collegian987

How much more difficult is Intermediate Accounting than the Introductory courses. Anybody know what the more difficult parts are. I heard Intermediate is a lot more difficult than Introductory, can anyone confirm that. Is auditing taught in Intermediate or is that a completely separate class? Also, how difficult is the 1st Business Finance course for business majors compared to "business calculus", or is it more accounting related? I just hear it uses a lot of formulas. I hear the Finance course is the most difficult out of all classes for business majors.

trizz75

Intermediate is a more in depth rendition of the intro accounting course(s) and is therefore significantly more difficult as is any major elective relative to its respective intro course. Audit is a completely separate class.

kimballski

It's far more difficult. There's no comparing the two really. However, if you put in the time for intermediate, you will do well. It's just A LOT of information.

LilMoffTarkin

Let me separate my answers to your questions (you will learn that clear, well organized communication in vital in business):

1.Intermediate explores the same topics as intro, but more in depth. It's more difficult, but not substantially more difficult. I would estimate that I spent 10%-20% more time studying for my intermediate accounting class than my intro class.

2. Auditing is taught as a separate class. Most of the tasks you will perform as an auditor are completely different than the assignments you will complete in your auditing class.

3. My school didn't offer a separate business calculus course; mine only offered one calculus course for all students. I though that introductory calculus was more difficult to understand than introductory finance. Also, I found that finance was less difficult than all of my accounting classes. My finance class involved memorizing a lot of formulas, while my calculus class involved a lot of critical thinking.