Getting an accounting degree is easy, but getting the various certifications afterwards is difficult.
You need to talk to an academic advisor or pick up a handbook of some sort. I think it's 120 hours at most schools. I graduated with 150
Way too many (6) bc I was pre-med initially. I still finished at 23 years old bc I graduated high school in 3 years. I got through bio 1/2, chem 1/2, & bio lab 1/2. Plus, I didn't take any summer classes in the first 2 years, which was a mistake. I spent an insane amount of money on foreign language classes Worked out ok bc I got to milk the college years :grin:
Im going to be a junior next year as an undeclared prepharm... It's pretty hard but if you like doing science based classes it's pretty enjoyable at times (not fun at all during midterms though) I have a list of classes below that I've taken my first 2 years so far... I regret taking so much my first two years because they were pretty hard to keep up with at times and as a result my gpa sucks. Spoiler Calculus 1 Genetics Bio 1 + 2 Chem 1+ 2 Organic chem 1 + 2 Organic lab 1 Chemistry lab 1 Biology lab 1 Psychology Anthro Sociology Communications speaking UGS Geography Microeconomics pharmacy D.I.S Art History World History Us history 1 (still need 1 more) Govt 1 + 2 Rhetoric 1 + 2 British Literature And a list of classes I still need to take for pharm school... Spoiler Anatomy Microbiology Microbiology lab Physics Physics lab macroeconomics
Unless you are choosing a career that specializes in a particular field or type of work (e.g. accounting), you are best served choosing a Liberal Arts degree. There are tons of job options that can be used across multiple fields of employment. Employers will appreciate an employee that can read and write well and has been taught how to think for themselves. You probably won't get rich, but you might find employment that is more satisfying. I have a friend who got a degree in accounting or some related field, went to work for Arthur Andersen and makes a ton of money. Works 80-100 hour weeks and is miserable. Never sees his family. Can't enjoy what his money brings him. I'll keep my Public Administration major that has allowed me to work for the state of Texas for over 20 odd years with a comfortable living, plenty of holidays, benefits and job security.
its a valuable degree if you want to get into education. but yes, if you dont want to get into education it probably is not very valuable. just like if i wanted to be an accountant, a history degree might not be very useful. not anymore than someone who gets a degree in journalism is pigeonholing them self to journalism or someone who gets a degree in accounting in pigeonholing them self to accounting. whatever you majored in isnt the be-all-end-all when it comes to a job/career. i majored in history and geography - never took a single business class - but ive been a market research consultant for almost 10 years now - and a liberal arts degree has definitely been beneficial for my line of work as far as developing research, writing and analysis skills. i minored in education too as i was working on a teaching certificate and i can honestly say that it helped make me a better public speaker, which is important for someone who has to do presentations infront of clients. and again, never took a single business class. not even economics. again, if you want to teach elementary school you have to have a degree in education. want to teach special ed, you need a degree for that. esl - you need a degree in esl. as for high school, you would still have to get certified which means either going back to school and doing the teacher certification program or getting emergency certified while you teach. either option is going to require alot of time and hard work.
do you mind if i ask where you went to school? i had some tough history classes at ut. probably right on this, but there is a big difference b/t the work you do to get D's and C's and the work you do to get B's and A's.
I didn't mean for my comment to be so controversial--All I was trying to say is... I don't want to teach, and I'm not going to pursue an Education degree. I should have said, "an Education degree would be worthless to me"--not that it doesn't come with a valuable skillset, but I think I got my fill of public speaking/ability to analyze/do thorough research/etc. from my liberal arts education. And since I have no desire to teach, it wouldn't really benefit me all that much. I understand that you can get a job in something other than what you majored in, but I feel with Education that is less the case, and you're right, more specific degrees such as Journalism (and Accounting) fall under the category. I was a History and Political Science double major, and while there has been room to maneuver, I wasn't able to land a snazzy job such as yourself. The pickings were pretty lean, and I looked just about everywhere. That is why I'm going back to school.
I guess it depends on how you define 'easy'. I'm in my last semester as an accounting/finance double major, and while I don't necessarily think either concentration is 'easy' per se, I feel like I have a lot less 'busy work' then most liberal arts and education majors. Personally, I'd much rather have to study for three make-or-break exams per semester than write 20-page papers or pound out lesson plans every night. If we're talking what I think would be easiest for me personally, I'd honestly rather be a management sciences major than anything else.
I'm not saying it's 100% easy no effort. I'm just saying, in the grand scheme of things, I believe history is one of the easier majors at the undergrad level. If you really want to argue that history is a tough major, I guess I have no concrete evidence to contradict you... Did I spend a lot of time and effort to graduate with a 3.95? Yeah, there were plenty of times where I spent hours and hours studying and doing research. Do I think I could have put in the same time and got a 3.95 in a tougher major, such as physics, chemistry, or engineering...HELL NO.
General Studies <--yes that actually exists. With what you've already done, you're probably close to completing that degree without even planning for it, thats how ridiculous it is. But i feel you about jumping around on majors. Right out of high school I didnt have a set major in mind and just took my core classes. That was a mistake I soon realized after transferring to Tech and going for an architecture degree and saw that all that did was leave holes throughout my schedule and not shortening my time. About 4 semesters ago I switched to civil engineering and haven't looked back since. I really love it and know this is what I want to do. Finding that right major is different from everybody but I wish there were more adult figures back in high school that would have hammered the idea to research and find your major as soon as possible!
There are a bunch of easy majors in college, I would guess drama would be the most easiest to get through with the least amoung of studying. Our theatre at my Uni always had people higher than Snoop Dogg outside chilling, so I guess they didn't spend much time in the library.
Hm.. studio art? I hardly ever study, but I do write papers for art history. Other than that, all I do is paint and draw... a lot.
Has nobody mentioned Sport Management yet?? By far the easiest courses I've ever taken.. they're a joke.
Just out of interest: what did you do after getting your BPA degree? What kind of job were you able to land out of college?
Alright, that did not initially come to mind, but I think we have a winner. Unless of course General Studies is actually a 'major' in which case nothing can beat that.
