Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Majors, Majors, Majors

So, I was looking at the Undergraduate Academic Bulletin and decided that I will never, for the love of all things sane and beautiful, become an accounting major. Here's a sample of what the course descriptions are like - A 100 Basic Accounting Skills A 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting A 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting A 305 Accounting for Small and Medium Enterprises A 324 Cost Management A 325 Cost Accounting A 327 Tax Analysis A 329 Taxes and Decision Making A 420 Financial Statement Analysis and Interpretation A 424 Auditing X 301 Communication for Accountants

And here is a sample of a course descripton should anyone have hoped that perhaps it was just the names of the modules that caused them to smash their heads into their keypads in boredom.

A 310 Management Decisions and Financial Reporting (3 cr.) P: A 201 and A 202. Provides students with a thorough understanding of the theoretical foundations underlying financial reporting, the rules used by accountants to measure the effects of business decisions and to report the effects to external parties, the use of judgment in financial reporting, and the transformation of cash flow decisions into accrual-based and cash-based financial statements. Students are expected to develop technical, analytical, and interpretive skills related to economic transactions and accrual-based financial statements. Accounting students should take A 311 and A 312 to satisfy accounting major requirements. Credit not given for both A 310 and A 311 or A 312.

Here are the majors i think i'll be interested in-
1) Business Economics and Public Policy
2)Finance(Sounds a little dead, but the brother disputes that)
3)Management with a co-major in International Business
To a select few who might be bored with their holidays, please feel free to look at the course descriptions. (Yes you in China, i know you're looking desperately for something to do with your time)

The descriptions already look intimidating , so I really wonder what actually having to study them will be like.
Of great importance as well, THEY DID NOT GIVE ME A SINGLE ROOM!!! Gahh. I'm now praying really hard for a nice roomie after hearing all the horror stories from new york.


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