing and manipulating data using Excel and Access

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An advanced study of contemporary marketing management concepts, tools of analysis, and implementation of marketing programs.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the role of strategy in marketing management
  • Develop analytical skills to understand a marketing problem
  • Acquire basic skills to design appropriate marketing mix for a target market
  • Understand the implementation of a marketing program from a managerial perspective

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Study of operations of manufacturing and service organizations. Introduction to operational design and control issues such as forecasting, capacity planning, facility location and layout, quality, JIT/lean philosophies and materials requirement planning. Emphasis on developing an operational strategy linking functional areas. Includes international, environmental, legal and ethical aspects of operations.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify or define the set of decisions that operations managers make; the trends and challenges facing them; and the customer supplier relationships between them
  • Describe or explain operations in a global environment and develop strategies for competitive advantage
  • Describe or explain processes, process choices and layout strategies, and their impact on efficiency, effectiveness and customer service
  • Describe total quality management, lean six sigma methods and tools for continuous improvement
  • Describe or explain the development of operational policies such an inventory management and scheduling techniques
  • Identify or define the resource planning process and the relationship amongst functional areas of the firm
  • Improve writing skills and develop critical thinking skills for problem solving

Student must complete the following concentration courses.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course will cover the concepts and skills of forensic accounting investigations. The course focuses on the methods and technological tools used to detect occupational fraud. These include the steps in conducting an investigation, use of technological tools, witness and suspect interviewing techniques, investigation report writing, and expert testimony. Prerequisites: graduate standing and ACCT 3340 or ACCT 4311 or equivalent.

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe the three elements of the fraud triangle and apply it to case scenarios
  • Describe the traits of the most common occupational fraud schemes
  • Identify the steps necessary to conduct a forensic accounting investigation
  • Analyze evidence using technological tools commonly used in forensic accounting
  • Describe the types of questions for suspects and non-suspects in an interview
  • Analyze verbal responses and nonverbal behavior in an interview or presentation

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Advanced topics in auditing and assurance services such as: fraud auditing, operational auditing, assurance services for information technology and e-commerce, auditor ethics, legal liability, risk assessment, and audit technology issues. Prerequisites: accounting foundation courses or their equivalent.

Learning Outcomes

  • Improve analysis, problem-solving, research, and decision-making skills
  • Create professional technical memos that integrate the research of professional standards with analysis of fact-based scenarios commonly found in accounting practice
  • Identify the role of the economic, regulatory, and technology environment in auditors’ decision-making (i.e., seeing the big picture)
  • Demonstrate the ability to find and use resources (reference materials, data, and information sources) to solve problems
  • Develop abilities and skills in working with others as a team
  • Develop skills in the exercise of professional judgment
  • Developing ethical principles to guide ethical decision-making
  • Analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, and points of view
  • Describe the latest trends in auditing and assurance services
  • Conduct and evaluate auditing research at the primary level

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers the basic principles of oil and gas accounting. Course topics include upstream oil and gas operations, successful efforts accounting, full cost pool accounting, accounting for production, exploration and construction, joint interest accounting, international operations, oil and gas taxation, and analysis of oil and gas financial statements. Prerequisites: graduate standing and ACCT 3311 or equivalent.

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate an understanding of oil and gas terminology
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the basic methods of oil and gas accounting including successful efforts, and full cost pool accounting
  • Develop an understanding of accounting for petroleum exploration, production, and construction activities
  • Develop an understanding of the various entities utilized in oil and gas such as partnerships, joint ventures, and joint interest arrangements
  • Develop an understanding of basic oil and gas taxation
  • Demonstrate the ability to analyze oil and gas financial statements
  • Demonstrate the ability to research, analyze and discuss alternative energy initiatives and related specific accounting methods and issues
  • Demonstrate the ability to research, analyze, and discuss international energy accounting methods and issues

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A framework to analyze how tax rules affect decision-making. Cases and problems, taken from historical and current developments in tax planning, develop understanding of how changes in tax rules influence the behavior of various constituents in the broad business and regulatory environment. Prerequisites: ACCT 5312 or equivalent.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand how investment strategies, financing strategies, and business strategies are linked through taxes.
  • Understand how business decisions are affected by non-tax regulatory policies and non-tax costs.
  • Use analytical, problem-solving, and research skills to frame tax planning strategies based on an understanding of all contracting parties, all taxes, and all non-tax costs.
  • Use financial and other data to analyze and predict taxpayer behavior.

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