RAIN wrote: You do not need to be an accounting major to take mid and upper level accounting courses.

Actually, by the time you take the required courses in order to advance to upper division and take the advanced courses, you will be an accounting major. So what you said sort of doesn't make sense. Most schools only offer enough upper accounting courses to give you a BS in Accounting.

lolitalamb wrote: >Again you do not need to be an accounting >major but given the number of classes you need to take, you might as >well go for a MS Accounting degree. Yeah. I'll have to take about 20 classes. But the classes are so much cheaper at the CC than through a master's degree program...But will it matter to employers? I know that UT accounting grads are heavily recruited, but will it make a difference if I can pass the CPA exam?

I believe the Master's courses are a bit more advanced and requires a lot more of your time. Go for the undergraduate accounting degree. Plus, the undergraduate courses are cheaper than the graduate courses.

I still have two accounting courses to take in order to get to my required 36 accounting hours. I will be taking those at the undergraduate level because it won't be as time consuming nor as costly as the graduate courses.