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
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
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