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Most classes in supply chain management (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/ are held in the evening to accommodate working students’ schedules. school-business/mba-programs/business-administration-supply- Classes typically meet one evening a week from 7 to 9:40 p.m. or in the chain-management/) early evening from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. For additional information about the program, visit the M.B.A. options website (https://business.vcu.edu/ Executive program options academics/mba-options/). • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) [Executive] (http:// The Executive M.B.A. curriculum takes advantage of students’ midlevel bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school-business/mba-programs/business- and executive professional experience by using it as a foundation on administration-mba-executive/) which to build a more sophisticated understanding of business. 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It differs from other master’s programs at VCU a concentration in entrepreneurship and innovation (http:// because of its unique modular curriculum, which integrates components bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school-business/mba-programs/business- of communication, technology, service/quality, globalization and strategy. administration-executive-entrepreneurship-innovation/) The Executive M.B.A. program is a lockstep program that meets • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) [Executive] with a alternating weekends, Fridays from 12:30 to 6:15 p.m. and Saturdays concentration in global business (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/ from 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The program can be completed in approximately school-business/mba-programs/business-administration-executive- 20 months. global-business/) • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) [Executive] with a Traditional program options concentration in health care management (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/ • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/ graduate/school-business/mba-programs/business-administration- graduate/school-business/mba-programs/business-administration- executive-health-care-management/) mba/) • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) [Executive] with a • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) with a concentration concentration in information resources management (http:// in business analytics (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school- bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school-business/mba-programs/business- business/mba-programs/business-administration-business- administration-executive-information-resources-management/) analytics/) • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) [Executive] with a • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) with a concentration concentration in investments (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/ in corporate finance (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school- school-business/mba-programs/business-administration-executive- business/mba-programs/business-administration-corporate-finance/) investments/) • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) with a concentration • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) [Executive] with a in entrepreneurship and innovation (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/ concentration in real estate (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school- graduate/school-business/mba-programs/business-administration- business/mba-programs/business-administration-executive-real- entrepreneurship-innovation/) estate/) • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) with a concentration • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) [Executive] with a in global business (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school-business/ concentration in supply chain management (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/ mba-programs/business-administration-global-business/) graduate/school-business/mba-programs/business-administration- executive-supply-chain-management/) • Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) with a concentration in health care management (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school- Dual degree programs business/mba-programs/business-administration-health-care- management/) 2 M.B.A. programs Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.) (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/ ACCT 610. Forensic Accounting. 3 Hours. graduate/school-business/mba-programs/business-administration-mba/) Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ACCT 406 with dual degree with: a minimum grade of C. Study of forensic accounting topics, including fraudulent financial reporting, employee fraud, money laundering, • Master of Accountancy litigation services, evidence management, computer forensics and • Master of Arts in Economics business valuation. • Master of Decision Analytics ACCT 662. Advanced Topics in Accounting Information Systems. 3 • Master of Product Innovation Hours. • Master of Science in Business with a concentration in finance Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ACCT 307 • Master of Science in Business with a concentration in global with a minimum grade of C. Study of accounting systems, concepts marketing management and applications with reference to actual problems encountered in the analysis, design, implementation, use, audit and evaluation of accounting • Master of Science in Business with a concentration in real estate systems in a computer environment. • Master of Science in Information Systems ACCT 680. Tax Research and Planning. 3 Hours. • Master of Sport Leadership Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ACCT 301 with • Master of Supply Chain Management a minimum grade of C. Tax research methodology; the sources of tax law Business Administration, Master of (M.B.A.)/Information Systems, and their relationship to tax research. Master of Science (M.S.) [dual degree] (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/ ACCT 681. Tax Administration. 3 Hours. school-business/mba-programs/business-administration-mba- Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ACCT 301 with information-systems-ms-combined/) a minimum grade of C. The Internal Revenue Service and the practices and procedures involved and/or available for the settlement of tax Pharmacy, Doctor of (Pharm.D.)/Business Administration, Master controversies and common elections of accounting methods. of (M.B.A.) [dual degree] (http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school- business/mba-programs/pharmacy-pharmd-business-administration- ACCT 682. Corporate Taxation. 3 Hours. mba-combined/) Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ACCT 301 with a minimum grade of C. Corporate tax laws as related to the corporations • Accounting (ACCT) (p. 2) involved and to individual shareholders; tax aspects of the creation, • Economics (ECON) (p. 3) operation, reorganization, and partial liquidation of corporations; corporate distributions. • Executive MBA (FMBA) (p. 4) • Finance, insurance and real estate (FIRE) (p. 5) ACCT 697. Guided Study in Accounting. 1-3 Hours. Semester course; 1-3 lecture hours. 1-3 credits. May be repeated for • Information systems (INFO) (p. 6) credit. Enrollment is restricted to accounting majors; the accounting • Management (MGMT) (p. 9) department chair and graduate studies office in the School of Business • Marketing (MKTG) (p. 11) must approve the proposed work before the student can register. This • Supply chain management (SCMA) (p. 12) course may also be used by accounting graduate students to do research on