CPA Applied Accounting Graduate Certificate

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Program Information

The Graduate Certificate in CPA Applied Accounting provides students with the necessary courses to prepare them for the core accounting topics covered on the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exams. Each course will utilize a combination of live lecture, recorded lectures, task-based simulations, and simulated exams, and include materials from a major CPA exam review program. The courses are designed to use analytics to measure student success and help focus classroom time on more complex or difficult to understand topics. Each course will incorporate graduate level exploration and analysis of case studies and practice-based examples to further students’ understanding of the concepts covered.

See Admission to Certificate Programs for admission requirements.

All courses must be completed at Golden Gate University with a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 (“B” average) or better in courses taken at Golden Gate University that are applicable to the program’s requirements. See Graduate Student Academic Standing Standards for more information.

Course prerequisites are indicated in the course description for each course and must be satisfied prior to enrolling in a given course. Prerequisites may be satisfied through transfer of equivalent coursework from external institutions or by taking the courses at GGU.

Prerequisite Requirements - 15 units

Individual courses will be waived for students who completed them at GGU, or who completed comparable courses at other regionally accredited degree granting institutions, with grades of “B” or better.

ACCTG 1A Introductory Financial Accounting 3 unit(s)
ACCTG 1B Introductory Managerial Accounting 3 unit(s)
ACCTG 200A Intermediate Accounting I 3 unit(s)
ACCTG 200B Intermediate Accounting II 3 unit(s)
ACCTG 211 Auditing 3 unit(s)

Required Courses - 12 units

ACCTG 377 Financial Accounting and Reporting 3 unit(s)
ACCTG 378 Business Environments and Concepts 3 unit(s)
ACCTG 379 Accounting and Tax Regulations 3 unit(s)
ACCTG 380 Auditing and Attestation 3 unit(s)