CPA Exam credit hours
CPA exam requirements
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Complete required credit hours to sit for your CPA exam聽
Designed for aspiring Certified Public Accountants, our curriculum provides the help you need to pursue the required education to prepare to sit for the CPA exam.* Whether you're just starting your journey or finalizing your CPA credit hour requirements, our coursework can help you pursue your professional goals with confidence.
聽*Our accounting courses do not lead to licensure as a CPA. So before enrolling, please check with your state accountancy board, because each state sets the standards required to be eligible to take the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam and apply for licensure or certification as a CPA.
Accounting and business courses that can help you meet credit hour requirements to sit for the CPA exam
This course examines the conceptual framework of accounting, cash vs. accrual accounting, the income statement and balance sheet, time value of money, cash, receivables, and inventory.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course examines accounting for property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, current liabilities and contingencies, long-term liabilities, contributed capital and retained earnings.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course examines dilutive securities and earnings per share, investments, revenue recognition, accounting for income taxes, leases, changes and errors, and the statement of cash flows.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course covers fund accounting, budget and control issues, revenue and expense recognition, and issues of reporting for both government and non-profit entities.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course is the first in a two-part series that deals with auditing a company's financial reports, internal controls, and Electronic Data Processing (EDP) systems. Topics include auditing standards, evidence, audit planning and documentation, materiality and risk, internal control, statistical tools, and the overall audit plan and program.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course is the second in a two-part series that deals with auditing a company's financial reports, internal controls, and Electronic Data Processing (EDP) systems. Topics include the personnel and payroll system, inventory, capital acquisition cycle, selected balance sheet and income statement accounts, audit reports, assurances and other services, professional ethics, and legal responsibilities.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course is a basic introduction to federal corporate taxation. The purpose is to familiarize the student with fundamental tax issues and provide the student with a general understanding of the history, laws, and policies of federal taxation.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course is a basic introduction to federal individual and estate taxation. The purpose is to familiarize the student with fundamental tax issues and provide the student with a general understanding of the history, laws, and policies of federal taxation.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
笔谤别谤别辩耻颈蝉颈迟别蝉:听A prerequisite is required for this course. The purpose of a prerequisite is to ensure students have the knowledge and/or skills needed to be successful in the course. Students are required to provide proof of prerequisite during the enrollment/registration process. To meet to a course prerequisite requirement, a student must have successfully completed the prerequisite course at 七色视频, provide proof via transcript of completing a comparable course (at least 75% match) or higher level course with at least a grade of C at another institution or have a 七色视频 approved Student Appeal on file with the University.
This course requires the prerequisite聽聽ACC/291T 鈥 Principles of Accounting II or equivalent
During the checkout process you will be prompted to provide proof of the requirement(s). If you completed the prerequisite at another institution, be prepared to upload an official/unofficial transcript.
This course provides an introduction to managerial accounting and covers various fundamental concepts relating to the accounting environment. Topics include cost concepts and allocation, short-term and long-term financial assets, current and long-term liabilities, contributed capital, stockholder equity, and the analysis of financial statements.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course introduces cost terminology and flows, standard cost systems, relevant costing, budgeting, inventory control, capital asset selection, responsibility accounting, and performance measurement.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course provides an overview of federal statutes and state-regulated areas that affect the personnel function. Among topics addressed are EEO and affirmative action, OSHA, ERISA, FMLA, and ADA; employee privacy issues (polygraph testing, drug and alcohol testing, employer searching and monitoring); and wrongful discharge.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course prepares students to understand the influence that behavior has on leading and managing organizations. After completion of this course, students will be able to summarize key concepts and terminology related to organizational behavior, explain the influence of leadership styles on individual performance, examine the roles and interaction of group and team members, and describe the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance, and the relationship between the human resource function and organizational development.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
In this course, students will examine primary business functions, economic systems, operational processes, and decision-making principles used to effectively manage business operations.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course provides an overview of applied business research, statistical tools, and data analytics used to support strategic decision making. Students will examine methods used to frame business problems, conduct research, collect and evaluate data for validity and reliability, determine patterns and trends in performance, and effectively present conclusions.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course provides students with the basic theories, concepts, terminology, and uses of microeconomics. Students learn practical applications for microeconomics in their personal and professional lives through assimilation of fundamental concepts and analysis of actual economic events.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course provides students with the basic theories, concepts, terminology, and uses of macroeconomics. Students learn practical applications for macroeconomics in their personal and professional lives through assimilation of fundamental concepts and analysis of actual economic events.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course introduces the student to the essential elements of finance for business. Emphasis is placed on financial management, financial markets, and the tools, techniques, and methodologies used in making financial decisions. Topics include: financial statement analysis, time value of money, financial markets and institutions, risk and return, financial planning, and international finance.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course provides an overview of negotiations in an organizational setting. Students learn negotiation processes and strategies, the role of stakeholder interests in negotiation, and how to apply these concepts to the workplace. Students also examine conflict management techniques and emerging negotiation trends in globalization and technology.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course develops an understanding of the complexities public and private organizations face in developing, establishing, and implementing marketing strategies in both domestic and international markets. Areas of study include: basic marketing concepts, marketing research, consumer behavior, branding, products/services, pricing, distribution channels, promotions, ethical marketing practices, global and multicultural marketing, and the technologies used throughout the marketing process.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
This course provides students with an overview of the legal, ethical, and related statutory and regulatory environment in which businesses, organizations, and individuals within them function. After completion of this course, students will be able to understand the general structure of the court systems in the United States, describe the alternative means of resolving disputes and their respective advantages and disadvantages, evaluate the frameworks for regulatory compliance and corporate social responsibility, examine the principle areas of business law, and understand intellectual property rights.
Total Credits: 3
Course Length: 5 weeks
Estimated Cost: $1,364
CPA credit hour requirements by state
Most states require 24 credits in accounting and 24 credits in business to sit for the CPA exam. To become CPA licensed, most states also require an additional 30 credits in accounting or business education and completion of a bachelor鈥檚 degree. In some states work experience under a licensed CPA may also be required.
Variations in requirements may occur by state. Check with your specific state board of accountancy for updates and verification of CPA certification and licensure requirements.聽
More educational opportunities to help meet requirements
Interested in earning a degree or certificate?
If you like the way these online accounting and business courses fit into your busy life or help you bring new skills to your job, check with an enrollment representative to see if you can apply them toward a bachelor鈥檚 degree program.
Frequently asked questions about CPA exam credit hour requirements
No, the CPA is a professional license. However, there are educational requirements you must meet before you can become a CPA. Here's what you typically need:
- Bachelor鈥檚 degree: You must have at least a 4-year bachelor鈥檚 degree, usually in accounting or a related field.
- 150 credit hours: Most states require 150 credit hours of education to qualify to sit for the CPA exam. A bachelor鈥檚 degree is only 120 hours.
- You must pass all four sections of the Uniform CPA Exam.
- Some states may also require 1鈥2 years of relevant work experience under a licensed CPA.
While the CPA exam is considered very challenging, you can prepare to sit for the exam with rigorous study and completion of CPA-related coursework that aligns with the CPA exam content areas.
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After you鈥檝e completed your courses, you can request your official transcripts be sent directly to you or your school of choice.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at 七色视频 will be accepted by another institution of the student鈥檚 choice. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.
While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.
