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In order to sit for the CPA exam in the state of Texas, you must meet the educational requirements as prescribed by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. These requirements state you must meet the following requirements:

1. Hold a bachelor’s degree
2. Have 150 hours of total college credit
3. Have 30 hours of approved upper-level accounting course credit
4. Have 24 hours of approved business course credit
5. Have 3 hours of approved accounting ethics credit.

*Candidates are encouraged to visit http://www.tsbpa.state.tx.us for complete details.

Currently, the following courses are on UTD’s approved list:

Undergraduate	Graduate
ACCT 3320 Financial Information Management ACCT 3321 Managing Financial Data ACCT 3322 Integrated Accounting Information Systems ACCT 3331 Intermediate Financial Accounting I ACCT 3332 Intermediate Financial Accounting II (course previously numbered as ACCT 4332) ACCT 3341 Cost Management Systems ACCT 3350 Fundamentals of Taxation ACCT 4334 Auditing ACCT 4336 Financial Statement Analysis ACCT 4337 Business Valuation ACCT 4342 Analysis and Design of Accounting Systems *These courses are pending approval with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.	ACCT 6330 Intermediate Financial Accounting I ACCT 6332 Intermediate Financial Accounting II ACCT 6333 Advanced Financial Reporting ACCT 6334 Auditing ACCT 6336 Information Technology Risk Management ACCT 6337 Data Management ACCT 6338 Accounting System Integration and Configuration ACCT 6341 Planning, Control and Performance Evaluations ACCT 6342 Strategic Cost Management ACCT 6343 Accounting Information Systems ACCT 6344 Financial Statement Analysis ACCT 6345 Business Valuation ACCT 6350 Fundamentals of Taxation I* ACCT 6355 Fundamentals of Taxation II* ACCT 6351 Individual Taxation ACCT 6352 Corporate Taxation ACCT 6354 Partnership Taxation ACCT 6356 Tax Research ACCT 6362 International Accounting ACCT 6365 Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting ACCT 6377 Corporate Governance and Accounting ACCT 6380 Internal Audit ACCT 6382 Advanced Auditing ACCT 6383 Fraud Examination ACCT 6384 Analytical Reviews Using Audit Software ACCT 6385 Accounting System Integration and Configuration ACCT 6386 Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
Accounting Research and Analysis: As part of the 30 hours of accounting coursework needed, two semester hours are required in accounting research and analysis. The semester hours may be included in the 30 hour accounting requirement. Both of the following courses must be taken to meet the board’s requirements for an integrated approach in accounting research and analysis. ACCT 4334/6334 Auditing      and ACCT 3351/6351 Individual Taxation or ACCT 3350/6350 Fundamentals of Taxation I, (ACCT 6350 pending TSBPA approval).      Or ACCT 6356 Tax Research

No, the Board mandates that at least 15 of these hours must be taken in classes meeting regularly on the campus.

No, the Board states that credit will not be given for repeated courses or coursework.

While all ACCT courses will help to varying degrees with the four parts of the CPA exam, some suggested courses are listed below (list not all-inclusive):

Part	Suggested Courses
Financial Accounting & Reporting	ACCT 3331 (UG), ACCT 3332 (UG), ACCT 6330 (GR), ACCT 6332 (GR), ACCT 6333 (GR), ACCT 6365 (GR)
Auditing and Attestation	ACCT 4334 (UG), ACCT 6334, (GR), ACCT 6335 (GR)
Regulation	ACCT 3350 (UG), ACCT 6350, (GR), ACCT 6355 (GR), ACCT 6370 (GR), ACCT 6335 (GR)
Business Environment and Concepts	ACCT 3341 (UG), ACCT 4342 (UG), ACCT 4336 (UG), ACCT 6341 (GR), ACCT 6343 (GR), ACCT 6344 (GR)

For more information about the material tested in each part of the Uniform CPA examination, please visit the AICPA (American Institute of Public Accountancy, Becoming a CPA. (www.aicpa.org)

Yes, a 3-hour internship course may be used for approved accounting credit. The internship must be taken after 12 semester hours of upper division coursework is completed. All internships must be approved by ACCT faculty member, Art Agulnek, (axa022000@utdallas.edu, 972-883-4773, office 4.222) in advance.

No. The board states that all related business courses taken must be upper division courses (except statistics and economics courses, in which any level may be used). In addition, no more than 6 hours may be taken in any subject area. The approved business subject areas are business law, economics, management, marketing, business communications, statistics, technical writing, finance and information systems or technology.

As part of the 24 hours of business coursework needed, two hours of either accounting communications or business communications will be required. The following course(s) meet the Board’s requirements for a discrete (stand-alone) course in accounting communications or business communications:

ACCT 3311 – Business Communications OR
ACCT 6203 – Professional Accounting Communications

Yes, ACCT 6335-Ethics for Professional Accountants meets the board definition of an ethics course. It can be taken in class or online.

You should contact the Board directly with additional questions. Its website is www.tsbpa.state.tx.us or phone is (512) 305-7870.

For additional information about UT Dallas’ courses or programs contact one of the ACCT faculty members below schedule a CPA appointment online visit GenBook.

Jennifer Johnson – Jennifer.johnson@utdallas.edu, 972-883-5912, office 4.432
Melissa Palmer – Melissa.palmer@utdallas.edu, 972-883-5851, office 4.424
Mary Beth Goodrich – goodrich@utdallas.edu, 972-883-4775, office 4.220
Amy Troutman – amy.troutman@utdallas.edu, 972-883-6719, office 4.419