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Accountancy Accelerated Masters Program

Accelerated Master of Accounting (MAC-AMP)

The MAC-AMP allows undergraduate-level students to begin work in the MAcc program while completing their undergraduate degree at GWU. Qualified students may apply for admission to the Accelerated Master’s Program in Accounting (MAC-AMP) during their junior year (after the completion of 60 credit hours).

Students enrolled in this program can take up to two graduate courses (6 hours) towards the MAcc degree while completing their undergraduate degree at GWU, if they earn a grade of B (3.0) or better in each graduate course. Up to 6 hours of graduate courses will count in both the undergraduate and the graduate programs.

Application and Admission

Qualified Gardner-Webb University undergraduate students may apply for admission to the Accelerated Master’s Program in Accounting. Program-specific admission requirements for full acceptance into the MAC-AMP program are the following:

  1. Complete at least 90 undergraduate credits (senior year status) toward a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0;
  2. Apply for the MAC-AMP through the office of the Dean of the College of Business; and
  3. Obtain approval of your course plan from both your undergraduate advisor and the Director of Business Graduate Programs

Students admitted to the MAC-AMP program who achieve a 3.0 GPA or better in their graduate-level courses and maintain at least a 3.0 undergraduate GPA will be granted seamless admission to the MAcc program upon receiving their Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree.

Courses

Students who complete an undergraduate degree in accounting at GWU are eligible to pursue the 30-hour MAcc degree. If the maximum of 6 credit hours is double-counted towards both the undergraduate and graduate degrees, the student must complete a minimum of 24 additional credit hours of graduate-level coursework to complete the MAcc degree. For a course to apply toward both degrees, the student must earn a grade of B (3.0) or better in the course.

All degree requirements for the 30-hour MAcc will remain the same. The eligible accounting courses for the MAC-AMP are below:

·       ACCT 610 may serve as credit for ACC/ACCT 400, an accounting major requirement

·       ACCT 600 may serve as undergraduate elective credit toward the 120-credit hour graduation requirement.

·       ACCT 618 may serve as undergraduate elective credit toward the 120-credit hour graduation requirement.