Can I double major in accounting and psychology?

[foodiegirl76]

Hello! I am a 26-year old in Oklahoma. I am wanting to get a degree, and I feel like I am in a place in my life where I can do that. After plenty of thought, I have decided on a double major (if that's the right name) in psychology and accounting. I would prefer not to spend over $10,000. And would ideally like to finish within 18 months, if not quicker. I am interested in alternative credit and/or testing out. I am able to dedicate 5 hours to study on weekdays and 8 hours on Saturdays. And I do not have any college credit currently 

So, which college would be best for what I am looking for? Thanks

[Flelm]

What's your career goals? Does it have to be a degree in psychology? UMPI might be good for you, they have a BA in Accounting, and you can maybe do a BLS with a bunch of psychology courses?

Others might be able to give you more help.

[natshar]

If you have have never done any accounting or have not had any experience in the field. I'd recommend taking taking an intro to accounting course at a community college if you can. That way you can get RA credit and a solid introduction to it probably with more depth than study.com or sophia. And if you do continue with it, you'd have a solid foundation.

Because at as someone who got a business degree a lot of people said they wanted to do accounting. But once they tried it, not everyone wanted to do it anymore. Personally, I loathe accounting and while I personally see it's importance I will never ever get a job in accounting.

[foodiegirl76]

What's your career goals? Does it have to be a degree in psychology? UMPI might be good for you, they have a BA in Accounting, and you can maybe do a BLS with a bunch of psychology courses?

Others might be able to give you more help.

I am currently a real estate agent, but I am wanting an accounting degree as a backup. It doesn't have to be a psych degree, I am just interested in the subject and thought "Why not!". Thanks for your advice.

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If you have have never done any accounting or have not had any experience in the field. I'd recommend taking taking an intro to accounting course at a community college if you can. That way you can get RA credit and a solid introduction to it probably with more depth than study.com or sophia. And if you do continue with it, you'd have a solid foundation.

Because at as someone who got a business degree a lot of people said they wanted to do accounting. But once they tried it, not everyone wanted to do it anymore. Personally, I loathe accounting and while I personally see it's importance I will never ever get a job in accounting.

Thank you! I hadn't thought of doing that, but I can see how that would be a good idea.

[carrythenothing]

You could get two degrees (a BSBA and a BA) at TESU.

Here is a sample plan for BSBA in Accounting at TESU: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...egree_Plan

Depending on what type of psychology you're interested in, you could try a dual area of study for the BSBA with Accounting and Human Resources Management/Organizational Management: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...egree_Plan

Otherwise, here is a sample plan for the BA in Psychology at TESU: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...egree_Plan

Or the BALS with a concentration in psychology: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...centration

You can find the current rules for overlap in the catalog: https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/Current/...ees-Policy

[ss20ts]

What's your career goals? Does it have to be a degree in psychology? UMPI might be good for you, they have a BA in Accounting, and you can maybe do a BLS with a bunch of psychology courses?

Others might be able to give you more help.

I am currently a real estate agent, but I am wanting an accounting degree as a backup. It doesn't have to be a psych degree, I am just interested in the subject and thought "Why not!". Thanks for your advice.

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If you have have never done any accounting or have not had any experience in the field. I'd recommend taking taking an intro to accounting course at a community college if you can. That way you can get RA credit and a solid introduction to it probably with more depth than study.com or sophia. And if you do continue with it, you'd have a solid foundation.

Because at as someone who got a business degree a lot of people said they wanted to do accounting. But once they tried it, not everyone wanted to do it anymore. Personally, I loathe accounting and while I personally see it's importance I will never ever get a job in accounting.

Thank you! I hadn't thought of doing that, but I can see how that would be a good idea.

If you're in real estate why not a bachelor's in business administration? You'd have to take a few LL accounting courses for most business degrees. The accounting degrees are pretty difficult unless you love accounting. Learning accounting online is nothing like in person. I also would recommend taking an accounting class at local community college in person and trying it out before committing to an entire degree in it then if you don't enjoy it you won't be stuck in a degree program that you're not happy with. And if you love it then you'll know you made the right choice. I've taken many accounting courses and some of them I can't imagine understanding all of the concepts and theory in an online course where you're on your own to learn. I did all of mine in person so I could ask the professor questions. That made a huge difference to me.

