Very Quick question about accounting courses...Please help.

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Hi
First of all thanks to those who help answer all these questions. You guys rock. </p>

<p>Now on to my question. I am at a CC and have the option of taking either an audit accounting course or a cost accounting course. Which would you recommend taking? The pre req for both is Intermediate accounting which i have taken. They are in the same time slot so i have to chose one or the other. Is one harder than the other? Is one more time consuming than the other? I ask because im taking cal II and a tax accounting course plus work so maybe time could play into the issue.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I would first make sure that the course transfers (that is if you plan on transferring to a 4-yr). Most schools that I have come across do not accept accounting course transfer credits beyond the initial 1-2 courses.</p>

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<p>Hi thanks for the response. Yeah i do plan to tranfer to a 4yr no they dont tranfer but id still like to one of those courses. Which would you recommend? and why?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>Given the ultimatum of having to take one, I would probably cost accounting because from a managerial point of view, I think the info that it would provide would be more critical and useful; the results provided from cost accounting is where management makes it decisons in regards to the direction they will take the company.
That said, I would still rec. NOT taking any of them until I xfer’d to my 4-yr, unless of course you are not planning to major in accounting.</p>

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<p>take the auditing course, it will give you a better understanding of financial accounting…</p>

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<p>Presumably before you took intermediate you took principles of managerial accounting. Thus, you should have some idea what you aspire to doing with your accounting studies. If you’re going to go the public accounting route, audit will be more important in the near-term. In the long-run, most people who start out in public accounting ultimately become corporate accountants, but that will be years away.</p>

<p>If you transfer to a 4-year and major in accounting, you’ll end up retaking both. In effect you’ll be studying for one of your future classes. This will not necessarily be a good thing for your future performance. You may be bored and/or forced to unlearn/relearn material that you were taught differently the first time.</p>

<p>To summarize, the choice depends not on the content of the classes but on your aspirations and the sort of student that you are.</p>