Your Career Goals. . .

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Your Career Goals. . .

• and changes to the
• accounting curriculum

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Why Are Things Changing?

• To make sure the accounting concentration
  provides you with the entry level skills for the
  job you desire

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An Accounting Concentration

• prepares students
• careers in public accounting
• careers in government industry
• For the California CPA License Certification
  requirements

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Public Accounting careers in auditing and
taxation
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Industry

• Industry representatives on our Advisory Board
  hire accounting students because they have solid
  financial analytical skills

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Required Classes for an Accounting Concentration
BUS 322 Intermediate Series II
BUS X420 Adv. Fin. Reporting OR BUS 425 Auditing
BUS 321 Intermediate Series I
Sr. Project
BUS 429 Analysis of Actg Process
BUS 214 Financial Accounting
BUS 320 Tax of Bus Entities
BUS 215 Managerial Accounting
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Plus Two Accounting Electives

• Electives can be any 400 level accounting class

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How Do you Decide on a Concentration?

• Attend Club Meetings Events to listen to and
  talk with potential employers
• CPAC (meets Tues at 11 in Rm 03-111)
• Talk to faculty members
• Talk to Jane in Career Services and visit their
  library

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Proposed CPA Certification Requirements

• 120 Hour Option
• Bachelors degree with 36 qtr hours of accounting
• 2 years of general experience (plus a 500 hr
  attest option)
• Pass any 2 exam parts to get conditional credit

• 150 hour Option
• 150 (225 qtr) units with 36 qtr hours of
  accounting
• 1 year of general experience (plus a 500 hr
  attest option)
• Take all 4 parts of exam within 30 days, get at
  least 50 on all 4 parts and pass 2 parts to get
  conditional credit

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Why might I want to meet the 150 hr. requirement?

• You would have substantial equivalency and
  therefore be licensed to practice across state
  lines
• If you moved out of Calif. you would meet the
  requirements of the 47 jurisdictions that require
  150 hours for certification

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How can I meet the 150 hour requirement if I
choose to do so?

• No masters degree is required so you can meet the
  150 (225 qtr units) with a dual concentration,
  extra units from a Community College, or in any
  other manner you desire
• Alternatively you could choose to pursue a
  masters degree at another university after you
  graduate from Cal Poly.