Major Code
017B

This certificate provides the student who has already earned a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited educational institution the minimum accounting requirements to sit for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam.

To qualify for the CPA exam, the Illinois Board of Examiners requires 150 semester hours of acceptable credit. These hours must include a minimum of 30 semester hours in accounting in addition to 24 semester hours in business courses (other than accounting).

Please visit https://www.ilboe.org for more information.

Course Requirements

32

ACC202 Financial Accounting

3

ACC203 Managerial Accounting

3

ACC215 Individual Tax Accounting

3

ACC220 Intermediate Accounting I

3

ACC221 Intermediate Accounting II

3

ACC235 Taxation of Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)

3

ACC240 Cost Accounting

3

ACC250 Auditing I

3

ACC251 Auditing II

3

ACC252 Accounting Research and Analysis

2

ACC260 Advanced Accounting

3

Program Total

32