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Hi all.

I just joined to ask a question that maybe someone has or had encountered on their CPA journey. Not to bore you with the details, but I have a Master of Accounting from a non-AACSB school. I sat and took REG (and actually got a 89) with CA board of accountancy back in early 2012 (with the 150 credit pathway), but life got in the way. So, now I’m applying for Massachusetts because there’s no way I’m going to be able to get the experience requirement now for CA (I’m not working in accounting but the CPA license would still be very desirable).

Anyways, with that all said. I never took a business law class as it was always an elective (I really have been kicking myself on that one especially when I took REG the first time). Now, I’m quite confused on how MA describes the qualifications to sit for the exam because you can “elect to take the exam with 120 credits”, but you have to have 9 hours of business (which also includes biz law as a requirement). I have over 150 credits, and the qualifications for the 150 for licensure says that if you have a graduate degree in business, accounting or law that you just need 24 credits of business courses with no stipulation of business law. Anyways, does anyone know if you absolutely have to have a 3-credit hours business law course to sit for the exam? Also, has anyone have success with UCLA or UC Berkley’s extension courses when applying for MA CPA? I did see that all course have to come from a “degree granting” institution which from the way I understand UCLA and UCB extension schools aren’t degree granting.

I’m doing the pre-evaulation thing that MA offers under CPACentral, but seeing as the new quarter/semester starts in a week or so I’m wondering if I should just forgo it and take a biz law class anyways…

FAR - 89
REG - 80
AUD - 95!!!
BEC - 86
Licensed in Massachusetts (1/2016)

Done with one attempt each thanks to Roger + NINJA 10-Pt Combo