There is an ongoing tradition of excellence associated with Rider accounting graduates, many of whom have become CPA's and achieved positions of prominence in public accounting. Program is designed to meet the demands of an increasingly complex business world and to enable its graduates to become viable professionals in a variety of career paths. Many Rider accounting graduates have embarked on career paths where other types of designations have added to their credentials. The decision to seek such designations is a personal one, reflecting a desire to establish credentials in a specialized area. The Rider University Master of Accountancy Program provides the flexibility for students to become both better prepared for the increasing demands of the accounting profession in general and to plan for individual, specialized career paths as well.
Program requires graduate coursework in both accounting and business subject matter.
The graduate accounting courses assume that students have developed a foundation in accounting topics from undergraduate offerings. The graduate accounting courses are designed to expand on this technical development and to address the needs of relating accounting subject matter to other disciplines. This perspective includes integration of such accounting topics as financial reporting, auditing and systems analysis and the linkage of such tool areas to the business setting in which they are applied. The Rider M.Acc. These are Seminar in Taxation, Analysis of Accounting Data, Issues in Financial Reporting and International Dimensions of Accounting.