<p>I want to minor in Accounting at UCLA but my major has nothing to do with it, would I still be able to?</p>
<p>good question...this is something I've been wondering as well...</p>
<p>Yes you should be able as long as you complete the prerequisites for the accounting minor. Also it is competitive to get into the accounting program even though it is only a minor.</p>
<p>You will be my rival if I got admitted to UCLA</p>
<p>If you minor in accounting can you become an accountant even if your major is history for example?</p>
<p>And what gpa do you need to be accepted in the accounting program?</p>
<p>go to ucla website and search minor accounting program. they will show you a link. They will tell you everything. why choose history? At least Econ or somthing relate to Business.</p>
<p>I think history and accounting would actually be a very nice combination.</p>
<p>I think it's a great idea that you choose to major in something completely different than accounting. I am a Business Economics major with a minor in geography/environmental science. I will be applying to the accounting minor in the fall. Accounting is a very practical minor that I think will give you a better understanding in how businesses work (i.e. how does cash transaction work). Remember Biz-Econ at UCLA is just economics + accounting; there is no marketing/finance "traditional" business major. </p>
<p>unless you like economics, there's no need to major in it. it's simply about application of you knowledge. i.e sociology, you understand how people work/communicate aka applicable to consulting for example. </p>
<p>in retrospect, had i discovered geography/environmental science major earlier, i probably would've just done that major with a minor if acctng.</p>
<p>hope that helps. and good luck!</p>
<p>yes you don't even have to minor in accounting to be an accountant.
if you don't get into the minor, you can just continue to take the course load and achieve credit needed to sit for the CPA exam.</p>
<p>and note that even if you minor in accounting, you'll have to take a couple more classes in addition to the minor requirement to sit for the exam fyi </p>
<p>don't stress out/worry so much! Enjoy freshman year!!!</p>
<p>sitting for a CPA exam requires way more classes than are required for the accounting minor, some of which UCLA doesn't offer</p>
<p>^^^ Incorrect.</p>
<p>People need to read over CPA requirement before giving out false information.</p>
<p>This is the requirement to sit for CPA exam:
1) B.A./B.S.
2) 36 Accounting Units
3) 36 Business-related units</p>
<p>Let's go through this requirement one by one:</p>
<p>Requirement #1: I'm assuming once you transfer to UCLA, you are not planning on dropping out. CHECK.</p>
<p>Requirement #2: UCLA offers 11 accounting courses (total 46 units) that can be used to fulfill the accounting unit requirement. 9 of those courses are offered regularly, meaning they are offered at least once every year. Those 9 units still add up to 38 units, which is enough to fulfill the accounting unit requirement. CHECK.</p>
<p>Requirement #3: Business-Related courses can be fulfilled very easily. These courses can range from any math courses equal to or above Calculus I, any Statistics course, any economics course, any computer science course, and of course, Business Law or any Business Management courses. These can be either from your community college or UCLA. It can be both lower- and upper-division. You can easily fulfill 36 units of these courses. CHECK.</p>
<p>There. All three requirements can be fulfilled at UCLA. There is no reason for you to not be eligible to sit for CPA if you are careful enough to know which courses to take. UCLA offers everything you need to fulfill the requirement. It's up to you to be smart enough to know which courses to take.</p>
<p>P.S. And did I forget to mention that UCLA grads have THE HIGHEST CPA passing rate than any other schools in California? Even higher than USC's prestigious Leventhal and Berkeley's superior Haas?</p>
<p>Side question. Is a minor even worth pursuing? It is not like it is a BA or a BS.</p>
<p>If your goal is to impress the employer, then the answer is no. Getting a high GPA in that one B.A/B.S. you are pursuing while graduating on time will be enough to impress the employer. Spending the extra year (which means extra $7-8,000 minimum) just to get a minor is not worth the time, money, and effort. And even if you can manage to graduate on time with minor, it means you'll have to wear yourself out during your terms taking 4-5 courses every quarter including Summer, which can directly have impact on your GPA. NEGATIVELY. And even if you manage to graduate on time with high GPA, your job interviewer would still not really care about that minor you managed to complete.</p>
<p>Only pursue it if:
1) You are REALLY passionate about learning about other subject
2) There are many overlaps in required courses between your B.A. and the minor (Business Economics with Accounting minor is a good example; you only need to take 3 or so extra courses to complete the minor)</p>
<p>Otherwise, don't bother.</p>
<p>dhl3, my brother. I was at the accounting minor info session this summer and the director of the program told me you UCLA itself doesn't have all the classes required for a CPA. She said you'd have to go to Extension, a CSU, or a CC to finish it up</p>
<p>Give me the examples of those unoffered required classes that are offered elsewhere.</p>
<p>"Courses may be completed in ANY of the subjects listed below.</p>
<p>Accounting Subjects:</p>
<p>Accounting.
