<p>Can I earn a Bachelor degree in Accounting and then Master of finance?</p>
<p>Im a finance major and at my school we’re required to take principles of accounting, accounting concepts, 3 intermediate financial accounting classes, cost accounting, and to fulfill a minor an additional 300 or 400 level accounting course. Also if a student choses the financial planning emphasis area they are required to take tax and retirement and estate planning. It’s also not uncommon for finance majors to get into the master of professional accountancy program.</p>
<p>^It sounds like you are majoring in accounting. lol</p>
<p>There’s definitely a lot of overlap lol. The accounting majors have to take financial management I and II, investment analysis, financial markets, and principles of real estate. But I wanted to point out that at least where I’m from, finance majors can do accounting.</p>
<p>Toshtemirov, I thought the CPA exam for New York still required 150 hours. What made you say that it’s possible to sit for the exam before that?</p>
<p>^Because it allows you to sit for the exam with 120 hours of education, but in order to become licensed, you need 150 hours. It means that you can sit for the exam right after school, and then fulfil the requirements.</p>
<p>I’m an international student and I intend to come back to my home country-VN after graduating and earning some degrees. My mother insures me a job when coming back 
I just don’t know which way is better for my overall knowledge: undergradate in finance and master in finance
OR undergraduate in accounting and master in finance
btw my mother is an accountant and she knows a lot about finance :O</p>
<p>^Undergraduate in accounting and masters in finance!</p>
<p>On one hand I can’t imagine being someone interested in playing with securities then ending up spending several years in Big 4 auditing without quitting and becoming a circus clown so I want to say “do what interests you”.</p>
<p>On the other hand, many employers use the titles “financial analyst” and “accountant” interchangeably anyway, so you’re in a box of chocolates scenario.</p>
<p>There are a lot of financial opportunities here in LA and probably also in NY where the actual financial centers are, but anywhere else it probably leans heavily in favor of accountants.</p>
<p>Economics majors average higher salaries than both but see way, way fewer openings.</p>
<p>If you’re a serious finance major who actually knows what a financial analyst does then I think it’s probably the best of the bunch, but there are so many finance majors who suffer the delusion that their measly 4-year degree is going to get them into hedge funds/investment banking and I think that’s why some employers develop a negative view.</p>