PGCert in Accounting and Related Services

This certificate comes from a separate extended and global education college and is for students planning a certificate, the MSA or the CPA who cannot commute to the CSUSB campus. It includes a component that prepares students for the CPA exam. The program totals 24 units across eight three-unit courses: two introductory accounting courses, accounting information systems with business ethics, two intermediate accounting courses, an introduction to taxation, financial statement auditing, and the legal environment of organizations. Either regular degree-seeking students or extended learning students may earn certificates at CSUSB. Candidates must obtain two-thirds of their certificate credit from the university, and transferred credit or course substitutions are allowed only after applying to the appropriate campus authority.