Online Master's Degree: CyberAccounting

Total Credits Required: 36

• Required Foundation Course: 6
• Required Core Courses: 24
• Required Capstone Course: 6

This program requires a total of 30 credits.

Initial Requirement 

• Orientation to Graduate Studies at UMGC(0 Credits, UCSP 615) 
  

This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor. 

Accounting Courses

• Financial Reporting and Analysis for Accountants(3 Credits, ACCT 610) 
  
• Auditing and Attestation(3 Credits, ACCT 628) 
  
• Fraud Examination(3 Credits, ACCT 630) 
  
• Ethics and Professional Responsibilities for Accounting(3 Credits, ACCT 635) 
  

Information Systems Security Course 

• Foundations of Information Security and Assurance(3 Credits, INFA 610) 
  

Integrated Accounting & Information Systems Security Courses 

• Accounting Information Systems(3 Credits, ACCT 618) 
  
• ACCT 620 
  
• ACCT 645 
  
• ACCT 660 
  

Capstone Course 

• ACCT 690
  

* This information is for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year. For prior year requirements for this program or to review UMGC's complete program requirements for a specific academic year, visit our program catalog archive

• Financial Reporting and Analysis for Accountants(3 Credits, ACCT 610) is prerequisite to all graduate accounting courses. 
• Accounting Information Systems(3 Credits, ACCT 618) is a prerequisite for ACCT 620. 
  
• Auditing and Attestation(3 Credits, ACCT 628) is a prerequisite for Fraud Examination(3 Credits, ACCT 630). 
  
• Accounting Information Systems(3 Credits, ACCT 618), Auditing and Attestation(3 Credits, ACCT 628), and Fraud Examination(3 Credits, ACCT 630) are prerequisite to ACCT 645. 
  
• Accounting Information Systems(3 Credits, ACCT 618), Auditing and Attestation(3 Credits, ACCT 628), Fraud Examination(3 Credits, ACCT 630), and Foundations of Information Security and Assurance(3 Credits, INFA 610) are prerequisite to ACCT 660. 
  
• If you have already earned 3 undergraduate credits in accounting ethics, you may replace Ethics and Professional Responsibilities for Accounting(3 Credits, ACCT 635) with The Law, Regulation and Ethics of Information Assurance(3 Credits, INFA 660). 
  
• You must complete all program coursework except Ethics and Professional Responsibilities for Accounting(3 Credits, ACCT 635) or The Law, Regulation and Ethics of Information Assurance(3 Credits, INFA 660) before enrolling in ACCT 670. 
  

1. Orientation to Graduate Studies at UMGC(0 Credits, UCSP 615) 
2. Financial Reporting and Analysis for Accountants(3 Credits, ACCT 610) 
   
3. Foundations of Information Security and Assurance(3 Credits, INFA 610) 
   
4. Accounting Information Systems(3 Credits, ACCT 618) 
   
5. Auditing and Attestation(3 Credits, ACCT 628) 
   
6. ACCT 620 
   
7. Fraud Examination(3 Credits, ACCT 630) 
   
8. ACCT 645 
   
9. ACCT 660 
   
10. Ethics and Professional Responsibilities for Accounting(3 Credits, ACCT 635) 
    
11. ACCT 690 
    

Accelerated Pathway

If you completed your undergraduate degree at UMGC with a major in cybersecurity technology, an accelerated  pathway between UMGC undergraduate and graduate programs in cybersecurity allows you to earn 6 credits toward the following programs:

• Master's degrees in Master of Science in Cloud Computing Systems, Cyber Operations, Cybersecurity Management and Policy, Cybersecurity Technology, or Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation
• Graduate certificates in Cloud Computing and Networking, Cyber Operations, Cybersecurity Management and Policy, Cybersecurity Technology, or Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation.

To be eligible for the pathway, you must enroll in a related graduate program within two years of completing Current Trends and Projects in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity (3 Credits, CMIT 495).

If eligible, you may be awarded credit for the introductory course in the specified graduate program—either Communicating, Problem-Solving, and Leading in Cybersecurity (6 Credits, CBR 600) or Decisive Thinking, Communicating, and Leading in Technology Fields (6 Credits, DCL 600T). You may only earn credit for one course through this accelerated pathway.