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Tennessee requires CPAs to complete 150 total hours of education in accounting classes including a bachelorâs degree. 30 semester hours must be in accountancy courses including 24 upper-division hours. 24 semester hours must be in business courses including 12 upper-division hours.
In order to become a CPA in the United States, the candidate must sit for and pass the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination (Uniform CPA Exam), which is set by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and administered by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). The majority of states still require work experience to be of a public accounting nature, namely two years audit or tax or a combination thereof. 2  However an increasing number of states, including Oregon, Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky will accept experience of a more general nature in the accounting area.