Professional Accountancy Program

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The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA) awarded Lone Star College System (LSCS) the designation to offer “Qualifying Educational Credit for the CPA Examination.” Thirteen of the LSCS accounting courses meet the TSBPA’s definition of upper-division accounting courses required to take the CPA exam. This designation allows individuals who have already earned a baccalaureate or higher degree from a Board recognized educational institution to gain the thirty (30) advanced accounting hours as well as upper level related business hours required to qualify for the CPA exam. To obtain the Advanced Technical Certificate in Professional Accountancy the individual should take no less than 24 semester hours of accounting and certain related business courses from LSC toward fulfilling the certificate requirements.

Contact the CPA Program Chair at LSC-ATCProfessionalAccountancy@lonestar.edu for more specific information, advising, and recommended sequencing of courses.

Four additional business courses that are not in the ATC in Professional Accountancy will be needed to fulfill the 24 semester hours educational requirement for business courses for the Texas CPA exam.

By completing this program, students will earn one award:

Professional Accountancy, Advanced Technical Certificate (ATC)

Professional Accountancy, ATC

[C4_ACC4 certificate offered at LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, LSC-Tomball and LSC-University Park]

Prerequiste: Baccalaureate degree

Total Credit Hours Required for Advanced Technical Certificate: 45

First Semester Credits / Units: 12
ACNT 1370 - Taxation Procedures for Individuals Credit Hours: 3
ACNT 1371 - Financial Accounting Reporting Standards I Credit Hours: 3
Business Elective Credits / Units: 3
Business Elective Credits / Units: 3
Second Semester Credits / Units: 12
ACNT 1373 - Taxation Procedures for Partnerships, C Corporations, and S Corporations Credit Hours: 3
ACNT 1372 - Financial Accounting Reporting Standards II Credit Hours: 3
Business Elective Credits / Units: 3
ACNT 2345 - Technical Writing for Accountants Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Third Semester Credits / Units: 12
ACNT 2309 - Cost Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACNT 2333 - Advanced Accounting Credit Hours: 3 ²
Accounting Research and Analysis Credits / Units: 3
Complete one of the following:
- ACNT 1393 - Special Topics in Taxation ³
- ACNT 2336 - Financial Statement Analysis ³
Accounting Elective Credits / Units: 3
Fourth Semester Credits / Units: 9
ACNT 1340 - Accounting and Business Ethics Credit Hours: 3
Accounting Elective Credits / Units: 3
ACNT 2370 - Financial Statement Auditing Theory Credit Hours: 3 [ATC Capstone]

Elective Options

Accounting Electives

ACNT 1391 - Special Topics in Fraud Investigation Credit Hours: 3
ACNT 1393 - Special Topics in Taxation Credit Hours: 3
ACNT 2330 - Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACNT 2332 - Accounting Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
ACNT 2337 - International Financial Reporting Credit Hours: 3 ²

Business Electives

BMGT 1309 - Information and Project Management Credit Hours: 3
BMGT 1327 - Principles of Management Credit Hours: 3
BMGT 1331 - Production and Operations Management Credit Hours: 3
BMGT 2303 - Problem Solving and Decision Making Credit Hours: 3
BUSI 2301 - Business Law Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2301 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2302 - Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
HRPO 2301 - Human Resources Management Credit Hours: 3
HRPO 2304 - Employee Relations Credit Hours: 3
HRPO 2307 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
IBUS 1305 - Introduction to International Business and Trade Credit Hours: 3
IBUS 2341 - Intercultural Management Credit Hours: 3
MRKG 1311 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
MRKG 2348 - Marketing Research and Strategies Credit Hours: 3

Note(s)

¹ Meets the TSBPA’s requirements for a discrete (standalone) course in accounting communications or business communications.

² Meets the one hour requirement in accounting research and analysis for the state board.

³ Meets the TSBPA’s requirements for a discrete (stand-alone) course in accounting research and analysis.

ATC Completed

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