The Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems offers a formal specialization in Accounting for full-time students in the MBA program. The accounting specialization is concerned with the practice of public accounting. It is not an alternative to the Master of Accountancy program, which is an advanced accounting program requiring an undergraduate background in accounting. The MBA specialization in Accounting is designed to prepare students who do not have an undergraduate degree in accounting for entry into the accounting profession.

The new AICPA/NASBA requirements for the CPA require 150 semester hours of higher education including at least a bachelor's degree(not necessarily in accounting) and 24 semester hours of business courses. Students who complete the MBA specialization in Accounting will meet the requirements to sit for the CPA examination.

The elective option provides students some flexibility within the Accounting specialization. Students may study financial accounting, not-for-profit accounting, taxation, business assurance services, and accounting information systems.