Diploma in Accounting - Online

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• Course description
  
  The Diploma in Accounting program is designed primarily for students who have a bachelor’s degree and want to sit for the CPA exam. The diploma program also will assist Federal government employees who want to change their job series codes to accounting.
  
  The federal government requires 24 semester hours (36 quarter hours) of accounting courses to qualify for the General Service 510 series (accountant). The program will benefit other professionals seeking accounting skills to increase their job opportunities.
  
  Many states require additional businessrelated courses to prepare for the CPA exam. Students should consult their respective state Board of Accountancy for further details. Also available: an Undergraduate Certificate in Introductory or Advanced Accounting; an Associate in Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting; and an Executive Graduate Certificate and a Master of Science in Professional Accounting.
  
  The average time to complete this undergraduate program attending on a parttime basis, 9.0 credit hours per quarter, is 18 months.
  
     
        Area 1: Accounting Courses
  
        ACC 100
        Accounting I
        ACC 206
        Accounting II
        ACC 303
        Intermediate Accounting I
        ACC 304
        Intermediate Accounting II
        ACC 305
        Intermediate Accounting III
        ACC 307
        Federal Taxation
        ACC 401
        Advanced Accounting
        ACC 403
        Auditing
        ACC 410
        Non-profit/Municipal Accounting
  
        40.5 Credit Hours
     
  
        Area 2: Elective Component
  
        Choose 3 of these 11 courses
        ACC 350
        Cost Accounting
        ACC 115
        Microcomputer Applications for Accountants
        ACC 317
        Advanced Federal Taxation
        BUS 100
        Introduction to Business
        BUS 200
        Principles of Management
        CIS 105
        Introduction to Information Systems
        ECO 100
        Principles of Economics
        FIN 100
        Principles of Finance
        FIN 215
        Personal Financial Planning
        LEG 100
        Business Law I
        LEG 105
        Business Law II
  
        13.5 Credit Hours
  
  

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