In order to take the CPA exam and work as a Certified Public Accountant, students need 5.5 additional credits (22 hours). The Accounting sequence is structured so that students can complete the additional requirements by taking summer courses, 1 or 2 additional semesters, overload semesters (over 4 credits), or some combination.

Accounting Sequence - 128 hour program (32 Full Courses)

FRESHMAN YEAR

• BA 105 Financial Accounting
• BA 140 Business Information Systems or
• BA 242 Advanced Business Information System
• MT 124 Survey of Calculus or
• MT 131 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I

B. Core

SOPHOMORE YEAR

• BA 225 Accounting Theory I
• BA 226 Accounting Theory II
• BA 230 Foundations of Management
• BA 284 Statistics for Business and Economics or
• MT 321 Probability and Statistics
• EC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
• EC 202 Principles of Microeconomics

JUNIOR YEAR

• BA 350 Corporate Finance
• BA 315 Managerial Cost Accounting
• BA H33 Advanced Accounting Government and Not-For-Profit
• BA H36 Advanced Managerial Accounting
• BA 242 Advanced Business Information System (If BA 140 previously taken)
• BA 370 Marketing Concepts and Issues

C. Advanced

SENIOR YEAR

• BA 390 Business Law I
• BA 391 Business Law II
• BA 418 Auditing
• BA 419 Federal Income Tax
• BA H42 Advanced Accounting Business Combinations
• BA H48 Advanced Tax

Students desiring to become Certified Public Accountants need 5.5 more credits with at least 2.5 non-BA courses. Any BA courses taken need to be at the 200 or above level.