Accounting, Graduate Certificate
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Hours: 12
Program Code: G004
Certificate Requirements
The Accounting Graduate Certificate will provide students with fundamental knowledge in accounting, preparing them to understand financial reporting, control systems, and tax implications of business transactions to be enabled to make better business decisions.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Program Core | ||
| ACCT 5202 | Financial Accounting | 2 |
| or ACCT 5232 | Financial Reporting Foundations | |
| Electives | ||
| Choose 10 credit hours from the following: | 10 | |
| Managerial Accounting | ||
| Fundamentals of Cost Accounting | ||
| Financial Reporting for Assets and Investments | ||
| Financial Reporting for Liabilities and Equity | ||
| Fundamentals of Income Taxation & Tax Accounting | ||
| Fundamentals of Taxation of Business & Employment Income | ||
| Fundamentals of Accounting Information Systems | ||
| Fundamentals of Internal Control | ||
| Fundamentals of Auditing | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis Theory and Methods | ||
Other courses as approved by Steed School of Accounting | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
A graduate certificate is not a graduate degree. A graduate degree represents a program of independent inquiry beyond the depth of coursework alone, while a graduate certificate represents a set of courses only.
- All courses must be taken at OU. No transfer credit will apply.
- No course substitutions are permitted for graduate certificates.
- Coursework applied to a graduate certificate cannot be more than five years old as of the semester the graduate certificate is awarded.
- Students must earn a grade point average of 3.00 or higher on all coursework applied to the graduate certificate.