My outlook on my current major (art studies: music applications) is becoming increasingly bleak. I'm really wanting something with a little more concrete opportunity and a lot less vagueness. Can anybody offer some info/experience in accounting here? I switched from mech. engineering after 2 and a half years so a more technical curriculum is not foreign to me. Just lookin' for some new ideas and expertise.

4/25/2006 10:44:30 PM

a friend of mine of into accounting because he thought it was something concrete. From what I can tell, it seems accounting is more about making the outcome you want with the numbers given. I'd give an example, but I really can't remember specifics and don't want to mess it up. I have heard we have a good accounting school, though.

4/25/2006 11:35:07 PM

Accounting...

You can get a job accounting, although that sounds kind of boring.

But, if you find value in crunching numbers all day...it's a good bet.

4/25/2006 11:48:02 PM

^^
The same could be said for Statistics

Talk to wolfeee if she doesn't post in this thread. She knows a good bit about the accounting program at NCSU.

4/26/2006 12:08:57 AM

if you have a history of out growing majors, i'd keep atleast a music minor. or keep your current musicish major & add an account minor. keep bits of both so you don't get bored. growing out of majors once or twice is alright, but you can't keep doing it and graduate. i'm on my 3rd major, got it right that time, graduating this semester, my 4th year, only by having done alot of summer session classes over the years.

when ever i wanted to try out a new major, i'd stay with my old one for a while, and start taking classes that could fulfill requirements for both my current major & the possible new major... or ocassionally used a free elective. i'd try a class or two in the new subject for switching.

4/26/2006 12:28:36 AM

Not so much outgrowing, I think I really just took the easy way out when I quit engineering and its biting me in the ass. A music minor would take quite a while as this art studies thing is more broad...too broad. How much good would an accounting minor do with an art studies major?

4/26/2006 10:02:57 AM

Many bank positions only require high school degrees. A college graduate with an accounting minor could rise through the ranks fast enough. And then with a little experience under your belt you could go for bigger & better account jobs if you so desired. Being a college graduate counts for alot, regardless of major, it puts you ahead of alot of the population. College doesn't have to be all & end all of preparation for the job you want, a few years of real world experience added to your resume can do the same trick.

If your current major is something you love, & accounting is only something you see as a bearable way to make money then I’d go for just adding the minor & complementing it with a couple years of real world experience… even if you don’t get to start off with the great job.

4/26/2006 10:13:17 AM

'preciate the advice a lot....i think i could fit the minor in with just one extra semester here, depending on what's offered in the summer

4/26/2006 10:15:30 AM

The two majors really don't go that well together.. but if you wanted to do something with music on the side, then it could be worth keeping. As for accounting, there are definitely some technical aspects to it, but not as much as engineering. It's a bit tougher than the regualr Business Management, but it's a little easier to get into, because not so many students from other colleges @ NCSU are trying to get it. Yes, there is number crunching and you'll start out your first five years or so developing the correct numbers. After you get some experience under your belt and possibly a CPA (only way to go now), you deal more with analyzing the numbers and what they mean to the company. It quickly becomes more of an advising/consulting job.

The actual Accouting Dept at State is really good. They are cleaning up some classes that weren't quite consistent starting next semester, and I feel like the curriculum is pretty strong. My only complaint is that there aren't many tax classes, for those that chose to go that route. Every professor I have had it quite willing to help students after class, and will bend over bachward to help or accommidate you, as long as you prove that you are trying. Any other questions, feel free to shoot them my way. I changed from CPE to ACC in Spring '04, and I'm about to be a senior. I'll be getting out in 4 years, with only one summer session actually needed, my other one is just to make my senior year lighter.

4/26/2006 10:18:53 AM

I was in the ACC program for about 3 semesters until I couldn't stand how boring it was any longer. It's one of those either you love it or hate it type of majors (and the ones who really REALLY loved it kind of scared me). I'll give credit to where it's due, however, and will tell you it's not just math and number crunching like everyone seems to think it is.

[Edited on April 26, 2006 at 10:30 AM. Reason : as]

4/26/2006 10:30:07 AM

^Haha!! I would REALLY scare you then, because I've done problem sets for fun!

Quote :

"I'll give credit to where it's due, however, and will tell you it's not just math and number crunching like everyone seems to think it is."

It's nice to know there are people out there who realize this.

plumturboeg6, you could do a lot more with a major in accounting rather than a minor, but like RalNCSUBoy said, you either love it or hate it. I'd suggest taking a 200 level course this summer and see what you think.

4/27/2006 4:46:54 PM