Financial Reporting.
Auditing
Financial Statement Analysis.
External or Internal Reporting.
Taxation.</p>
<p>In addition to those subjects already listed, accounting courses include, but are not limited to, courses in Assurance, Attestation, Bookkeeping, Cost (Cost Analysis, Costing), Peachtree, Quickbooks, and CPA Review courses taken at a recognized school (see below)."</p>
<p>Classes offered at UCLA:</p>
<p>Intro to Accounting (split into two, each 4 units, so total 8 units)
Intermediate Financial Accounting (split into two, each 5 units, so total 10 units)
Management Accounting (4 units)
Tax Principles and Policy (4 units)
Corporate and Partnership Taxation (4 units)
Basic Managerial Finance (4 units)
Auditing (4 units)
Financial Statement Analysis (4 units)</p>
<h2>Advanced Accounting (4 units)</h2>
<p>Total 46 units</p>
<p>Now tell me which of these courses do not fulfill the requirement for CPA examination.</p>
<p>dhl3, you have very very good information there. I bet you are minor accounting @UCLA. </p>
<p>Anyways, to minor in accounting @ UCLA, you need to complete Management1A, 1B, and 120A plus some calculus, econ... and of course you need at least B in all courses to be eligible to apply. However, since many students want to do it, this creates such a crazy competition so to be successful, you should get at least like a 3.5 in their pre-reg + about 3.5 in your cumulative GPA + A in accounting courses (of course). </p>
<p>Between, accounting subject itself is not hard, it is just superly tedious. You need to be very organized and details-oriented. </p>
<p>For a math major like me, I tend to be looking at big picture but accounting requires looking at the small picture so it isn't strange that a straight A math student like me got almost straight B in accounting courses. Regretfully, I have only 1 C+ in my college career and it comes from elementary accounting. Ironically, students who got A in accounting courses usually do not ace math/science courses and they find math/science very hard (I observe this from the accounting classmates). Therefore, I think that the style of learning (looking at big picture or small picture, thinking abstractly or solving concrete examples ....) directly affect the performance in the subject.</p>
<p>In summary, to do good in math/science, you need to look at big picture very abstractly. To do well in accounting, you need to look at small picture and solve concrete problems with a lot of details.</p>
<p>Between, for majors that do not lead to a direct career like English, philosophy, math,econ... minor in accounting @ UCLA is a pretty good choice. I see a bunch of those majors end up in working for Big 4 after having completed their minor in accounting. </p>
<p>However, I strongly recommend this ONLY IF you are passionate about accounting. </p>
<p>Even my degree has accounting, I don't really like the subject and taking the accounting courses is boring as hell to me (math major) because the subject is just too simple (nothing abstract) but contains lot of details so we need to memorize a lot of times (this goes against how math major think, we search for pattern and not memorize) so here I go, no more accounting and back to my passion: engineering for graduate school.</p>
<p>The problem is that to sit for the CPA exam you need a minimum of 225 quarter units. At UCLA the unit cap is 216. That’s why you have to take other classes at another school. However, UCLA does offer all the accounting classes you need to sit for the exam.</p>
<p>(This is what my accounting professor told me this week at least)</p>