[Jgabbay]

To anyone that can help. I was just notified that the NJ Board of Accountancy will not accept one of my college courses as an accounting credit despite it being an exact equivalent to an accounting class offered at my University. The course in question is Computer Application in Business, which is the same as Accounting Information Systems, with an added layer of technology. It was even a prerequisite for me to taking Auditing at LSU.

Does anyone have a contact number to someone that directly sits on the NJ Board? I’m not getting much help when I call them myself.

Please help as if I can not dispute this, I will likely have to spend hundreds of dollars to take an online class that I already have credits for.

THANKS!

[Recked]

I don't have any contact information to share with you but just curious what the course codes for each course are. I'm assuming its a ACC vs BUS issue.

[Jgabbay]

Yea, I'm assuming it's because there's no “Accounting” in the course's name.

https://engineering.lehigh.edu/cse/cse-academics/cse-course-index/csb-311-computer-applications-business

[Recked]

The course description reads pretty well, perhaps you can send that along to the course reviewer.
I'd guessing they are claiming you are shy of the actual ACC credits you need, and there is not much you can do about that.
That's really too bad. How did you like Lehigh? I know someone who went there a very long time ago.

[Kimberly]

Hi-

I'm not sure if this will help but perhaps try contacting NASBA rather than the Board. For NJ they are the ones that are reviewing the education requirements based on Board specifications.

I had communicated with them when I applied for my license, as NJ requires an education review through NASBA if you do not initially meet the requirements for being licensed even though you are permitted to sit for the exam.

I'd try calling them ((866) 350-0017) or perhaps emailing cpaes-nj@nasba.org NJlicense@nasba.org and maybe they'd take the course information to review.

Best of luck!

[Jgabbay]

Hey thank you for that info. I called NASBA initially and they told me I had to take it up with the NJ Board. I don't even know how NASBA would know what the course entails since all they have is a transcript with the course name.

[Recked]

I know some schools have software that can compare courses by school and course code.
They do this to see if any of your credits overlap, etc.
I would assume NASBA has something similar and is not just counting ACC credits, BUS credits, etc.

[SGood]

First off, what department is it from? Most state boards have a real simple deciding factor. If the courses comes from outside the accounting department, then its not accounting. If the course is titled, Computer Applications in Business (it might even mention something about accounting in the course description), but if there is a separate course actually in the accounting department, Accounting Information Systems, then that is the only computer based accounting course you could take. The Board of Accountancy is the only entity who can approve the acceptance of a course outside of the “norm”. But you would have room to argue if the only information systems course they offer comes from the business department and it mentions accounting in the description then you can say thats the only IS course that is offered from the school.

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