<p>Some ask for transcripts, some don’t. But yes, regardless, you can still mention the business coursework you’ve taken to illustrate your interest in whatever field you’re applying/interviewing for. You can also list your Ross classes on your resume (Relevant Coursework portion of Education section).</p>
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<p>You just listed a bunch of bachelor’s degrees. You can get a MAcc after any of those bachelor’s degrees.</p>
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<p>It nets you the coursework required to take the CPA exam and become an accountant.</p>
<p>I realize I listed a bunch of bachelors degrees. By not better off I meant the starting salaries for those majors is higher than it is for an MAcc. If an MAcc compliments any of those degrees (I have no idea whether they do or not) then that’s different, but I had a feeling like they didn’t. </p>
<p>I really was just trying to say the starting salaries for a MAcc are low.</p>
<p>Yea I suppose. But it’s probably so negligible - you should pick a degree based on what you like to study/what you want to do, you shouldn’t pick one because it will give you a marginally higher starting salary.</p>
<p>haha giants92 your talking exactly about my dilemma about what to major in at U of M. I’m thinking about doing accounting but at the same time something like CS, and I’m not sure if a double major is feasible. And plus it all hangs on whether or not I can get into ross.</p>
<p>Haha, Accounting and CompSci are worlds apart.</p>
<p>Regardless, a double major as a BBA is a pretty big commitment. But having a BS in CS and a BBA would leave you with a ton of great options. If you don’t want such a heavy workload, you can always go to Ross and do a CompSci minor - that would be much more feasible (in that you wouldn’t have to fulfill the LSA distribution/language requirements if you’re only doing a minor). Further, you only have to take EECS 183 and 280 to be eligible for a lot of CompSci internships (i.e. Google). Granted, the more qualified candidates will have more programming experience. The full minor would be a total of 5 EECS courses. On the flip side, you could major in CompSci and take some accounting in Ross (up to 20 credits if you really wanted to). There’s also a Computer Science degree in the the CoE. I believe you only need Acc 271, 272, 312, & 315 (= 12 credits) to be eligible for the MAcc at UM (not sure about other MAcc programs, but I would assume similar requirements).</p>
<p>I do think a double major is really really hard. And again, there is even more uncertainty than usual because I don’t even know if I’m going to get into ross (I got into the college of engineering). TBH I’d be happy with a CS major and some supplemental ross acc courses if that were one of my options. </p>
<p>I think its interesting to know that if you got a BS computer science degree, it would probably net you 65k maybe, while with a MAcc on top of that would leave your starting salary with 50k (as a CPA)</p>
<p>“I think its interesting to know that if you got a BS computer science degree, it would probably net you 65k maybe, while with a MAcc on top of that would leave your starting salary with 50k (as a CPA)”</p>
<p>That was my point… I don’t think the two degrees compliment each other. Either you’re going to do something with your CS degree, or you’re going to do something with your Accounting degree.</p>
<p>Ok so it sounds like you’re going to head down the CS-major-in-the-CoE-route, try for Ross, and if you get in make a decision then. To tell you the truth, you really don’t need to be a BBA to go down the accounting route. Then again, my recruiting experience is not in accounting, it’s in finance. For all I know it’s the same: a huge biased toward Ross students by accounting firms (for undergrad internships). But if you’re going to get a MAcc anyway, then I don’t think it matters. It sounds like to me, if you only would want to do accounting coming out of Ross, that you’re better off doing CompSci and taking some acc courses in Ross. CompSci would be a hell of a lot more interesting/challenging/cool/worthwhile/valuable IMO anyway.</p>
<p>Hmm, an accounting minor (or any other business minor) can give a CS major good business background to supplement his technical skills, making him a more well rounded worker and more useful. And a CS minor would allow an accountant to design a nice accounting program or even help keep computerized accounting records safe from hacking. </p>
<p>About choosing a degree, lets just say that I don’t even know for sure that I’m going to like accounting or CS. Reality might be different from perception. All I do know is that I’m interested in technical stuff and quantitative kind of work, without any vagueness or uncertainty, and both accounting and CS have that :)</p>
<p>Also, giants92, how would it be more beneficial to do a CS major and a few accounting courses to become an accountant rather than just straight up accounting?</p>
<p>Ehh I don’t think the added value is significant in either respect. What the knowledge does is give you the option to choose multiple paths, but if you choose one the knowledge of the other won’t be of too much help in either marketing you during the recruiting process or being too useful on the job. The two subjects are very unrelated - and I wouldn’t consider accounting as building a “business background” - I think subjects like marketing, strategy, or finance are much more useful in that respect. Accounting is more of a “science” (albeit a very primitive one as most sciences go).</p>
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<p>You should take an accounting course or two, preferably two (271 + 272) during your freshman year to get a gauge for both lines of work. Granted, that could be a rough schedule. </p>
<p>And that’s just one of thousands of examples. There’s a lot of fudging numbers/dishonesty/hiding things in accounting. Balance sheets and income statements are not always as they appear.</p>
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<p>If you’re definitely going to be an accountant, that claim doesn’t hold. But if you’re on the fence, I just think CS is lightyears ahead of accounting as far as being interesting/stimulating/worthwhile/lucrative. I would describe accounting as useful, but potentially boring/repetitive/tedious unless you really like it.</p>
<p>If you’re smart enough to do CompSci and you really are 50/50, I say go with CompSci in a second. But once again, I think you should try to take both types of courses in your freshman year to see for yourself. If you’re like me or anyone else I know, you’ll like EECS 183/Engin 101 much more than Acc 271 (intro courses). If you’re still on the fence when it comes time to make a decision about Ross, just remember that you can always do a CS major and take 4+ Acc courses and go for a MAcc at the end of your four years if you tend towards accounting by that time. If you enroll in Ross only to become an accountant, you will be taking a lot of unnecessary courses. But like I said, the recruiting could be much better - that could be a wild card. If recruiting does not matter, I think you will get the most out of both subjects doing a CS and taking some Acc courses on the side, as opposed to doing Ross and taking some CS courses on the side.</p>
<p>What I meant by “vagueness and uncertainty” is like jobs or degrees that have abstract ideas, undefined rules, etc. like english or any social science majors. I like real, hard, quantitative answers. But honestly…there might be some other major that I really like, making this discussion moot hahaha.</p>
<p>Yea I know what you mean. And accounting does have some undefined rules. Many decisions are made based off imprecise judgments (fair market value in accounting for goodwill, useful life/salvage value of depreciable assets, to name just a couple…). You’ll see when you start taking accounting. But I suppose it certainly has more “defined rules” than some softer subjects.</p>