<p>So I'm a transfer student at UCLA currently in summer school. I'm a psychology major and I want to eventually go to Grad school for business or industrial psychology. If any other psych major that eventually went on to those paths, your advice would be much appreciated. </p>
<p>Anyway, I thought it would be a wonderful idea to pick up the accounting minor while I was at UCLA because in the long run I want to work as a Human Resource manager and thought the combination of a social science dealing with people and an accounting minor would be a great mixture/preparation for this career; however, as I am looking at it, the accounting minor has so many requirements that I have not fulfilled because the majors are so different I would need to take four classes per quarter for every quarter which adds a lot of stress! </p>
<p>Should I spend the rest of my two years working for that minor, or should I focus on things like the Honors Program and delve into more Psychology classes?</p>
<p>Help! :[ Thanks!</p>
<p>I totally have this very same problem. I’m going to be a senior this year (English major) but my career goal is also to work in human resources. I also considered the accounting minor but I don’t have a lot of the pre-reqs done either. I was considering returning for a third year as I missed out on a quarter this past year. However, what I’ve heard from many people is that experience is much more important than any minor or double major when taking into consideration added stress, finance, time, etc into the mix. I got a full ride for my two years after transferring so I’m considering doing the honors program in addition to the accounting minor during my third year. If you have the money then I would say go for it, if the minor only adds on say an extra quarter, you can still graduate in June of 2014 and return during the fall to finish up. Maybe this will be less stress? I’d say honors and the best way that you can show commitment and passion for your career goals would be the best combination. Since for me, literature is not really involved in my long term goals, I’m not really interested in delving deep into the English courses at UCLA as much as I am gaining practical experience or knowledge to take my degree in the direction I want to go.</p>
<p>This is interesting. I’m about to start my first year at a community college and I’ve thought of minoring in accounting at some point. (won’t be taking the two intro courses until my sophomore year though, so if I like them then I’ll chug on!)</p>
<p>But yeah, I’ve done some research on the accounting minor offered at the UCs and UCLA by far has the most annoying requirements. Irvine isn’t bad; they just force you to take one level of Calculus and Microeconomics. San Diego is the best though. Take the two intro courses and you’re in.</p>
<p>Maybe you guys can instead go for an accounting certificate through the UCLA Extension? That’s what I was thinking of doing if I get into Berkeley (well they have their own extension program) since you can’t minor in accounting there.</p>
<p>That’s a good idea hamlin4th. I was thinking about just doing a certificate program once I graduate, probably in marketing or human resources once I decide what I want to do for sure. It seems to make more sense if you don’t want to definitely go into accounting.</p>
<p>i am similar to you. Now I am thinking about UCLA extension accounting certificate cause: first, the unit there is cheaper than UCLA, second, it is really closed to campus; I can walk there at night from form. Third, finally, we all have to sit for CPA. So maybe it doesnt really matter where we learn accounting. Fourth, I heard it is quite stressful the UCLA minor accounting program. I am worry about it will low down my GPA for my major. Also I took ACCT course from CC before, accounting courses are really time consuming. Fifth, there is no barriers in UCLA extension, so we just collect enough units for sitting CPA there.<br>
But the most thing I am worry about is the quality in UCLA extension. I dont know how the professors there feel about their job or just want to make extra money. Second, the professor in CC i took before is really terrible. I had to read each page textbook by myself. So I dont want to just pay 400 dollars to just collect units for CPA. Of course we can do that and read the textbook by ourselves, but I am not sure if it is a good idea to do that.
Please reply me what you guys think? tell me if you have friends try UCLA extension before. Thanks</p>