The University of Findlay is your CPA education partner from start to finish. Earn your
bachelor’s in accounting , MBA and CPA in five years through Findlay’s comprehensive accounting programs. Students with a bachelor’s degree in accounting can earn an MBA while taking the required 150 semester hours of college-level credits for CPA licensure. The specific course requirements include 24 semester hours in accounting exclusive of accounting principles and 24 hours of business-oriented courses with coverage in each of the following subjects:
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Auditing
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Financial Accounting
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Management (cost) Accounting
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Professional Ethics for CPAs
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Business Law
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Economics
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Finance
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Management
Marketing
CPA Concentration Core Courses
The following courses are required for students seeking a CPA concentration:
MBA 610: Leadership and Organizational Behavior
MBA 620: Management of Human Resources
MBA 630: Marketing Management and Planning
MBA 638: Decision-Making in Financial Management
MBA 640: Research for Decision Making
MBA 649: Ethics and Legal Environment
MBA 650: Operations Management and Systems Analysis
MBA 665: Management of Information and Technology
MBA 700: Business Strategy and Implementation
Students seeking a CPA concentration must take two of the following:
MBA 653: Financial Accounting and Reporting
MBA 655: Auditing and Attestation
MBA 656: Regulation
MBA 657: Business Environment and Concepts
Optional second concentrations
Students seeking additional expertise in a specific area can earn a second concentration. The following curriculum is needed to complete a second concentration for the MBA program:
FinanceMBA 648: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
MBA 654: Risk Management
Human Resource ManagementMBA 622: Contracts and Labor Relations
MBA 624: Organizational and Human Resource Development
International BusinessMBA 660: International Business
MBA 664: International Trade and Marketing
MarketingMBA 634: Seminar in Marketing and Promotion
MBA 662: International Marketing
Operations Management
MBA 627: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
(This course is designed to achieve an industrial Green Belt certificate while fulfilling the MBA requirements for a second concentration.)
MBA 628: ISO 9000 and Lean Manufacturing
(This course is designed to achieve an ISO 9000 Internal Auditor certificate and a certificate in Lean Manufacturing while fulfilling the MBA requirements for a second concentration.)
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