[Moonwalk84]

Dear all,

I am a Dutch citizen and currently working/living in The Netherlands. I have passed all 4 CPA exams (New Hampshire State Board). In order to apply for the license I need 150 semester hours. Currently I have 123. So I need to obtain 27 additional semester hours. Accordingly to the evaluation service (FACS) I already have sufficient Accounting and Business semester hours. I wanted to know which (Bachelor/Master) courses I can take to fullfill the requirements. I would like to take Accounting and Business related courses but I heard they might be not accepted as I already followed such courses. Does anyone knows what courses I can take to meet the requirements? Can I use for instance online courses from Straigherliner?

Thank you for your help.

[Anonymous]

If any mods see this: my post appears to be held up in quarantine, though it doesn't have any links or anything…can you release it? 🙂

To the OP: Sorry for this random post, I attempted to post a full reply but it won't let it post. 😐

It will let me post this part though:

If a course that you take now is considered to be substantially similar to a course you took before, then there is a strong risk of it not being counted again. So, for example, Intro to Financial Accounting would be sure to be seen as a duplicate of whatever initial Financial Accounting course you took. If you want to take accounting and business courses, look for something that's different from what you've taken before. Perhaps focus on finance classes, if all you had before was a basic introductory finance course, or something like that. Or economics, or some other area that you've likely had an intro course for, but haven't had anything more in-depth. That way you can avoid duplications.

[Ryan]

CLEP exams is the best option.

[Anonymous]

One note relative to Straighterline: their courses are not accredited college courses directly, but are transferred to a college for credit. Likely there will be additional costs included in making that transfer (for example, the school may charge a per-credit fee for granting credit, or something of that nature). One school that I am acquainted with which at least used to accept Straighterline courses for credit is Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey, which happens to be my alma mater. I transferred in all of my classes except for one course, so I am familiar with their transfer policies (at least as of a few years ago), but haven't taken many courses from them. Anyway, they charge a few hundred dollars for “credit banking”, which is what you'd need to use from Straighterline. Other schools might charge a couple hundred per class. Either way, you'll want to look into where you can transfer them to and what it will cost before getting too far along with Straighterline.

If a course that you take now is considered to be substantially similar to a course you took before, then there is a strong risk of it not being counted again. So, for example, Intro to Financial Accounting would be sure to be seen as a duplicate of whatever initial Financial Accounting course you took. If you want to take accounting and business courses, look for something that's different from what you've taken before. Perhaps focus on finance classes, if all you had before was a basic introductory finance course, or something like that. Or economics, or some other area that you've likely had an intro course for, but haven't had anything more in-depth. That way you can avoid duplications.

[Moonwalk84]

Thank you for your help.

I have just one more question. I have passed the final CPA exam in August 2014. Based on the information I received I Always thought that the exam credits will expire only after 5 years (New Hampshire). However today I received an email from NASBA saying that when you applied for the exam you attested that you would apply for a license within three years of passing the exam but if you do not the board does not hold it against you but can if they ever change their rules. If thats the case I won't have enought time to obtain the remaining credits. Is there a chance to get licensed a couple of months later?

[Moonwalk84]

Dear all,
I am currently searching for affordable online accredited course programs. As Straightline is not being accepted I am wondering if someone has any experience with other Institutions/Universities that offer such online programs.

Thank you very much!

[Author]

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