The upper division certificate in Management Accounting is designed to prepare students to sit for the exam to become certified management accountants (CMAs). The CMA is an internationally recognized credential.

Students focus on financial planning, analysis and control and decision support as well as professional ethics. The Management Accounting Certificate and the CMA designation are designed to measure the accounting and financial skills that drive business performance.

Certificate Requirements

Minimum 40 credits
Minimum grade of ‘C’ in courses applied to the certificate

Course Requirements

Required Preparation (34 credits)

Complete the following:

ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
ECON 121 - Principles of Accounting I (3)
ECON 122 - Principles of Accounting II (3)
ECON 301 - Intermediate Accounting I (3)
ECON 302 - Intermediate Accounting II (3)
ECON 320 - Quantitative Methods for Management (3)
or IS 325 - Introduction to Management Science (3)
ECAC 329 - Cost Accounting (3)
ECON 374 - Financial Management (3)
MGMT 385 - Business Ethics and Society (3)
STAT 351 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics (4)
or STAT 355 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers (4)

Statistics

Complete one of the following:

CMPE 320 - Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes (3)
ECON 310 - Data Analysis for Economics (3)
STAT 350 - Statistics with Applications in the Biological Sciences (4)
STAT 351 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics (4)
STAT 355 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers (4)
STAT 453 - Theory of Statistics and Data Science (3)

Ethics

Complete one of the following:

MGMT 385 - Business Ethics and Society (3)
PHIL 253 - Business Ethics (3)
PHIL 350 - Ethical Theory (3)

Additional Preparation (6 credits)

Complete 6 credits from the following:

ECAC 351 - Advanced Cost Accounting (3)
ECON 311 - Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (3)
ECON 312 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (3)
ECON 421 - Introduction to Econometrics (3)
ECON 471 - Financial Markets and Institutions (3)
ECON 474 - Intermediate Financial Management (3)
ECON 475 - Financial Investment Analysis (3)
ECON 482 - International Finance (3)

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