The Department of Accountancy offers a Certificate of Special Study in CPA Exam Readiness. This certificate is designed to satisfy the educational requirements of eligibility, set forth by the California Board of Accountancy, to take the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) Exam.
Prior approval from the Certificate Program Coordinator or Department Chair is required.
To receive this certificate, you must have the following:
- be currently majoring towards (or have completed) a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from an accredited university
- completed 24 semester units in accounting courses (inclusive of the courses set forth in the certificate)
- completed 24 semester units in business courses
- 150 semester units
The student must receive a grade of C or better in each course except courses taken on a credit/non-credit basis, in which they must satisfy the course by earning ‘credit. Each course prerequisite must be met unless the department approves alternative satisfactory courses. Open to all students and community members.
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