University Catalog

Accounting - Graduate

Programs

Master's Degrees

Certificate

Policies

Classroom Time Flexibility

All of the graduate degree programs offered by the Department of Accounting can be completed by individuals who work full-time and wish to attend class in the evenings. Each student's program of work must be approved by the Accounting Graduate Advisor and must include a minimum of 31 semester hours. A minimum of 28 semester hours must be taken at The University of Texas at Arlington.  During the final semester, students who have written a thesis must defend the thesis in an oral examination.

Transfer Credit Applied to Master's Degree

University policy allows students to transfer in no more than nine hours of transfer credit into a graduate program. Equivalent coursework completed at other institutions of recognized standing prior to admittance into the UTA masters' program may be transferred to a masters' degree program after evaluation and approval.  Courses from other universities taken after a student has been admitted into a masters' program at UT Arlington must be approved in advance by the Graduate Studies Committee. To request transfer credit, students must complete the Transfer of Graduate Credit form and obtain approvals from the Department of Accounting's graduate advisor and chair of the Graduate Studies Committee. As a general rule, transfer credits will not be approved for core graduate courses in any of the department's masters' programs or for transfer credits taken without prior approval. Other courses which are not considered suitable to a student's program of work will not be approved. The department's transfer credit policy is in addition to the university's regulation on transfer credit and course waivers. Transferred courses do not appear on the UT Arlington Official Transcript and grades earned in transferred courses are not included in calculating a student's UT Arlington graduate grade-point average.