Accounting and Information Management? What is it?

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<p>Hello. I want to major in Accounting and was planning to transfer to the University of Texas at Dallas and get a bachelor’s in Accounting there.<br>
However, I visited their website and all I found was this weird “Accounting and Information Management.” Is it just a different name? Or is it NOT an original Accounting degree (example, a degree mixed with a large amount of undesirable/worthless courses)?<br>
I visited the AACSB website and the school appears to be accredited. </p>

<p>Here are the degree course requirements and descriptions:
[Accounting</a> and Information Management - School of Management - 2009 UT Dallas Undergraduate Catalog Supplement](<a href=“UT Dallas Course Catalogs - UT Dallas University Catalogs - The University of Texas at Dallas”>UT Dallas Course Catalogs - UT Dallas University Catalogs - The University of Texas at Dallas)
[AIM</a> Accounting and Information Management - 2008-2010 UT Dallas Undergraduate Catalog - Course Descriptions](<a href=“UT Dallas Course Catalogs - UT Dallas University Catalogs - The University of Texas at Dallas”>UT Dallas Course Catalogs - UT Dallas University Catalogs - The University of Texas at Dallas)</p>

<p>Please tell me if it’s a genuine ‘Accounting’ degree. I need to apply soon to transfer to a 4-year university and this is the only school I had in mind. After acquiring my undergraduate in accounting I plan to get the Master in Professional Accounting (MPA) from UT Austin (McCombs) and become a CPA. </p>

<p>Thank you for your guidance.</p>

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<p>It sounds like a combination of accounting and information systems…but looking at the course catalogs, it <em>looks</em> like a regular accounting program (but then again, I’m “translating” the course descriptions into what they would be at A&M, so I guess UT does some things differently). So <em>I</em> would say it’s just their accounting program.</p>

<p>It should be suitable for getting into the MPA program, so I’d go for it (unless someone from UT can say something different…)</p>