Accounting Advanced Technical Certificate CPA Exam Preparation
The Accounting Advanced Technical Certificate CPA Exam Preparation certificate (C4_ACC4) is offered at LSC-CyFair, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, and LSC-Tomball. For more information, please contact the Accounting Department.
Program Description
Accounting Advanced Technical Certificate-CPA Exam Preparation: The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA) awarded Lone Star College System (LSCS) the designation to offer "Qualifying Educational Credit for the CPA Examination."
Eleven of the LSCS accounting courses meet the TSBPA's definition of upper-division accounting courses required to take the CPA exam. This designation allows individuals who have already earned a baccalaureate or higher degree from a recognized educational institution to gain the thirty (30) advanced accounting hours required to qualify for the CPA exam.
The individual should be enrolled in the accounting advanced technical certificate-CPA exam preparation and take no less than 24 semester hours of accounting from LSCS toward meeting the 30 semester hours. Contact the accounting department at LSC-CyFair, Montgomery, North Harris or Tomball for specific information, advising, and recommended sequencing of courses.
Prerequisite: Bachelor's degree that includes the equivalent of ACCT 2401, ACCT 2402, ECON 2301, ECON 2302 and BUSI 2301. If these courses are not included in the bachelor's degree, they must be completed in order to be admitted into the certificate program.
Program Plan
First Year Credits
| Course | Number | Title | Credits |
| ACNT | 2303 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| Elective1 | Business Elective | 3 | |
| ACNT | 1331 | Federal Income Tax: Individual | 3 |
| ACNT2 | 2345 | Technical Writing for Accountants | 3 |
| ACNT | 2304 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACNT | 1347 | Federal Income Tax for Partnerships/ Corporations | 3 |
| Elective1 | Business Elective | 3 | |
| Elective1 | Business Elective | 3 | |
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TOTAL Credits for First Year: |
24 | ||
Second Year Credits
| Course | Number | Title | Credits |
| ACNT | 2309 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACNT3 | 2333 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACNT | 2330 | Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting | 3 |
| ACNT4 | 1393 | Federal Income Tax: Advanced | 3 |
| Elective5 | Accounting Elective | 3 | |
| ACNT | 1340 | Accounting and Business Ethics | 3 |
| ACNT6 | 2331 | Internal Control and Auditing | 3 |
| Elective1 | Business Elective | 3 | |
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TOTAL Credits for Second Year: |
24 | ||
Total Credits
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TOTAL Credits for Accounting Advanced Technical Certificate: |
48 |
- Choose business electives from the following:
BMGT 1327, BMGT 1331, HRPO 2307, MRKG 2348, MRKG 1311, and BUSI 2372.
Other electives may be chosen with accounting department approval. - Meets the TSBPA's requirements for a discrete (stand-alone) course in accounting communications or
business communications. - Meets 1 semester hour out of a 2 semester hour TSBPA's requirement for accounting research and analysis.
- Meets the TSBPA's requirements for a discrete (stand-alone) course in accounting research and analysis.
- Choose accounting electives from the following: ACNT 1393, 2332, 2335, 2337
- Capstone course