[MuadDib]

I would echo a few of the sentiments already given. Definitely some solid exposure to accounting is a good idea before deciding on the major. It's also worth noting that accounting is a very broad field, with a lot of niche service industries, it really touches on everything in the business world. Everything from audit and regulatory, taxation, strategic planning, and private equities, to valuations, mergers & acquistions, executive governance, banking, government, and non-profit, just to name a few. It might be worth doing some research to see where you might want to work in the field, and what peaks your interests.

If you can't manage an RA course at a community college for your ACC-101 & 102, I'd recommend the Straighterline courses as the most thorough alt credit provider for those two courses. Having done the accounting path, the SL textbooks are no joke and really cover a lot of ground. By the time I finished the Straighterline courses I was overprepared for the study com courses. The reverse would certainly not have been true.

In regards to the psychology side of things, I really like the suggestion of looking into Human Resources and Organizational Management courses. I did many of them for my BSBA (as well as intro to psych) and they really deliver on what I felt was an 'applied science' of psychology. Plus its overall more marketable than a BA in psych, as most psych careers require at least a Masters and considerable additional clinical hours of training (as someone whose looked down that hallway too). HR and OrgMgmt is very viable with just a BS, on the other hand.

Finally, a double major in accounting and HR / OrgMgmt would be a double BSBA if you did it through TESU, and thus it only takes up a single degree 'slot' with them, leaving you free to return to do a BA or other credential later on, with their two degree limit (whereas a BSBA+BA combo burns both 'slots'). So, in my opinion, the double BSBA is safer in that it preserves more of your options if you're in a position where you're unsure where you want to eventually end up.

Edit: grammar, added Link to my TESU Accounting path here, for a sample path:
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...S-DEC-2021

Replace part 5 in the plan above, with part 3 from the TESU HR/OrgMgmt degree (18CR) found here: https://www.tesu.edu/business/undergradu...management

[bjcheung77]

Accounting and Psychology are in different schools of subjects within the institution, what you're referring to is a double or dual degree, if they were in the same school then it would be a double major within one degree. If you want to do this, it will be two different degree program plans you would need to follow. I suggest UMPI or TESU for max flexibility...

Option 1: UMPI, AALS (non YourPace - select a concentration or minor of your choice), BLS with a Psychology minor + another minor of your choice and then a BABA Accounting afterwards. You just need to do the BLS first, add AALS as a second program and forget it, then do the BSBA Accounting, you'll finish with an Associates and two Bachelors.
Here's an example of someone who got the BABA and MAOL (skipping the AALS) - https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...or-My-path

Option 2: TESU, AA/ASBA (no concentration as it's just general arts & general business), BALS Psych concentration + BSBA Accounting and another AOS of your choice, CIS or Entrepreneurship. Again, you would just add the AA & ASBA and forget it as the BA/BSBA courses will complete these. You'll finish with two associates and two bachelors.
Here's an example of someone who got the AA, ASBA, and a BSBA - opting to not do the BALS no concentration: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...M-Dec-2021

[dfrecore]

GGU is a solid school, and they have a BSBA with a concentration in Psych; they also have a BAM (BA in Management) degree w/a concentration in Psych; and a BS in Accounting, and a BS in Psych. Their Aspire program is $300/cr, making this a $9000 degree, and they take Study.com and other ACE credit. So you could do 90cr of ACE, and then finish at GGU.

TESU has a BA in Psych, and you can add an Undergrad Certificate in Accounting; or conversely, you could get a BSBA w/concentration in Accounting, and add an Undergrad Certificate in Psych. You could do 90cr of ACE, including the Certs, and then you'd need 30cr of RA which will run you $1200 if you got 24cr at ONU.

Good luck!

[LevelUP]

UMPI has a minor in Psychology which you need to ask permission to do. Then you would take all the psychology courses at SDC.
http://catalog.umpi.edu/preview_program....turnto=155

If you want to be a CPA, then you need 150 credits and make sure you meet all license requirements of your state.

If you just want an accounting degree, then you can get 120 credits. If for some reason you don't like accounting, you could switch to a business degree.