Important Dates (Tentative)
    Orientation Workshops:  March & April 2009
    Program Dates:  Wednesday, June 3 to Friday, July 9 2009

    On-Site Orientation: TBD
    Student Residence Move-In: Tuesday, June 2
    Student Residence Move-Out: TBD
 

Courses of Study & Credit
Students take two courses for 6 hours graduate credit, as follows:

International Accounting Policies & Procedures
• ACC 380K.19 (3 credits); taught by McCombs faculty

• Topics vary each year

• For the 2008 course (taught by Kristina Zvinakis &
   Ross Jennings) syllabus, click here.       

Accounting & Business in China

• IB 395 (3 credit) taught by CUHK faculty
• For the 2008 course description, click here.

Classes are typically held Monday through Thursday on the CUHK campus.  The program includes a one-week stay in mainland China.  Professional/company visits complement the material covered in class.  In 2008, the group visited Colgate-Palmolive, the Postal Service, and Sun Yat Sen University.

Students should consult with their Academic Advisor to determine how the credit applies to their degree. Generally, the courses can be applied as graduate accounting electives and/or graduate business electives.  Courses must be taken for a letter grade and all grades compute into the UT-Austin GPA.  Please note that plus and minus grades may or may not be awarded to graduate-level students.

Eligibility/Pre-requisites
This program is open to Texas MPA students who are in good academic standing for the MPA program.  Students are required to meet the following course pre-requisites by the summer of participation:
 

Integrated MPA students must successfully complete:
    • ACC 355;
    • ACC 356;

    • ACC 358C; and
    • ACC 359

Traditional MPA students must successfully complete:
    • ACC 381; and

    • (ACC 380K.11 is strongly recommended)

Note:  In order to participate in the program, students must obtain approval from their assigned MPA Academic Advisor (as noted on the Academic Advisor Approval Form).

Special Note about the CPA Exam

At present, the 2009 courses are not eligible for Texas CPA exam course credit. Pending a Texas State Board of Public Accountancy review, the latter situation might change in the near future.