B.A. Economics vs. Accounting

Sam_Lee
Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:24:14 +0000

You don’t have to be good at math to be good at accounting. In fact, you can be pretty terrible in things like geometry, algebra (such as looking at a fairly simply math problem involving two variables and knowing how to set up two equations and solve them simultaneously)…and still be a pretty good accountant. Accounting is more about how to conceptually account for business transactions or activities. You are not gonna be asked to do any calculus as an accountant. Also, since it involved transactions already happended, there’s pretty much no probabilistic statistics involved.

Depending on where the econ is taught, it can involve some calculus. After all, econ at the highest level is a lot like applied math to a social science. When I was at Northwestern, one of my INTRO to macro or micro (forgot which) exam questions required use of simple calculus.