Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Accounting Program
 The Certificate program is open to those who wish to prepare for careers in professional accounting. The principal objective of the Certificate program is to ensure, through required course work and formal academic advising, that candidates achieve a full and balanced academic experience in their accounting education. Completion of the required program course work will meet the minimum educational requirements to take examinations for professional certification. Students must have no less than a 2.5 GPA for the required courses in the program.
In addition to the required accounting course work, it is strongly recommended that candidates supplement that course work with associated courses. Those intending to sit for the CPA exam should consider courses in economics, finance, and business law; those wishing to emphasize industry accounting (including the CMA exam) should consider course work in finance, organizational behavior, decision analysis, and modeling; and those interested in careers in nonbusiness entities, advanced course work in economics and political science is encouraged. Students completing this program receive a certificate of completion.
The Certificate program will take a minimum of two academic years to complete. Interested students should contact the Office of Student Services BEFORE applying to the program via OSU Admissions.
Admission to the Program
1. Admission requirements
The Certificate program is open to individuals who have a baccalaureate degree in an academic area other than accounting. These persons must apply to the Accounting professional program. Once accepted into the Accounting program, students will then be admitted to Oregon State University with postbaccalaureate status.
2. Prerequisite courses
Students should contact the College of Business Office of Student Services for the latest information on prerequisites for the Certificate program.
The Office of Student Services will judge the equivalency, in terms of content and credit hours, of prerequisite courses if they were completed at another college or university. | 
