So I'm changing my major from Engineering to Business Administration

You read wrong, senpai. You'll be fine with a bachelor's in accounting.

>>1644910
this

study like crazy for the cpa exam your senior year, pass it right after graduation, and enjoy your guaranteed 70k+ salary while working for your master's

once you meet the certification requirements in your state, you're set for life my dude

>>1645740
And you're stuck in the most fucking boring career ever. Shit.

You'll be dumb af to have switched from engineering to accounting. People do it the other way round.

>>1644910

I hope you're right.

>>1645740
>>1645751

http://www.accountingedu.org/california-cpa.html

Well, here's my state's CPA. I'm not eligible to be licensed as a CPA until I get the degree, pass a test then get work experience as a general accountant. I'm afraid of not actually getting hired to get that experience.

>>1645758

I couldn't do Physics. The intro to Electrical Engineering class showed me that I have no real interest in the subject and I honestly did not get what was going on. I honestly just wanted to work in cyber security or manage network databases.

>>1645782

https://www.cpp.edu/~academic-programs/academic-advising/tools/sheets-roadmaps/2016-2017/curriculum-sheets/bus/BUS_ACC_Front_Back_2016-2017_VML3.pdf

By the way, here's the college's major requirement to get the bachelor's. I think it fulfills the 150 units. Not sure.

>>1645782
Do you have enough time left to take all the classes you need? I can name like 10 accounting and business law classes I had to take to qualify for the exam.

As long as you have the 150, no one really cares. A MAcc is kinda worthless because you can get the same amt of knowledge doing public accounting for a few years. If you go MS Tax, it'll be a nice 10k increase to your starting salary tho.

>>1644872
Honestly, as long as you get your CPA, no one cares what degrees you have as an accountant unless you get a Masters in Taxation or go the law route as well. I know a girl with a degree in elementary school teaching who went back, took the required courses and is now a CPA. no one gives a shit.

Do you need the minimum whatever credit hours to take the cpa or can you do it right after you major under the credit hours? If you pass the exam once do you ever have to do it again?

Also, does your undergraduate GPA matter if you pass the exam?

>>1645892
No, to sit for the exam literally all you need is a Bachelors degree in any subject, and 24 semester units in accounting, and 24 semester units in business related courses. - note that you'll need additional units to actually get licensed.


>>1645896
Once you have a CPA license, no one will care what your GPA is. Again, I've seen elementary school teachers with CPA licenses, I've worked under a CPA who had an M.A. in English Literature.

>>1645896
I recommend you go to your BAP meetings at Cal Poly. I go to another SoCal school, and I've met their officers before, they're pretty cool. Normally they will have the CPA review courses at their meetings which will go over exactly how you become one since their job is to shill the courses.

>>1645782
Trust me anon, you'll get hired as long as you tell them you're banking on getting certified

The more steps you've taken to becoming certified, the less risk firms have to deal with, so if you already passed the exam and working on your Masters, they'll be glad to get you the experience