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Post-Baccalaureate Certificates
Accounting—Corporate Accounting Preparation

All students entering the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program must have completed a bachelor’s degree prior to enrolling. 

Specific Requirements

To earn the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting (Corporate Accounting Preparation), students must:

  1. Successfully complete all of the required courses with at least a C-, and
  2. Successfully complete at least five of the required courses listed below at IU Southeast after completion of an undergraduate degree.

The following 21 Credit Hours are required:

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

BUS-A

301

Accounting: An Information System

Required for students starting the program Fall 2021 through Summer 2022

3

C-

BUS-A

311

Intermediate Accounting I

3

C-

BUS-A

312

Intermediate Accounting II

3

C-

BUS-A

325

Cost Accounting

3

C-

BUS-A

337

Accounting Information Systems

Required for students starting the program Fall 2022 and beyond

3

C-

BUS-F

301

Financial Management

3

C-

BUS-Z

302

Managing and Behavior in Organizations

3

C-

Also complete ONE of the following courses (3 credit hours):

BUS-A

328

Introduction to Taxation

3

C-

BUS-A

338

Accounting Data Analytics

3

C-

BUS-A

339

Advanced Income Taxation

3

C-

BUS-A

414

Financial Statement Analysis and Interpretation

 3 

C-

BUS-A

422

Advanced Financial Accounting I

3

C-

BUS-A

424

Auditing

3

C-

NOTE:  Additional coursework in business and economics may be useful in preparing for the CMA Examination. Completion of the PBC in Accounting cannot be relied upon to ensure compliance with all CMA requirements. Only the Institute of Management Accountants’ (IMA) certifying body can provide you with the most current authoritative information regarding their requirements. See www.imanet.org.

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