Admission Requirements

Follow your passion for forensic accounting

The forensic accounting certificate program at Missouri State offers you a unique opportunity to specialize in this growing discipline of accounting. The School of Accountancy offers you two options for pursuing this certification—as a stand-alone program or as an addition to your graduate program of study.

Apply to the forensic accounting certificate program through a central application: GradCAS. Also, you must meet the minimum admission requirements for the Master of Accountancy:

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Pursuing certification only

If you are a new student pursuing only the forensic accounting certificate, follow the steps below to be successfully admitted into the program:

  1. Apply through a central application: GradCAS. An application fee is required. 
  2. Gain admittance to the Graduate College.
  3. Meet with the graduate program director to complete a plan of study to submit to the Graduate College.

Adding the certificate program

If you are a current graduate student who wishes to add the forensic accounting certificate, follow the steps below to successfully add the certificate:

  1. Apply through a central application: GradCAS. No additional application fee is required.
  2. Meet with the graduate program director to complete a plan of study to submit to the Graduate College.

Please note that any alterations to the approved plan of study must be noted on a request for certificate plan of study change form and submitted to the Graduate College.