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Accounting CPA
Program Contact
Business and Management Department, (408) 861-3860, or e-mail program@ucsc-extension.edu .
Program Overview
The accountant's traditional tax-and-audit role within business now encompasses a great deal of analysis, making the position more important and, certainly, more complex. This program addresses these issues and offers students the background needed to remain successful in this field.
Building on the foundation courses from the Accounting certificate, this program provides an advanced course of study that will prepare participants to take the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination. The program also provides courses in specialized areas of accounting, such as attestation and cost accounting.
Goal
The goals of this program are to provide:
- More advanced training on complex accounting issues
- Specialized accounting skills for nonprofits and government entities
- Advanced U.S. accounting principles for professionals trained in other countries
- Academic accounting requirements and accounting units to prepare students to take the CPA examination
Audience
This special program is designed for individuals who are interested in furthering their knowledge of accounting practices and acquiring the foundation to allow them to take the CPA examination.
Benefits
Participants will receive the same rigorous training as professionals with an accounting degree. They will acquire valuable analytical skills that will help them take on high-level accounting roles.
Recommended Courses
This program consists of 11 courses totaling 36 quarter units of accounting courses. In general, the minimum requirements to take the CPA exam in California consist of a bachelor's degree with 36 quarter units of accounting and 36 quarter units of general business courses. Candidates must complete all educational requirements prior to sitting for the exam. UCSC Extension also offers general business related courses to fulfill the required general business courses. To learn more about the CPA designation and the requirements, please refer to the CPA Web site at www.dca.ca.gov/cba .
Courses
Accounting:- Accounting for Government and Nonprofit Organizations
- Advanced Accounting
- Auditing and Attestation
- Business Law and Its Environment
- Corporate Income Tax Accounting
- Cost Accounting
- Income Tax Accounting
- Intermediate Accounting I
- Intermediate Accounting II
- Intermediate Accounting III and Financial Statement Analysis
- Business Law and Its Environment
- Business Statistics I
- Finance I Fundamentals
- Macroeconomics Introduction
- Marketing Principles I
