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(10-04-2017, 09:41 PM)cannoda Wrote: The Study.com "Advanced Accounting" course bears little resemblance to a standard advanced accounting course.
The sole recommended prerequisite is an introductory financial accounting course. Traditional advanced accounting courses usually require at least 6 hours of Intermediate Accounting as a prerequisite and covers topics well above the level indicated by the syllabus of this course (e.g., consolidated financial statements, foreign currency translation).
The syllabus looks like it could be an "advanced" course in an associate degree program. I would look elsewhere if the goal was to pass the CPA exam.
Isn't this true for all of their courses? 
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Quote:Quote:Clep-Introduction to Financial Accounting
TECEP-Introduction to Managerial Accounting
TESU-Intermediate Accounting I
Penn Foster-Intermediate Accounting II
Study.com-Applied Managerial Accounting
Study.com- Advanced Accounting
LSU-Accounting Information Systems
I have 6 credits left to take as I need courses in audit and taxation which I plan on fulfilling with the courses below.
TECEP-Federal Income Taxation
CSU Global-Auditing
When all is said and done I should 27 credits in accounting.
My concern though is that the CLEP, TECEP's, and Study.com courses will not be accepted in the 24 credit requirement to sit the the CPA exam, since they are not from an accredited source. So its possible that you only have 9 of the 24 credits needed. You need to check with your state accounting board to see if any of the credit-by-exam courses will count.
I'm currently pursuing an accounting degree from TESU, so I'm really in the same place. I'm considering going for a masters after TESU to be able to sit for the CPA. If I had it to do over again I would have chosen a different route, I think.
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(10-05-2017, 07:23 AM)AMRH94 Wrote: Quote:Quote:Clep-Introduction to Financial Accounting
TECEP-Introduction to Managerial Accounting
TESU-Intermediate Accounting I
Penn Foster-Intermediate Accounting II
Study.com-Applied Managerial Accounting
Study.com- Advanced Accounting
LSU-Accounting Information Systems
I have 6 credits left to take as I need courses in audit and taxation which I plan on fulfilling with the courses below.
TECEP-Federal Income Taxation
CSU Global-Auditing
When all is said and done I should 27 credits in accounting.
My concern though is that the CLEP, TECEP's, and Study.com courses will not be accepted in the 24 credit requirement to sit the the CPA exam, since they are not from an accredited source. So its possible that you only have 9 of the 24 credits needed. You need to check with your state accounting board to see if any of the credit-by-exam courses will count.
I'm currently pursuing an accounting degree from TESU, so I'm really in the same place. I'm considering going for a masters after TESU to be able to sit for the CPA. If I had it to do over again I would have chosen a different route, I think.
The good news is that CLEPs and pass/fail credits do count. NASBA for Wisconsin explicitly states " Correspondence, CLEP credit, pass/fail grades and online courses are acceptable when you receive credit for the courses at a regionally accredited college or university. These courses must appear on an official transcript."
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I'm going to say that getting a degree and taking courses this way, while totally acceptable, may not prepare you for sitting for the CPA exam. The money you're saving by getting your degree this way is great. But you may have to spend some additional money on CPA preparation courses when you are done, because some of these courses aren't thorough enough to prepare you in themselves.
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(10-05-2017, 09:25 AM)dfrecore Wrote: I'm going to say that getting a degree and taking courses this way, while totally acceptable, may not prepare you for sitting for the CPA exam. The money you're saving by getting your degree this way is great. But you may have to spend some additional money on CPA preparation courses when you are done, because some of these courses aren't thorough enough to prepare you in themselves.
No doubt in the least, when I actually to sit for the exam for preparation I am having going to have to eat, sleep and breathe the CPA exam. Probably taking three months to prepare for each part of the exam. Just for the speed and money I saved I took the route I did with TESU.
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