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Teaching College Accounting – Equivalent Acceptable Experience

Preparation and delivery of accounting courses for academic credit at an accredited degree granting college or university. Teaching college accounting experience for an equated year or years is defined in the following table. Teaching assignments must be certified by an accounting department chair or dean who is a licensed as a CPA and must provide the report of the professor’s course load and/or teaching assignment with the Verification of Experience by Supervisor (Form 4B).

Experience Total # of required semester hours # of Lower-Level Allowed # of Upper-Level (Junior or Senior) or Graduate Required
1 year 18 Up to 6 Minimum of 12
2 years 36 Up to 12 Minimum of 24
4 years 72 Up to 24 Minimum of 48
15 years 270 Up to 90 Minimum of 180