This document outlines the course requirements for a Certificate of Accounting Concentration at Columbus State Community College. The certificate requires completion of 39 credit hours of accounting courses over four semesters and one summer. The first two semesters focus on introductory financial and managerial accounting courses. The second year covers intermediate accounting, cost accounting, auditing, taxation, and other advanced topics. Upon completion of the certificate, students who already have a bachelor's degree in a non-accounting field will have satisfied the accounting course requirements to sit for the Ohio CPA exam.

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FIRST SEMESTER
G/T/B
CR
SECOND SEMESTER
G/T/B
CR
SUMMER SEMESTER
G/T/B
CR
ACCT 1211
Financial Accounting*
T
3
ACCT 1400
Accounting Systems
T
3
ACCT 2232
Federal Taxation I
T
3
ACCT 1212
Managerial Accounting*
T
3
ACCT 2211
Cost Accounting
T
3
ACCT 2252
Intermiate Accounting II
T
4
LEGL 2064
Legal Environment of Business
B
3
ACCT 2250
Intermediate Accounting I*
T
4
TOTAL
9
TOTAL
10
TOTAL
7
THIRD SEMESTER
G/T/B
CR
FOURTH SEMESTER
G/T/B
CR
ACCT 2236
Federal Taxation II
T
3
ACCT 2258
Advanced Accounting
T
3
ACCT 2241
Auditing
T
4
ACCT 2266
Pub Admin/Fund Accounting
T
3
TOTAL
7
TOTAL
6
39
TOTAL CERTIFICATE CREDITS
* A grade of "C" or better is required.
Columbus State Community College
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Business Programs Department
Certificate of Accounting
NOTE: The Certificate of Accounting Concentration is exclusively for the student with a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree from a U.S. college or university (or foreign degree evaluation that has been accepted by the Ohio Accountancy Board) in an area other than accounting. The plan of study is to prepare that student to meet the accounting course requirements under Ohio law to sit for the Ohio CPA exam.
Plan of Study
Concentration (CPA)
CAREER AND TECHNICAL
PROGRAMS
Effective Autumn Semester 2014
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