Certified Public Accountant

Albion College students are actively recruited by several C.P.A. firms. Recent graduates have taken positions with Ernst & Young, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte, Plante Moran, and Rehmann Group.

The program of courses listed below meets the Michigan requirements for sitting for the national C.P.A. exam. Under the Michigan 150-hour rule, additional courses or a Master’s Degree are required to eventually become a C.P.A. Most of these additional courses can be taken at Albion. In fact with careful planning, students can meet the 150-hour requirement within the normal graduation period of 4 years at Albion.

	Fall	Spring
Freshman	Intro to Economics^R3(E&M 101)  Liberal Arts 101^1 Mode/Category^2 Math 125^R OR Math 141	Economy and Financial Markets (E&M 102)^R Survey of Computing (Math 151) Mode/Category^2 Mode/Category^2
Sophomore	Financial Accounting (E&M 211)^R Intermediate Micro (E&M 230)^R Mode/Category^2 Mode/Category^2	Manag/Cost Acctg (E&M 212) Intermediate Macro (E&M 232^R) Statistics: E&M 235, Math 210 or 309^R Mode/Category^2
Junior	Intermediate Acctg I (E&M 311) Financial Management (E&M 348) Mode/Category^2 Mode/Category^2	Intermediate Acctg II (E&M 312) Acctg Info Systems (E&M 383) (.50 unit) Elective^4 Elective^4 Elective^4 or Internship
Senior	Federal Income Taxes (E&M 341) Govt Acctg (E&M 384) (.50 unit) Elective^4 Elective^4 Elective^4	Auditing (E&M 342) Advanced Tax (E&M 385) (.50 unit) Business Law(E&M 350)  Elective^4 Elective^4

^RRequired for major:  Includes E&M 101, E&M 102, E&M 211, E&M 230, E&M 232, and three other E&M courses; plus Math 125 or higher and statistics (E&M 235, Math 210, or Math 309)

¹Required freshman course.

²Pick course from one of nine areas required for graduation.

³E&M 101 counts for one of the nine Mode/Category courses.

⁴Electives might include courses in computer science, public speaking, english composition, investments, money & banking, business ethics, or golf.