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CPA Exam Requirements
An applicant for admission to the initial examination must have successfully completed course work consisting of at least 150 semester hours, with a concentration in accounting, at a college or university recognized by the board and that the applicant is the holder of a baccalaureate or higher academic degree.
The "concentration in accounting" required to qualify for admission to the certified public accountant examination shall be as follows:
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At least 42 semester credit hours in business and general education courses including: | |
| A. | macro- and micro-economics plus one upper-division economics course; | |
| B. | At least two courses in legal aspects of business or business law; |
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| C. | college algebra or higher level course; | |
| D. | statistics and probability theory; | |
| E. | computer systems and applications; | |
| F. | finance; | |
| G. | management and administration; | |
| H. | marketing; and | |
| I. | production, operations research, or applications of quantitative techniques to business problems. | |
| (2) | At least 11 semester credit hours in written and oral communications. | |
| (3) | At least 30 semester credit hours in accounting theory and practice including: | |
| A. | financial accounting; | |
| B. | managerial accounting beyond an introductory course; | |
| C. | auditing; | |
| D. | income tax; and | |
| E. | accounting systems beyond an introductory computer course. | |