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	Accounting - CPA College of Business announces new options for Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Want to be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)? How about a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and either a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Science in Information Systems Management (MS-ISM)? The College of Business announces two new five (5) year program options for students interested in a CPA career. Michigan, as well as most other states, now require 150 credit hours of university education for licensure to practice as a CPA. In response to these recent requirements the Accountancy program and the College of Business Graduate Programs (CBGP) department have created two new options specifically targeted for students interested in pursuing a CPA career and meeting the 150 hour CPA education requirement for the State of Michigan. Students who have demonstrated strong academic performance and capabilities may now choose to follow the pathway which combines the Bachelor of Accounting and Master of Science in Information Systems Management (MS-ISM) requiring 150 credit hours for completion, or the Bachelor of Accounting and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) requiring 153 credit hours for completion. Either option allows students to satisfy the Michigan requirement of 150 credit hours or more for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Interested students make application winter semester of their junior year. Those students meeting the academic requirements and recommended by accounting faculty begin their graduate coursework toward the MS-ISM or MBA during their senior (fourth) year. The fifth year is required to complete the graduate degree. According to College of Business Counselor Becky Kowalkoski, "The value of these two new options is that Ferris State University recruiters and departments can now present a semester-by-semester educational path that meets the 150 hour licensure requirements for CPA profession and a skills and career enhancing graduate degree". Information about the new CPA options may be obtained from the Accounting program office (Business 212) at 591-2434, the College of Business Deans Office (Business 200) at 591-2420, or the College of Business Graduate Programs (IRC 212) at 591-2168 or by e-mail at ACCT@ferris.edu.

Accounting - CPA

College of Business announces new options for Certified Public Accountant (CPA)