For more information on the Master of Professional Accountancy degree, please see the MPA Graduate Bulletin.
For specific major information, please follow the link below:
Public Accountancy Act of 1999
The 1999 Public Accountancy Act requires 150 hours (5 years) of total education to sit for the CPA exam.
SFASU has created a 5-year integrated degree program to address this statute. This degree takes 156 hours and results in your receiving a BBA degree and a Master of Professional Accountancy degree at the same time upon completion of the program. If you plan to be a CPA, you should be in the 5-year program.
For additional information contact:
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
333 Guadalupe, Tower III
Suite 900
Austin, Texas 78701-3900
(512) 305-7800
General Degree Information
SFASU's five year integrated program leads to a Master of Professional Accountancy degree for those who wish to pursue a career as a CPA. This program is one of several fully integrated five year programs in the state of Texas. It contains 156 hours of course credit and is designed to meet the changing needs of the profession as required by the 1999 Public Accountancy Act. It complies with all the educational requirements for those who wish to take the CPA exam.
The BBA/MPA program includes five years of study resulting in the simultaneous awarding of the BBA and MPA degrees. The program includes the following:
- 48 hours of general undergraduate studies
- 39 hours of general undergraduate business courses
- 33 hours of undergraduate accounting courses
- 21 hours of graduate accounting courses
- 15 hours of general graduate courses
for a total of 156 hours of coursework.
Additional degree requirements:
- For 500-level courses, no grade below a C can be used to satisfy degree requirements.
- To remain in good standing in graduate school, a student must maintain a 3.0 GPA.
- To earn an MPA degree, a student must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 on all graduate-level work
Admission
A student should receive clear admission to the MPA program and have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.5.
Prior to enrolling in any 500-level course, a student must have been admitted to the graduate school.
Admission to the graduate school requires acceptable scores on the GMAT with GPA as follows:
1- A minimum score of 450,2- Overall undergraduate GPA * 200 + GMAT score must be equal to or greater than 1000,
OR
3- Upper level GPA * 200 + GMAT score must be equal to or greater than 1050.
Students are advised to take the GMAT no later than early in their first semester senior year.
Disclaimer - Please Read
Although every attempt has been made to present accurate and current degree information on the College of Business WWW pages, the curriculum information presented here is only a guide. Please see the Graduate Bulletin for MPA or Accounting information for official information.