Certificate in Accounting

Graduate Certificates in Business

The graduate certificates in business are designed to allow working professionals to develop expertise and acquire a credential beyond their undergraduate degree. The certificate program allows students to:

Specialize in new areas of business
Update older information or degree
Acquire added skills and credentials to increase their career opportunities

Course work for the certificate may be applied to other advanced graduate degrees if enrolled in those degree programs prior to completion of the certificate program.

Admission Requirements

Detailed admission requirements are listed below. Seattle University graduate students may also be eligible for the certificate programs. For more information, contact (206) 296-5700.

A minimum of an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
Competency in statistics
Scores from the GRE or GMAT exams taken within the last five years are optional except for those subject to the Three-Year Degree Policy (2004-04) and those who earned degrees from institutions issuing nongraded transcripts.

Requirements

Upon completion of the requirements for the Certificate in Accounting, students will have posted to their transcripts the entry, Certificate of Accounting and be issued a certificate.

I. Prerequisites

Financial Accounting

II. Required Courses (9)

ACCT 5110 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I 3 credit hours
ACCT 5120 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II 3 credit hours
ACCT 5125 - Intermediate Financial Accounting III 3 credit hours

III. Electives (6)

Choose 2 from the following courses:

ACCT 5130 - Managerial Cost Accounting 3 credit hours
ACCT 5140 - Auditing I 3 credit hours
ACCT 5150 - Federal Taxation I 3 credit hours
ACCT 5240 - Fraud Analytics and Forensic Accounting 3 credit hours
ACCT 5300 - Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation 3 credit hours
ACCT 5325 - Communications for Accountants 3 credit hours
ACCT 5330 - Advanced Financial Accounting 3 credit hours
ACCT 5350 - Advanced Federal Income Tax II 3 credit hours
ACCT 5365 - Topics in Valuation Analysis 3 credit hours
ACCT 5370 - Valuation for Financial Reporting 3 credit hours
ACCT 5385 - Corporate Governance 3 credit hours
ACCT 5390 - Not-for-Profit Accounting 3 credit hours
RSKA 5310 - Risk Advisory and Assurance I 3 credit hours
RSKA 5320 - Risk Advisory and Assurance II 3 credit hours
RSKA 5360 - Cybersecurity and IT Risk Advisory and Assurance 3 credit hours