My bachelor’s is in Finance, but I think I need to know more about accounting for my career. Would an MBA or a second BS better fulfill this? I would probably want to get an MBA irregardless, so I’d go on to the MBA after the BS in accounting if that’s necessary.
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maybe a MBA with a concentration in Accounting. . . my MBA has a MIS concentration & I only had a couple of Acct classes, but tons of computer classes, so I would imagine the same would be true if you had a different concentration, like Acct.
An MBA is a Masters of Business Administration. Most of the top flight schools expect their MBA students to have business experience before arriving. I would think that Accounting would be a useless focus for MBA, which should be looking at broader aspects than that. If you want Accounting, take a second BS and then get your CPA.
You should get a master’s degree in accounting, if that is what you want to do. An MBA might be a waste if you want to be a CPA. You would also take accounting law courses, which would help you both pass the CPA exam and practice successfully.
Most MBAs are fairly general degrees; you can usually not take more than 3 or 4 courses in any individual subject matter. The good news is that many schools these days are offering an M. S. in Accounting – it became popular as many states enacted 150 hour rules for their CPA exams, which meant that accounting students needed to take another year of coursework in order to qualify for the CPA. Look into that option; many schools with good accounting departments offer it.