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Program Specifics

Our program is designed to provide students with career opportunities in public accounting, private, and in not-for-profit companies. The freshman and sophomore years of the program concentrate on liberal education requirements, including economics and mathematics, principles of accounting, and computer systems courses. Transfer students usually have met these requirements at their respective colleges and universities and find the transition into their junior year at Bemidji State University relatively easy.

The junior year normally consists of introduction to professional accounting, intermediate accounting, cost accounting, not-for-profit accounting, and business law, along with basic core requirements in management, marketing, and finance.

Many students take additional credits to meet the 150 semester hour requirement to become a Certified Public Accountant. Students work closely with their advisors to develop a program tailored to their specific objectives.

Several of our students sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination (CPA) after completion of the program. Usually over 30 percent of first-time sitters pass the exam. The national average is less than 20 percent.

Graduates can also take the Certified Management Accounting Examination (CMA). This examination is primarily for those interested in private accounting careers. Both the CPA and CMA are excellent additional credentials.

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