Courses and Requirements
Clark’s MSA program consists of 10 courses. An additional 2 Foundation Courses are required for students who haven't taken these courses previously.
Program Length
Full-time students can complete the program in 10 months. Part-time students go at their own pace, but typically complete the program in 2-3 years.
MSA Course Requirements
Foundation Courses (2 units)
One or both of the foundation courses may be waived based on prior undergraduate or graduate coursework.
- Accounting (one course)
- Economics or Operations Management or Statistics or Quantitative Methods (one course)
Core Courses (5 units)
Course substitutions permitted based on prior coursework.
- ACCT 5101: Financial Accounting and Reporting I
- ACCT 5102: Financial Accounting and Reporting II
- ACCT 5103: Management Accounting
- ACCT 5105: Financial and Operational Auditing
- ACCT 5206: Tax Strategies and Management Decisions
Elective Courses (total 5 units from the following two groups):
Group 1: Minimum 2 units from the following:
- ACCT 5107: Analysis of Financial Statements
- ACCT 5108: Business Analysis and Valuation
- ACCT 5109: Government and Non Profit Accounting
- ACCT 5210: Advanced Accounting
- ACCT 5410: Accounting Internship (enrollment limited)
Group 2: Minimum 1 unit must have FIN prefix:
- FIN 4200: Financial Management
- FIN 5303: Financial Modeling
- FIN 5405: Mergers and Acquisitions
- FIN 5201: Case Studies in Corporate Finance
- FIN 5281: Case Studies in International Finance
- FIN 5301: Stock and Bond Valuation (½ unit)
- MGMT 4708: Business Law (½ unit)
- MGMT 4709: Business in Society (½ unit)
- MGMT 5784: Leadership and Decision Making
- MGMT 5807: Cross-Cultural Management
- MGMT 5201: Human Resource Management
- MGMT 5308: Women in Management
- MGMT 4701: Organizational Communication
- MGMT 5407: International Labor Relations
- MIS 5501: Database Management Systems
- MIS 5505: Management Information Technologies
- MIS 5506: Knowledge Management in Organizations
- MIS 5543: Project Management
- MIS 5553: Information Systems Analysis and Design
Other graduate courses in GSOM may be used as electives with the MSA Director's permission.