Intermediate Accounting II

[bghill]

Keep in mind that what I say below is not only for you, but for anybody reading over our shoulders who may have the same situation as you have.

I'm one of those "reading over your shoulders" -- and looking at doing the BSBA in Accounting from TESU.

I'm currently in an unrelated field (libraries) and have no significant background in accounting -- although some of what I currently do would be called accounting clerk work in other contexts.

I'd like to work in the non-profit field, or, failing that, government. I have little interest in business and less than none in doing individual tax work. (I saw down-thread the statement that tax prep and accounting are two different things, but many accountants do seem to end up doing tax work.)

Given that, I would appreciate any thoughts from tesu-acct-student and cannoda (or anyone else with accounting experience) on the best way(s) to move forward. It sounds like there may be some deviation between the best way to get the degree and the best way to learn accounting.

Some specific questions that occurred to me while reading this thread:

1) Do either of you have any opinion about the CSU-Global CBE exams?

2) I see that LSU requires Calculus as a prerequisite for Intermediate Accounting. Do you think that calculus is actually necessary for accounting, or is this a holdover from the days before computers?

3) cannoda mentioned that Intermediate Accounting I and II are normally upper-level courses at a 4-year school. Do you think there is a significant difference between the Intermediate Accounting courses at 4-year schools vs. 2-year schools?