Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.8
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Qualifications.
A. A qualification applicant to qualify as a candidate for
examination shall file an application for qualification in a format
approved by the Oklahoma Accountancy Board. The fee for the
qualification application shall be determined by the Board and shall
not exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). Every qualification
applicant to qualify as a candidate for the certificate of certified
public accountant shall meet the education and experience
requirements, except as otherwise provided in this section.
B. On or after November 1, 2025, every qualification applicant
to qualify as a candidate for examination for the certificate of
certified public accountant shall have at least one hundred twenty
(120) semester hours, or the equivalent thereof, of college
education including a baccalaureate or higher degree, or the
equivalent thereof, conferred by a college or university acceptable
to the Board from an accredited four-year college or university in
this state or any other accredited four-year college or university
recognized by the Board. The total educational program of the
applicant for examination shall include an accounting concentration
or its equivalent as determined acceptable by the Board which shall
include not less than twenty-four (24) semester hours, or the
equivalent thereof, in accounting courses above principles of
accounting or introductory accounting, with at least one course in
auditing or assurance; the remaining accounting courses shall be
selected from financial accounting, accounting theory,
cost/managerial accounting, federal income tax, governmental, not-
for-profit accounting, accounting information systems, accounting
history and other accounting electives; at least nine (9) semester
hours shall be from any or all of the subjects of economics,
statistics, business law, finance, business management, marketing,
business communication, risk management, insurance, management
information systems, or computer science at the upper-division level
of college or above or the equivalent of such subjects as determined
by the Board; all the remaining semester hours, if any, shall be
elective.
C. The costs associated with the national criminal history
record check shall be paid by the applicant.
A. A qualification applicant to qualify as a candidate for
examination shall file an application for qualification in a format
approved by the Oklahoma Accountancy Board. The fee for the
qualification application shall be determined by the Board and shall
not exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). Every qualification
applicant to qualify as a candidate for the certificate of certified
public accountant shall meet the education and experience
requirements, except as otherwise provided in this section.
B. On or after November 1, 2025, every qualification applicant
to qualify as a candidate for examination for the certificate of
certified public accountant shall have at least one hundred twenty
(120) semester hours, or the equivalent thereof, of college
education including a baccalaureate or higher degree, or the
equivalent thereof, conferred by a college or university acceptable
to the Board from an accredited four-year college or university in
this state or any other accredited four-year college or university
recognized by the Board. The total educational program of the
applicant for examination shall include an accounting concentration
or its equivalent as determined acceptable by the Board which shall
include not less than twenty-four (24) semester hours, or the
equivalent thereof, in accounting courses above principles of
accounting or introductory accounting, with at least one course in
auditing or assurance; the remaining accounting courses shall be
selected from financial accounting, accounting theory,
cost/managerial accounting, federal income tax, governmental, not-
for-profit accounting, accounting information systems, accounting
history and other accounting electives; at least nine (9) semester
hours shall be from any or all of the subjects of economics,
statistics, business law, finance, business management, marketing,
business communication, risk management, insurance, management
information systems, or computer science at the upper-division level
of college or above or the equivalent of such subjects as determined
by the Board; all the remaining semester hours, if any, shall be
elective.
C. The costs associated with the national criminal history
record check shall be paid by the applicant.
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