Public Accounting (BS)

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Overall Requirements and Minimums

See Degree Policies for information regarding earned hour, residency, and minimum GPA requirements.

General Education Requirements (37-40 hrs)

Integrative and Experiential Core

First Year (FYS) or Transition Year Seminar (TYS)
Integrative Studies (INST)
Senior Year Experience (SYE)

Discipline-Based Skills Development

Mathematics
- This major requires:
  MATH 1240 - Statistics I
Lifestyle Fitness and Wellness Series (LFW)
Skills Development
- Oral/Written Communication
- Language Proficiency
- Laboratory and Experimental Design

Writing Intensive

See Writing Intensive Requirements for specifics.

Public Accounting Major Requirements (93 hrs)

Additional Coursework (30 hrs)

The remaining thirty credit hours are to be completed with coursework at the 3000-level or above, selected from BAE or any undergraduate or graduate department at Otterbein. Students are encouraged to complete either a second major or a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Application for Degree

Prospective graduates must submit a Graduation Application to the Office of the Registrar during the term prior to the intended final semester.

CPA Education Requirements

150 semester credit hours are required to sit for the Ohio CPA exam.

Of the 150 semester credit hours:
- 30 must be accounting courses with coverage in:
  - Financial Accounting
  - Management Accounting
  - CPA Auditing
  - Professional Ethics
  - Taxation
  - Accounting Information Systems
- 24 must be in business courses other than accounting. Business courses acceptable include:
  - Finance
  - Management
  - Economics
  - Marketing
  - Business Law
  - Business Communications
  - Business Statistics
  - Note: non-business communications (taken in the English department); Statistics (taken in the Math department); or Ethics (taken in the Philosophy department) are not counted as business courses by the Accountancy Board of Ohio.
- The remaining 96 credit hours can be from any undergraduate or graduate level courses such as:
  - Art
  - Business (courses other than accounting: finance, management, economics, marketing, business law, business communications, business statistics, etc.)
  - Communication
  - Computer Science
  - Criminal Justice
  - Dance
  - Economics
  - Education
  - Engineering
  - English
  - Equine Science
  - Health and Sport Science
  - History
  - Languages
  - Management
  - Math
  - Music
  - Nursing
  - Philosophy
  - Physical Education
  - Political Science
  - Psychology
  - Religion
  - Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, etc.)
  - Theatre

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