<p>Taking A201 and A202 won’t qualify a student to take upper-level finance classes. You need to take Icore in order to take those. An exception is G345, which qualifies as an upper-level finance class. E201 microecon and E202 macroecon are the prerequisites for G345. </p>
<p>You can, however, start taking upper level accounting classes before taking Icore if you have completed A201 and A202. A student who used to post here took A201 and A202 summer after freshman year; then took A311, A312, A325, and A329 all during sophomore year as an accounting/finance double major. It really isn’t that difficult, however, to take all the upper level courses required for the accounting/finance double major after taking Icore during first semester of junior year. It is easier, however, if you get one or two of the upper levels out of the way before Icore.</p>