The MPAcc Program - Auditing & Assurance is designed primarily for applicants that have an undergraduate business degree with a concentration in accounting. Generally, students with such a degree would not need to complete any course prerequisites prior to applying for the program. Applicants with non-UW degrees will be screened to determine whether the prerequisite courses have been taken.

Students without a degree in business, or with a degree in business but without an accounting concentration, may apply for this program after completing the necessary prerequisite courses. Students without an undergraduate degree in business need to complete all the courses or their equivalents listed below, while students with an undergraduate business degree but not a concentration in accounting need to complete those courses listed below under Accounting Concentration. Descriptions of the courses may be obtained by reference to the University of Washington Web site for undergraduate programs for the following prerequisites:

Accounting concentration

Other business courses
(sometimes referred to as the MBA core courses)

The above prerequisite courses, or their equivalents, may be taken at the undergraduate or graduate level.

If a student wishes to complete the MBA core courses at the University of Washington, the student must apply formally to, and qualify for, the Master of Business Administration Program.

The University of Washington also offers a summer Accounting 505 certificate program (which requires separate program fees), which would provide the equivalent of the Accounting concentration. For more information on the Summer Accounting Program.