What job am i qualified for?

[lovetheduns]

Originally Posted by account615

I'm confused. I can try and get a master's in accounting even if i don't have an undergrad in accounting?

My accounting professors always said the MAcc was more for those who did not graduate with a BS accounting.

Most of those I know with an MAcc had other majors: Finance, Business, Econ, History.

My biggest accounting mentor (and head of our program) used to advise finish the BS, prep for the CPA, then get a MAcc if you so you desired.

In my state, there are accounting, ethics, and business core requirements for the CPA exam-- but the other hours making up that 150 hours can be anything. I had 150 hours at graduation from my BS-- all of those liberal arts courses I took and had majored in an eon ago counted towards the 150 hours.

I never pursued the CPA nor a MAcc-- I make 6 figures now doing something completely unrelated to traditional accounting work. However the degree has come in handy.

[lovetheduns]

Originally Posted by account615

Well i took micro/macroeconomics back in college. I took financial accounting and managerial accounting as well. I would have to take them all over again?

Not trying to be rude-- but seriously do some research.

You can google that-- you can look at MAcc programs and find out their requirements.

I guess I am in a little awe that it seems like you have not done any research in these areas.

I would highly suggest you speak with your career counselors at your college-- they may have tests that can help identify where your strengths are.

[Wartrace]

Originally Posted by lovetheduns

I guess I am floored that they were not using Excel significantly at minimum in a Finance/Accounting program. I have a BS Accounting and we used Excel in homework, take home exams, papers, etc.

I get the reason why he would not have used Crystal Reports-- I have never used it--although I have never worked in traditional accounting-- I went into HRIS and Payroll-- I can create pretty much write any kind of SQL query to pull data out of our databases, I can use Minitab, crunch data through a homemade Access database etc but I generally use Excel most of the time.

Ironically I finished my Accounting degree at a private college's night program for working adults. At that point our professors in Statistics, Finance, Econ, Accounting, etc all focused dearly on real world applications of our materials-- that and prepping for the CPA exam. The bulk of my undergrad came from a top 20 university and the professors at my private college in accounting were far more superior in being true teachers/mentors.

I found the same thing in my accounting coursework, every single class required that you submit your homework in excel format.

I just love Crystal reports, it takes all the work out of extracting data and works with just about any kind of database. No query required and you can apply any type of formula to the data once it is in crystal. For the price (499) it was well worth the investment to me and coupled with Dashboard design it is a great tool.

[jasper12]

I work in healthcare, never took an accounting class in my life. Now, I am responsible for huge budgets, go figure...so, I took some classes in Excel at the community college, which saved my life.