Initial candidates must have:

• completed at least 24 semester hours of upper division or graduate level accounting courses including at least one course in each of the following subject areas:
(a) financial accounting;
(b) auditing;
(c) taxation;
(d) management accounting; AND

• completed at least 24 semester hours in business related courses such as;
(a) information systems;
(b) business law;
(c) finance;
(d) economics;
(e) marketing;
(f) ethics;
(g) organizational behavior;
(h) quantitative applications in business;
(i) communication skills.

An upper division course is normally defined as a course taken at the junior or senior level and would exclude introductory courses in accounting and economics.

One quarter unit or hour of credit is equivalent to two-thirds of a semester unit or hour.

NOTICE: Effective October 1, 2006, all Montana candidates are required to have a social security number in order to receive their certificate, and license from the Montana Board of Accountancy. Candidates are allowed to sit for the CPA Examination as a Montana candidate without a social security number, but upon receiving credit for all 4 sections of the CPA Examination they will need to obtain a social security number in order to receive their certificate or license from the Montana Board or they will have to transfer their credits to another state.

For more information, click here to visit the Montana State Board of Accountancy.

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