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BBA/MS Path to CPA

  • The bachelor’s and master’s pathway streamlines current Baruch’s undergraduate and master’s curriculum, allowing Baruch undergraduate students to complete their master’s degree in one year.
  • The program helps students quickly meet the educational requirements for the New York State CPA licensure.
  • Each student admitted in the program will receive an evaluation.

For information about the process review, visit the Evaluation Process page:

Evaluation Process

NOTE:
Evaluations are completed once students’ degrees are conferred by the Office of the Registrar. All grades must be posted in order to receive your evaluation and register for classes. For students who apply to the program in the Fall entry and are taking courses in Summer Sessions I & II, they will receive their evaluation and registration access closer to the start of the Fall term.

General Business Courses (Non-Accounting):
Baruch Undergraduate Course Master’s Course Equivalent
The following courses require a grade of C or better.  
ECO 1002: Macroeconomics ECO 9740: Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
ECO 1001: Microeconomics ECO 9730: Firms in the Global Economy
CIS 2200: Introduction to Information Systems CIS 9000: Info Technology Strategy
FIN 3000: Principles of Finance
or
FIN 3610: Corporate Finance		 FIN 9770: Corporate Finance
MGT 3120: Fundamentals of Management
or
PSY 3181: Industrial & Organizational Psychology		 MGT 9301: Managing People and Organizations
MKT 3000: Marketing Foundations MKT 9703: Data-Driven Marketing Management
STA 2000: Business Statistics I
Plus one of the following: 		STA 9708: Managerial Statistics
LAW 1101: Fundamentals of Business Law
and
LAW 3102: Law of Business Organizations		 LAW 9800: Intensive Survey Law
3000, 4000, or 5000-level courses in the following subject areas:
CIS, ECO, FIN, IBS, LAW, MGT, MKT, OPM, STA, RES, BPL		 11 credits of 9000-level business elective courses
Accounting and Tax Courses:

Baruch Undergraduate Accounting Course Master’s Course Equivalent
Courses must have been completed within 5 years prior to enrolling in the MS Accounting program. The following courses require a grade of B- or better.  
ACC 2101: Principles of Accounting
and
ACC 3000: Financial Accounting I		 ACC 9110: Financial Reporting
ACC 3202: Accounting Information Systems ACC 9818: Auditing and Acc Info Systems
ACC 3000: Financial Accounting I
and
ACC 3100: Financial Accounting II		 ACC 9804: Intermediate Financial Accounting
ACC 4100: Financial Accounting III ACC 9805: Advanced Financial Accounting
ACC 5400: Principles of Auditing ACC 9821: Auditing
TAX 3300: Federal Income Taxation TAX 9861: Federal Income Taxation: Theory and Practice

Additional notes for transfer credits:

  • Courses must be completed from a degree-granting regionally accredited U.S. college or university or international equivalent.
  • Continuing education courses are not accepted towards waivers.
  • Association of Charter Certified Accountants (ACCA) courses are not accepted towards waivers.

Students with significant accounting work experience may request a waiver of the five-year time limit for the following three courses BUT only if the courses were completed within ten years prior to enrolling in the MS Accountancy program:

ACC 9110 ACC 9821 TAX 9861
  • The waiver of the five-year time limit for the three courses requires approval from the MS Accountancy academic director.
  • The waiver of the five-year time limit will not be granted for any courses other than ACC 9110, ACC 9821, and TAX 9861.

For students, whose courses exceed the five-year time limit with a BBA in Accountancy can consider other MS programs that will meet their CPA requirements.

For information to see which programs fit, visit the CPA Information page.

CPA Information