Overview
CPA certificate of completion is a certificate of completion program within the School of Business and Entrepreneurship. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact dsu.hawk@dickinsonstate.edu or call 1-800-279-HAWK.
Certificate of Completion available in Bismarck DSUlive, and online
Career Options
Why should you pursue a CPA Preparation Certificate of Completion?
The CPA Preparation Certificate of Completion (COC) is offered to students needing to complete the necessary credits to sit for the CPA exam or to complete CPA preparation coursework at Dickinson State University. Students can complete as few as 3 credits, or as many as 24. To earn this COC, students must be eligible to sit for the ND CPA examination. This COC is not financial aid eligible on its own.
Possible Career Paths
Requirements
NOTE: In order to be awarded the Certificate of Completion CPA Preparation, a student must complete three or more semester hours at Dickinson State University in courses with a prefix of ACCT, BADM, ENTR, FIN, or MRKT, and meet the requirements to sit for the CPA exam.
This certificate of completion is intended for students who hold a degree from this or any other accredited university who are attempting to fulfill the requirements to sit for the CPA exam as listed below:
1. Bachelor degree or above with accounting concentration (or equivalent)
2. 150 semester units from an accredited university
3. 24 semester hours of accounting courses (300 level and above)
4. 24 semester hours from any Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship courses, including up to 3 semester hours of Economics