Post-Baccalaureate Certificate of Accounting CPA Apprenticeship

About the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate of Accounting CPA Apprenticeship provides a unique opportunity for emerging accounting professionals to earn additional credits necessary to meet the requirements for the 150-credit hour pathway for CPA licensure.  This program allows students to achieve credits towards this post-baccalaurate certificate by concurrently working off-site in a full-time, intensive accounting apprenticeship with a pre-qualified company or firm. During this certificate program, students are under the guidance of their company or firm and utilize their work experience to complete coursework that reflects and applies the accounting theories learned in their undergraduate accounting program.

Curriculum

Students will earn the Post- Baccalaureate Accounting CPA Apprenticeship Certificate by completing up to 30 credit hours. Fewer than 30 credit hours of coursework may satisfy the certificate requirement, depending on the number of accumulated credit hours earned by the student at the undergraduate level.

The online course that is required for the Post-Baccalaureate Accounting CPA Apprenticeship Certificate requires students to maintain a full-time position.  The full-time position should provide meaningful and substantive professional accounting work in audit, tax, advisory services, or managerial accounting that is equivalent to the normal expected work of a full-time accountant in their first year of professional employment. 

The course focuses on understanding the CPA license and exam requirements, developing and executing a CPA study plan, as well as utilizing current work experience to consider and understand emerging skillsets and issues in the accounting profession.  This course will typically be offered in 8-week modules and can be repeated multiple times by a student to earn credits needed for the certificate as course requirements are based on the unique work experience gained during each 8-week module.

Program Eligibility:

• Must have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field from an accredited institution.
• Completion of core accounting and business credits required for the CPA exam.
• Must have an off-site, full-time accounting apprenticeship at a pre-qualified company or firm.
• Full-time work is defined as 34-40 hours per week, certified by the employer.

For further information, please contact:

Amy Lysak, PhD, CPA

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting CPA Apprenticeship Program Coordinator/Advisor

Email: lysak@rowan.edu

 

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