UC accounting major

Lemaitre1
Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:25:30 +0000

Accountants are like doctors and lawyers, they tale a standard nationwide examination but being licenses to practice is managed by the state. To be licensed to practice as a CPA all states require an applicant pass the CPA exam but each may have different requirements as to what courses have to be completed in college, what other types of training may be needed and the amount and type of experience working under the supervision of a licensed CPA a candidate must have before they can be licensed to practice independently. All prospective CPAs start in entry level positions, usually as an audit assistant for an accounting firm. In the division of labor in California higher education, preparation of graduates to take entry level audit assistant positions with accounting firms has been seen as a more appropriate activity for the CSUs than the UCs which as research universities focus on preparing graduates for further study in more academic pursuites.

What the UCs offer in Accounting is probably the bare minimum to meet the training requirements for licensure in the state of California.