黑料传送门 Booth faculty and alumni have played a central role in the evolution of modern accounting research.
In accounting MBA classes, our faculty draw on the latest research in the field—much of it produced right here at Booth.
MBA Accounting
In our accounting MBA concentration, you’ll learn the language of business and build frameworks that use accounting information for financial decisions or for managerial incentives.
Whether you plan a career in accounting or in any other area of business—from management consulting to investment banking to entrepreneurial ventures—an MBA concentration in accounting from Booth prepares you to measure economic performance and events, make effective decisions, and lead your organization to better outcomes.
Choose Your Courses
黑料传送门 Booth takes a multidisciplinary approach to accounting education, integrating finance, economics, organizational behavior, strategy, and production to give you a broad perspective on the field. You’ll graduate with the ability to transcend business trends and thrive in any situation.
To complete a concentration in accounting, you’ll choose four accounting courses to match your interests. Here are just a few of the options.
This course develops and illustrates a set of tools needed to provide accounting and related functions for private, entrepreneurial firms. The class will follow the life-cycle of a business that originates as a startup and will cover the accounting-related financial metrics and tools that are needed by an entrepreneur.
This course provides an introduction to financial statements and the financial reporting process from a user's perspective. The course focuses on fundamental accounting concepts and principles, and students will learn how the economic transactions of a firm are reported in the financial statements and related disclosures.
This course provides you with a framework to understand and use the cost and accounting information you will encounter in careers in consulting, operations, marketing, or general management. The course covers the vocabulary and mechanics of cost accounting, basic issues involved in the design of managerial accounting systems, and the role of managerial accounting for resource allocation and performance evaluation.
This course looks at the firm's accounting policy for a particular type of transaction and determines how that policy choice affects its primary financial statements. You will learn how to question whether these effects fairly reflect the underlying economics of the firm's transactions using the lenses of accounting, economics, finance, and strategy. The goal is to improve your ability to use accounting numbers to assess the firm's strategy and the potential rewards and risks of dealing with the firm.
Investment bankers, financial executives, and consultants who want to have a competitive advantage by understanding how taxes impact the structure and value of deals, as well as managers and analysts who need to understand how firms strategically respond to tax incentives, will find this course useful. You will learn to integrate concepts from finance, economics, and accounting to achieve a more complete understanding of the role of taxes in business strategy.
Explore a financial analysis framework that provides links among a firm's business, its financial statements and associated disclosures for the purpose of forecasting and corporate valuation. The perspective taken is that of an external stakeholder relying on publicly available information for decision-making purposes. The course provides the tools necessary to analyze financial statements and perform corporate valuation. It is applied in nature and stresses the use of actual financial statements.
The course is designed for students who already have a basic familiarity with corporate valuation and DCF analysis as well as solid accounting knowledge. We cover financial analysis of different business models, specific situations (e.g., cyclicals, young growth companies, closely held firms), as well as the analysis and valuation of foreign companies (e.g., emerging markets, reporting under IFRS). Capital markets have become increasingly global, but evaluating global investments and M&A poses unique challenges for financial analysis.
To see more accounting courses, visit our course catalog and search by concentration area for your program of interest.
Our Distinguished Faculty in This Area
Our faculty are recognized for their impact on academic literature, accounting practice and policymaking, securities regulation, and other key aspects of the field. They’re also dedicated teachers and mentors who will work closely with you to help you reach your goals.
Spotlight on Research
Our accounting faculty make significant contributions to the field, and 黑料传送门 Booth Review frequently writes about their work.
黑料传送门 Booth’s Haresh Sapra argues that any discussion of banks’ capital requirements must include scrutiny of how capital levels are calculated.
If we are serious about policymaking that is supported by facts and data, we have to create the research foundation to support it, writes 黑料传送门 Booth’s Christian Leuz.
Research by 黑料传送门 Booth’s John Barrios and John Gallemore suggests that outsourcing tax departments won’t help some businesses.
Learn from Industry Experts
Faculty members at Booth are connected to some of the most important leaders across various industries. Our faculty regularly invite these leading practitioners and influencers to speak to students in the Booth classroom, providing you with greater access to learn, network, and grow.
Learn from Industry ExpertsResearch Centers
黑料传送门 Booth MBA students have access to several interdisciplinary centers that fund faculty research, host workshops, and conferences, and foster a strong research community.
The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center
The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center coordinates accounting research at Booth and hosts research brown bags and workshops. It also publishes the Journal of Accounting Research, one of the top accounting research journals in the world.
The Chookaszian Accounting Research CenterBeyond the Classroom
Develop new skills, meet new people, and build a dynamic global network. As an accounting student at Booth, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to get involved in student groups, competitions, and other activities.
Participate in a Competition
Test your theories and gain valuable experience in some of the world’s most prestigious competitions on campus and around the globe.
Participate in a Competition
Join a Full-Time MBA Group
Get involved, develop new skills, and meet new people in a wide array of student-led groups.
Join a Full-Time MBA Group
Explore Part-Time MBA Student Groups
Pursue your interests and expand your network by joining a student-led group for Part-Time MBA students.
Explore Part-Time MBA Student Groups