The CPA Exam Preparation: Business-Related Subjects Requirement Certificate of Achievement is designed for students who have earned a four-year degree or higher in a field other than accounting and need to earn the required business-related subject credits to sit for the CPA exam.
Upon completion of the program, a student will meet the California Board of Accountancy’s 24-unit educational requirement for “Business-Related Subjects." Successfully passing the CPA exam opens a range of career opportunities in the public, private and non-profit accounting fields.
19 students will complete this certificate annually.
The Accounting program is creating this certificate to fulfill the current and projected demand for accountants. This new certificate along with new courses are supported by the Accounting Advisory Committee which met on October 22, 2021 and the COE report dated August 2021.
This certificate will provide the student with the mandated business coursework required to take the Uniform CPA exam. The applicant must complete 24 semester units of required business courses. This certificate prepares students for a career in accounting, auditing and taxation.
Note 1: Any of the courses above can be taken to satisfy the 24 unit business-related subject requirement.
Note 2: For the purpose of satisfying the CPA exam business-related subjects requirement, any accounting subjects in excess of the 24 units needed to fulfill the accounting subject requirement can be taken to satisfy the 24 unit business-related subject requirement.
Note 3: Some of the courses in this certificate are also included in the CPA Exam Preparation: Accounting Subjects Requirement Certificate and the CPA Licensure: Accounting Study and Ethics Certificate. For purposes of satisfying the course requirements for this certificate, only select courses that have not been counted towards the CPA Exam Preparation: Accounting Subjects Requirement Certificate and/or the CPA Licensure: Accounting Study and Ethics Certificate.
Note 4: To sit for the CPA Exam, you must have baccalaureate degree or higher, including 24 semester units of accounting subjects and 24 semester units of business-related subjects.
Students should visit the California Board of Accountancy website at https://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/index.shtml for more information regarding the educational requirements to sit for the CPA exam and the requirements for CPA licensure.
variesComplete 24 of the following courses:
Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester (Y1 or S1) |
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ACCT 100 | Accounting | 4 | varies |
ACCT 111 | Taxation of Business Entities | 4 | varies |
ACCT 112 | Computerized Income Tax Preparation | 2 | varies |
ACCT 113 | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance I | 4 | varies |
ACCT 114 | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance II | 4 | varies |
ACCT 115 | QuickBooks | 2 | varies |
ACCT 116 | Tax Practices and Procedures | 3 | varies |
ACCT 118 | Payroll Accounting | 3 | varies |
ACCT 203 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 | varies |
ACCT 204 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 | varies |
ACCT 205 | Cost Accounting | 3 | varies |
ACCT 206 | Auditing | 3 | varies |
ACCT 207 | Fraud Examination | 3 | varies |
BUS 130 | Introduction to Business | 3 | varies |
BUS 140 | International Business | 3 | varies |
BUS 141 | International Marketing | 3 | varies |
BUS 142 | Fundamentals of Importing and Exporting | 3 | varies |
BUS 146 | Principles of Money Management | 3 | varies |
BUS 152 | Business Communications | 3 | varies |
BUS 160 | Business Law and the Legal Environment I | 3 | varies |
BUS 161 | Business Law and the Legal Environment II | 3 | varies |
BUS 170 | Small Business Management | 3 | varies |
BUS 171 | Human Relations in the Workplace | 3 | varies |
BUS 172 | Human Resources Management | 3 | varies |
BUS 175 | Introduction to Management | 3 | varies |
BUS 185 | Elements of Marketing | 3 | varies |
BUS 192 | Advertising | 3 | varies |
ECON 101 or ECON 101H | Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Macroeconomics Honors | 3 | varies |
ECON 102 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | varies |
ITIS 104 | Information Technology | 4 | varies |
ITIS 107 | Network Technology | 4 | varies |
ITIS 108 | Network Operating Systems | 4 | varies |
ITIS 109 | Network and Computer Security | 4 | varies |
ITIS 115 | Computer Information Systems | 3.5 | varies |
ITIS 120 | Cybersecurity: Ethical Hacking | 3 | varies |
ITIS 130 | Microcomputer Applications I | 4 | varies |
ITIS 160 | Introduction to Database Concepts | 3 | varies |
ITIS 165 | Database Principles Using SQL | 3 | varies |
ITIS 180A | Introduction to Cloud Computing | 3 | varies |
MATH 180 | Calculus for Business and Social Sciences | 4 | varies |
MATH 165 or MATH 165H | Introductory Statistics or Introductory Statistics Honors | 4 | varies |
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