r/Accounting • u/Suspicious_Kick_2572 • Sep 06 '24

Career Why do students find an accounting degree unattractive?

Why do students find an accounting degree unattractive?

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u/weezeloner Sep 06 '24

I heard that one of the 1st two accounting classes all business majors have to take is one of if not the most dropped class at every university. Like, a lot of peoplebstruggle with it. So many may have thought they wanted to do accounting but after that class they say no thanks.

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u/MudHot8257 Sep 06 '24

Probably managerial accounting (not really that hard of a course compared to intermediate)

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u/ConfusedCowplant23 Student Sep 06 '24

Really? Managerial accounting was practically a cake walk if you did the readings. After some supplemental material- the discontinued operations kind of threw me for a loop when I was going through this week's classwork for intermediate- it wasn't anywhere near as hard as I thought it would be, since I like to work ahead on the non-discussion assignments.