Accounting, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below.  The department website provides an overview of the program, admission requirements (when applicable), faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/accounting/programs  

66 Credits Required

Accounting Requirements (27 Credits)
ACC 200 – Financial Accounting 
ACC 202 – Accounting Spreadsheet Application 
ACC 210  – Managerial Accounting 
ACC 310 – Intermediate Accounting I 
ACC 311 – Intermediate Accounting II 
ACC 350 – Federal Income Taxation 
ACC 370 – Accounting Information Systems 
ACC 410 – Advanced Accounting 
ACC 461 – Auditing 

Accounting Elective (9  Credits)
Select 3 courses from:
ACC 351 – Federal Income Taxation
ACC 380 – Fraud and Forensic Accounting 
ACC 424 – International Accounting
ACC 450 – Accounting Capstone
ACC 497 – Internship
MBA 575 – Financial Statement Analysis*
MBA 576 – Advanced Income Tax*
MBA 577 – Tax Planning and Research*
MBA 578 – Not–For–Profit and Government Accounting*
MBA 580 – International Accounting Standards*
MBA 581 – Contemporary Accounting Issues*

General Business Elective Courses (30 Credits)
ECO 100 – Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 101 – Principles of Microeconomics
FIN 300 – Corporate Finance

Select 7 additional courses from:
MGT 100, 200, 300–level or 400–level 
MIS at the 200–level, 300–level or 400–level
ECO 200, 201, 270, 300–level or 400–level       
FIN 340, 341, 343, 345, 346, 347, 348, 398, 432, 457, 460, 470, 497, 499                   
MKT  at the 200–level, 300–level or 400–level
MBA 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507*

*Students may utilize up to 9 credits of MBA courses towards the Certificate Program.

**Up to 30 credits of general business credits may be waived on a case–by–case basis for applicants who hold undergraduate or graduate degrees in business completing equivalent course work.