Accounting (CAC)
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the Certificate in Accounting program offered by the College of Business at the University of Louisville, you must meet the following requirements:
- Have earned a non-accounting undergraduate degree (e.g., bachelor's degree).
- Complete ACCT 201 and ACCT 202 with a minimum average of B- (equivalent to a 2.70 GPA on a 4.0 scale) for those courses.
- Students who have not completed these courses by the time of application, but who meet all other criteria, may be conditionally admitted into the program until the above requirements are met. Once these requirements are met, students will be fully admitted to the program.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate Requirements | ||
| ACCT 301 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 302 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 310 | Introduction to Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 315 | Taxation for Business Entities | 3 |
| ACCT 320 | Managerial Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 430 | Auditing Theory and Practice | 3 |
| Minimum Total Hours | 18 | |
The required courses are typically offered each fall and spring semester, and may be offered in the summer sessions.
Any course prerequisites must be met prior to registration (see statement above about conditional admittance).
At least twelve (12) semester hours of the requirements for a certificate must be successfully completed while enrolled in the University of Louisville.
***CPA Exam Eligibility Notice: The Commonwealth of Kentucky currently requires a minimum of 27 semester hours in accounting and 12 semester hours in business, reflected on an official degree transcript (or combination of official transcripts), to be eligible to sit for the CPA exam. Candidates must also satisfy additional requirements. This certificate program alone does not provide sufficient accounting coursework to meet CPA exam eligibility requirements.
