As the continuing education division of the University of California at Santa Barbara, UCSB Extension is open to all adults who seek professional and personal development. Courses are offered year-round with evening and weekend classes designed to fit into busy schedules with convenient locations in both Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.

Professional Preparation Program for Accounting now Enrolling for Summer 2013

The Professional Preparation Program for Accounting is designed to help you meet the California requirements for CPA Licensure—you can fulfill 24 quarter units (or 16 semester units) toward CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Licensure in only 10 weeks. Courses are offered in an intense, high-quality sequence, designed to provide the detailed knowledge and skills desirable in a professional accountant. Courses cover professionally-based material that expands upon the academic accounting curriculum offered by the UCSB Economics Department. Taken together, the four courses in the sequence also cover topics included in the CPA examination.

Web information

Whether you have already taken courses through UC Santa Barbara Extension or are visiting this site for the first time, you are just a click away from finding the information you need, including:  

• real time enrollment
• upcoming courses
• certificate programs
• forms and policies
• information request

If you are a current or former student, you may access your account through the Student Portal. Upgraded features in this site include easy and secure access to:

• enrollment history
• online transcript ordering
• grades
• profile information

UCSB Extension Updates

Project Management Renewed by PMI^®

The Project Management Professional Certificate Program has been renewed as a PMI Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.)  by the Project Management Institute.

MBS Textbook company now accepting Paypal

UCSB Extension is pleased to announce that MBS Direct, UCSB Extension's online resource for textbooks, now accepts PayPal as a method of payment at checkout. UCSB Extension students whose courses require the purchase of a textbook will now be able to enjoy the secure convenience of this online payment system.

Complete textbook information available at http://extension.ucsb.edu/static/student/materials.jsp