Thomas Edison State College Upper level Accounting Credit - HELP!

[mrs.b]

University of North Alabama offers many of the ones you are missing in self-paced format for $475 ea. through their Professional Accounting Prep program.
Course Descriptions & Syllabi

[HorseManiac]

Perfect thanks - Just wondering,what are your plans for your other UL accounting classes?

Here's what I'm using to meet my accounting requirements....

Intermediate Accounting I - Penn Foster (DONE)

Intermediate Accounting II - Penn Foster (DONE)

Federal Income Taxation - TECEP

Auditing - Adams State Univ.

Cost Accounting - Penn Foster (In Progress)

Advanced Accounting - Louisiana State University

Then I'm taking Strategic Management at Penn Foster too.

[DeterminedStudent]

Here's what I'm using to meet my accounting requirements....

Intermediate Accounting I - Penn Foster (DONE)

Intermediate Accounting II - Penn Foster (DONE)

Federal Income Taxation - TECEP

Auditing - Adams State Univ.

Cost Accounting - Penn Foster (In Progress)

Advanced Accounting - Louisiana State University

Then I'm taking Strategic Management at Penn Foster too.

So have you taken the TECEP Exam? Was this a difficult exam? Also is this your first class regarding LSU Acct Cert program? How are these classes?

Thanks again!

[DeterminedStudent]

University of North Alabama offers many of the ones you are missing in self-paced format for $475 ea. through their Professional Accounting Prep program.
Course Descriptions & Syllabi

Thanks for this - this is an interesting alternative!! Have you taken any of these classes?

[mrs.b]

Thanks for this - this is an interesting alternative!! Have you taken any of these classes?

Not yet. I just finished a pre-req LSU course, and I think I'm still a little too burnt out from my epic rush to finish my Bachelors (pushed much too hard and aggressively), and my husband is very sick for the past ~2 months so we're working on diagnosis. It's on the eventual to-do list.

I can say that they appear to run them through Wiley, which is the same publisher that LSU used for that accounting course. I really enjoyed Wiley's interface, but before you jump into it, will throw in the caution to check into whether that $495 is all-inclusive (NAU course enrollment + online text access) or if the text access is additional. For LSU, text access was additional so the total course cost (enrollment + text) was over $700. Still, that came out to about $210/credit for a tough-to-find online (and self-paced at that) course that is RA and easily transferable. Still, the additional expense hurt and I'd have been salty if I did not have tuition reimbursement from employer to recover it.

[HorseManiac]

So have you taken the TECEP Exam? Was this a difficult exam? Also is this your first class regarding LSU Acct Cert program? How are these classes?

Thanks again!

No, I haven't taken the TECEP yet either. If you try a search of the forum though there might be others who have posted about it.

Yes, this is my first and only LSU class. I haven't taken that one yet either. I've only done Penn Foster so far. Here's the link....https://is.lsu.edu/coursefactsheet.asp?n...&Version=C I'm only taking this one class at LSU, not the whole accounting certificate program.

Hope that helps some!

[mrs.b]

To add a bit more information about the University of North Alabama options, as far as I can tell, the exams are not proctored. Even if they are proctored, the syllabi say the exams are open-book and open-notes. That's manageable.

After completing my LSU course, that puts them quite a bit ahead. For the LSU course, in addition to paying an extra $200+ for the textbook above the course enrollment fee, I also had three proctored exams where ProctorU charged $36.25 per exam ($41 for the last, but I took it at night on a holiday weekend so was charged a premium fee); the proctor fees were not recoverable by tuition reimbursement, so that part did make me salty.

[DeterminedStudent]

To add a bit more information about the University of North Alabama options, as far as I can tell, the exams are not proctored. Even if they are proctored, the syllabi say the exams are open-book and open-notes. That's manageable.

After completing my LSU course, that puts them quite a bit ahead. For the LSU course, in addition to paying an extra $200+ for the textbook above the course enrollment fee, I also had three proctored exams where ProctorU charged $36.25 per exam ($41 for the last, but I took it at night on a holiday weekend so was charged a premium fee); the proctor fees were not recoverable by tuition reimbursement, so that part did make me salty.

This is great I appreciate the info. I was interested in the LSU courses, but I may stay away from them and stick with something like this!

[dmsgirl]

Hi,

Jumping in here...I was just looking at the UNA accounting courses for the professional accounting prep in that link. The descriptions for each of the courses all have the same blurb: Will not satisfy elective course requirement in accounting degree program.

I was excited to see the courses but then bummed to read that because I only need two more accounting electives. I also liked the fact the tests were open book. This is a good way to go if you need more credits to get up to that 150 for the CPA requirement, but not if you need it for your degree - according to their description.

I just finished an LSU course and getting ready to start another and then have one left.

[mrs.b]

Hi,

Jumping in here...I was just looking at the UNA accounting courses for the professional accounting prep in that link. The descriptions for each of the courses all have the same blurb: Will not satisfy elective course requirement in accounting degree program.

I was excited to see the courses but then bummed to read that because I only need two more accounting electives. I also liked the fact the tests were open book. This is a good way to go if you need more credits to get up to that 150 for the CPA requirement, but not if you need it for your degree - according to their description.

I just finished an LSU course and getting ready to start another and then have one left.

They are referring to the Accounting Electives for the Alabama CPA test requirements through ASBPA, not how each school will transcribe the courses to that school's degree plans. That decision is up to each school and there is no way for UNA to know how that would work. The courses UNA offers do not satisfy the Accounting Elective section for the CPA test requirements because they apply directly to other requirements that are often hard to find elsewhere. I'm pretty certain TESC or any of the Big3 would accept them for Accounting Electives; if you're enrolled and have access to Advising or Registrar, sending the links in an email for confirmation would be your best bet, but I'd put money on the fact that they'll take them as Accounting Electives for your degree plan.

Alabama's CPA requirements are pretty strict compared to a lot of states (many states only say "get X number of accounting credits" but AL has a specific mix of courses required), and since that program is designed to fill in necessary requirements to qualify, they are referencing how they'll fulfill those requirements only.