Accounting Major and Minor

Accounting involves the measurement, recording and reporting of financial information that is critical for management decision-making in organizations. Managers need to understand how accounting information may be used to make decisions, control processes and people, and motivate employees. In addition to use this information effectively managers need to be familiar with the manner in which Annual Financial Statements, Budgets and Variance Reports etc are constructed. Crucially also, managers also need to understand their personal and legal responsibilities for internal control and for reporting financial information.
The MBA program offers a 4-course Major (including the MBA Thesis course) in Accounting that addresses the broad range of issues described above. The major prepares students both for careers as managers, and for careers in accounting, auditing, controllership, treasury functions and budgeting. The MBA program also offers a 2-course Minor. Both the Accounting major and minor will help prepare students to sit for such professional exams as the CPA, CMA, ACCA, etc.

Entry and Exit Criteria for Accounting Major and Minor

Entry criteria for Major and Minor: To be admitted to the Accounting Major and Minor students must be of good academic standing.

Exit criteria for Major: At the time of graduation, a student will be required to have a minimum overall GPA of 3.00 in Accounting courses (GPA of the two core Accounting courses and the four courses for Major in Accounting, including Thesis).

Exit criteria for Minor: At the time of graduation, a student will be required to have a minimum overall GPA of 3.00 in Accounting courses (GPA of the two core Accounting courses and the two courses for minor in Accounting).

Major requires both courses from Group A and 1 course selected from Group B
Minor requires 2 courses selected from Group A and Group B

Group A: Required courses for major
ACC5212 Financial Statements Analysis (3 Credits) ACC5209 Advanced Accounting (3 Credits)
Group B: Elective courses for major and minor
ACC5260 Selected Topics in Accounting (3 Credits) ACC5217 Fraud Examination (3 Credits) ACC5216 Professional Auditing (3 Credits) ACC5211 Principles of Taxation (3 Credits) ACC5210 Taxation in Kazakhstan (3 Credits) ACC5207 International Financial Reporting Standards (3 Credits) ACC5206 Auditing (3 Credits)