150 Unit Requirement - Page 2

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  • December 8, 2009 at 8:24 pm #156984
    Anonymous
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    I’m in California where you only need 120 units and 2 years of experience to be licensed (changing in 2014). But I only need 16 more units for the 150, so I’m leaning towards taking random community college courses.

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    How is everyone completing the extra units needed on top of a bachelor’s degree? And does anyone else find this requirement a little silly?n

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  • December 10, 0009 at 5:43 am #210173
    StudyGirl
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    I'm in NJ and we have the 150 credit requirement too… you don't need 150 credits to sit for the exam… but it's needed to become certified.

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    I had 135 credits from my undergrad degree and am now going back to school for my Master's in Taxation & Financial Planning to hit 150 credits (and beyond).

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    I did have an undergrad professor who said that it didn't matter WHAT credits they are to make up the 150 credits… and that if I wanted to take Basket Weaving… then that would help me to become a CPA as much as Tax Accounting would.

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    and I continuously wonder why I ever chose the latter…n

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    December 10, 0009 at 2:57 pm #210174
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    Or you could do what I did, change your major so many times you eventually got 152 credit hours in your B.S. in Accounting. Question though, if you're cleared to take the CPA exam by the state board and the requirements change before you pass all of them, are you still cleared to be certified under the old rules? Grandfathered in?n

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    December 10, 0009 at 3:25 pm #210175
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    only if you sent in your application and it is approved……..if not then sorry charlie

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    you can call the state board to find out…….but that happend to me……..I was qualified but never applied in 2002 but then in 2008 I applied and they said I needed some add'l requirements………n

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    December 11, 0009 at 1:18 am #210176
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    I went to a quarter school and we were required to have 225 credits to sit for the CPA exam. Although I ended up with 278 credits (slightly over, I know…) due to starting out in Computer Science & Engineering, switched to Actuarial Science temporarily, then ended up majoring in Accounting with minors in Economics and Statistics. I should add that I came into college with 35 credits from AP exams in high school, so really only 243 while in undergrad. I don't think the extra requirements are silly; there was an academic article published awhile back when they were evaluating the effectiveness of the “150 hour rule.” Students who had 150 hours or more (or equivalent in quarter hours) scored significantly better statistically on the CPA exam than those who had less than 150 hours, before the rule was implemented.n

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    December 11, 0009 at 9:29 pm #210177
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    Finance guy,

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    I emailed the CA cba when I first ventured out because I wanted to know the same thing re: the 150 units for that pathway. The reply I got was any unit from an accredited school (which includes JCs) counted towards the 150, but you definately needed the 24 units of accounting and 24 units of business. So, cliffnotes is you can take 12 units of ceramics, or perhaps bowling or archery… and meet the requirements.n

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    December 12, 0009 at 12:17 am #210178
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    My best quarter (I went to a quarter school too) was winter quarter senior year. I had a very demanding schedule each Tuesday and Thursday. Racquetball class first thing in the morning, then run to the tennis class, then hurry home to get my skis and head up the slopes for the afternoon ski class (Thu. only)!! I would get home around 5 pm completely exhausted and sore. What a life!! The problem was that the University demanded more credit hours to allow me to graduate than my major department did so I had to fill in the hours with fluff stuff. I also took volleyball, basketball and a bridge class… LOLn

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    December 8, 2009 at 8:48 pm #210179
    glutenator
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    I actually have a bachelors (128 undergrad credits), plus 33 graduate credits for criminal justice, plus 45 MBA credits for Accounting, plus 15 more undergrad credits to meet specific class requirements for the CPA. so, yeah, it was ridiculous…..

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    December 8, 2009 at 9:07 pm #210180
    Anonymous
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    I did community college 12 hrs…….1 ethics for CPA's 2 upper level acctg (Forensic&Corp Fed Tax) and one business class…..I did all but one on-line….super cheap…

    December 8, 2009 at 9:17 pm #210181
    Anonymous
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    I double majored in undergrad of accounting and finance.. then I took a lot of history, art and intro to using pc classes to get up to 150…nice gpa booster too.

    December 8, 2009 at 9:21 pm #210182
    Schus
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    Double majored in Accounting and Computer Information Technology

    AUD 81 - BEC 89 - FAR 82 - REG 86

    December 9, 2009 at 1:46 am #210183
    Patrick909
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    I simply went out and got a Master of Science in Accountancy.

    December 9, 2009 at 2:14 am #210184
    Anonymous
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    Haha! I have a BS degree in Graphic Communications and later decided to get a BA in Accounting. Talk about left brain v. right brain. It has been a struggle!

    December 9, 2009 at 2:22 am #210185
    Anonymous
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    I went out and got my Master of Science in Accountancy and Information Technology and getting a Masters degree versus a double undergraduate. I chose the Masters over the double Bachelors because it helped me in the promotions process at work since in the evaluation process a Masters degree is worth 20 points and and Bachelors worth only 15. By the way I am a federal employee working for the Department of the Defense.

    December 9, 2009 at 4:07 pm #210186
    financeguy
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    I'm in CA too, and I was wondering about this…

    I am only 12 units short of 150 too, and I was just planning on taking random classes at the community college because that seems the cheapest route to go. I have been trying to find out if there is any requirement about what classes qualify for the 150 units, but I can't find any info. I have my BS in Finance, and I don't really want to spend the money for classes at the university level, so I would rather just do it at the JC.

    I would like to hear a different perspective if someone thinks this is not a good idea, or if I have some wrong info. Thanks.

    AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
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    December 9, 2009 at 4:08 pm #210187
    financeguy
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    Hey Glutenator, are you trying to work for the FBI or something of that sort?

    AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
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