Save time and get on the accounting fast track!

The Professional Preparation Program for Accounting is designed to help you meet the new California requirements for CPA Licensure—you can fulfill 24 quarter units (or 16 semester units) toward CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Licensure in only 10 weeks.

Professional Preparation Program for Accounting

Courses are offered in an intense, high-quality sequence, designed to provide the detailed knowledge and skills desirable in a professional accountant. Courses cover professionally-based material that expands upon the academic accounting curriculum offered by the UCSB Economics Department. Courses provide information that broadens student understanding and knowledge of modern business methods and environments. Taken together, the four courses in the sequence also cover topics included in the CPA examination.

Program Qualifications

This program is for individuals seeking career enhancement through licensure as a CPA who have completed substantial coursework in accounting. Final admission decisions will be at the discretion of the CPA Executive Committee.

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The program is comprised of four core courses:

• Special Topics in Accounting
• Advanced Auditing and Attestation
• The Regulatory Framework of Business
• Current Issues in Financial Reporting

Dates and Times

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 1-4:45pm;
Friday, 9am-12:45pm, June 21 – August 27, 2010
Plus 4 selected Wednesdays, June 23 & 30, (make-up day for July 4), July 7 & 21.

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Fees

Total Cost is $3,600 of which:

• $200 non refundable application fee is due by May 21, 2010
• $3,400 program fee is due by May 21, 2010
• Enrollments received after 4pm on May 21 are subject to a $200 late fee Application and program fees will be accepted until June 21, 2010 on a space available basis. Group, employee, and alumni discounts may not be applied toward this program.
• Program open for enrollment March 1, 2010. Applications not accepted until March 1, 2010.

Units

24 quarter units (16 semester units). Units earned in this program are not transferable to satisfy the requirements of the UCSB Business Economics Major or the Accounting Emphasis.

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Refund Policy

A full refund is given, less the $200 application fee, if notice of withdrawal from the program is received in writing by noon on June 7, 2010. Late fees are not refundable. No refunds will be given after that time. Exceptions to these policies are considered only under the most unusual circumstances. For full refund policy, visit our Web site at www.extension.ucsb.edu/student/registration/refunds/.

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Eligibility

Potential CPA candidates who have completed substantial coursework in accounting. Final admission decisions will be at the discretion of the CPA Executive Committee.

Scholarships

Applications are due on April 30, 2010 in the office of UCSB Extension, Mail Code 1110, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-1110 Attn: L. Kronvall. Award letters issued by May 14, 2010.

For more Information

E-mail Richard Watson Ph.D, UCSB Economics Department, watson@econ.ucsb.edu, or call UCSB Extension at (805) 893-8957.

For further information about CPA exam requirements in California, go online to http://www.dca.ca.gov/cba

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