{"id":870,"date":"2015-05-27T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T23:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/businessmajor\/?page_id=870"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:54:42","slug":"accounting-focusprofessional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/accounting-focusprofessional\/","title":{"rendered":"Accounting Focus\/Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"sub_head_1\">Accounting Focus &#8211; Professional Certification<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are many professional certifications available to accountants. The two most commonly sought are the Certified Public Accountant and the Certified Management Accountant. Western Oregon University provides the courses needed to qualify for these examinations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about professional certifications and careers in accounting, use these helpful links.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"99%\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/BOA\">CPA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imanet.org\/\">CMA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>PLEASE NOTE:\u00a0 Focus areas will not be shown on your diploma or transcripts.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accounting Focus &#8211; Professional Certification &nbsp; There are many professional certifications available to accountants. The two most commonly sought are the Certified Public Accountant and the Certified Management Accountant. Western Oregon University provides the courses needed to qualify for these examinations. &nbsp; To find out more about professional certifications and careers in accounting, use these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"The Accounting concentration at WOU prepares students for careers in public, governmental, and private accounting and supports CPA exam readiness.","_seopress_robots_index":"yes","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-870","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110698,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870\/revisions\/110698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/business-economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}