Welcome to the Professional Program in Accountancy

As an Accounting student in The W. A. Franke College of Business, you have several options:

1. The 4-year Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
2. Continuation in to the MBA-Accounting program*
3. Continuation as a post-baccalaureate student to earn the 150 hours required for the CPA exam.

* The MBA-Accounting is a competitive program and not all students are guaranteed a place in the class.

There are several benchmarks built in to the Accounting program to ensure that you have the skills needed for success.

• All Accounting students are required to pass a skills assessment before progressing beyond ACC 255 and ACC 256 to ACC 300 and ACC 355. Dates for the skills assessment are listed below. Be sure to take the practice exam. This will help you determine your preparedness for the skills assessment. Students must pass the assessment within three attempts or they will not be allowed to progress in the Accounting curriculum.
• Students must achieve a C or better in ACC 300 and ACC 355 within 3 attempts (including W’s) to progress to upper division.
• Students cannot receive their BS in Accountancy unless they have completed all of their Accounting courses successfully within 3 attempts (including W) so be careful about withdrawing from courses.

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For students who need to brush up on their Principles of Accounting Skills, the following are suggestions to help you achieve the background needed to pass the skills assessment exam:

1. Go back and review your ACC 255 course materials
2. Take (or retake) ACC 255
3. Purchase the following tutorial (course is approx. $35):
   • Turn off all pop-up blockers
   • Register at http://elearninghome.hbsp.org.
   • Click on "Sign up here" under New Users
   • Fill out the required information, including Organization ID 00053437, to be properly associated with your course.
   • Click "Find" to see what's available in your Learning Catalog.
   • Select "Register"
   • Click "Confirm." You will then be prompted for payment
   • Proceed with payment and click "Complete Registration." Your registration is now complete and your course should appear on your enrollments.

If you experience technical difficulty, please contact our Technical Support Group:

1-800-810-8858 (outside the U.S. and Canada, 1-617-783-7700)
techhelp@hbsp.harvard.edu
Business hours are: Monday - Friday, 8am - 8pm ET.

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Skills Assessment Dates

• Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1 p.m. in FCB 345
• Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 7 p.m. in FCB 445
• Friday, May 4, 2012 at 1 p.m. in FCB 445
• Wednesday, June 20th at 1 p.m. in FCB 445
• Saturday, August 25th at 1 p.m. in FCB 445
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