Graduate Certificate in Accounting Foundations
About the Program
The online Graduate Certificate in Accounting Foundations helps you take the next step in your career. Designed for graduate students who want to complement other graduate work, small business owners wanting additional accounting knowledge and employees needing to enhance current skills — all will benefit from this certificate program that does not require an undergraduate degree in accounting.
Program Requirements
To be considered for the online Graduate Certificate in Accounting Foundations, applicants must meet the following requirements:
Prerequisite Courses (or courses deemed equivalent)
-ACCT 205 Introduction to Financial Accounting
-ACCT 206 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
-FINAN 303 Principles of Finance
-Math 254 Intro to Statistics/BUSSTAT 207 Introduction to Business Analytics*
*Students should be comfortable with and have experience using Excel. Your student success coach can discuss the specific requirements for the program with you.
Standard Admission:
-A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university
-Cumulative undergraduate GPA ≥ 3.00 (4.00 scale)
-C- or better in prerequisite courses
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Program Requirements take the following courses, take 18 credits18 creditsACCT500 - F of Financial Reporting I3 creditsACCT501 - F of Financial Report II3 creditsACCT504 - F of Financial Stmt Auditing3 creditsACCT513 - Foundations of Cost Accounting3 creditsACCT529 - F of Federal Income Taxation3 creditsACCT549 - F of Acct Info Systems3 credits
* Please note that you must meet with an advisor each semester in order to verify degree completion time as well as online course offerings for the program requirements.