Department of Accounting

OFFICE	Business Education Complex, Suite 2800
TELEPHONE	225-578-6202
FAX	225-578-6201
WEBSITE	www.business.lsu.edu/accounting
E-MAIL	accounting@lsu.edu

For information regarding the GRADUATE PROGRAM, click here.

Admission to a curriculum in the Department of Accounting requires that a student be admissible to the E.J. Ourso College of Business and meet the following GPA requirements at the time of application for admission:

A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
A minimum 2.5 LSU GPA
A minimum 2.5 business GPA
A minimum 2.5 LSU business GPA

Students are required to earn at least a grade of “C” in each accounting course taken. For an accounting course to qualify as a pre-requisite for another accounting course, it is necessary that a grade of “C” or better be earned in the prerequisite course.

Candidates for the Certified Public Accountant’s examination (CPA) in Louisiana must have at least 150 hours of college credit.