What is generally harder a degree in HR or a degree in Accounting?

phonejacker

What is generally harder a degree in HR or a degree in Accounting?

Nailz

Accounting in NUIG is generally very dislikable as I had the misfortune of studying 2 of it's related subjects, and I believe we'll have some form of accounting next year too. The general consensus in my degree, even with students higher up in years than I, is that accounting is frivolous which I think is partially our own fault due to our mindset towards it, I'll put that down to the type of course I'm in - I do BIS - and we tend to be more technical minded than anything else.

Accounting is by no means hard if you actually put work in, if it is the case that you actually work at it it's like a jigsaw puzzle finally coming together, you'll know it then if you just practice it. How it's thought in the University is generally hit and miss I find, our current Introduction to Management Accounting lecturer is quite good, although typically my class don't seem to be too interested it in, the lecturer we had last semester was rather poor, it must be said.

I have never had the pleasure of doing HR, so I won't be able to shed any light on that, I'm afraid. What I will say is this, though; if you're using peoples' interpretations with regard the difficulty level of a course as something to make a decision on which course to study, I would have to advise you away from that. The perceived difficulty is irrelevant with respect to what you truly wish to achieve from a University degree, if that is your intention, focus more what you want to do yourself and less on what factor you think you may have to overcome, worthwhile degrees are never easy.

skinny90

also BIS student,overall i wouldnt recommend Accounting unless you actually like dealing with numbers and have a brief understanding of it...i did both management and financial and i hated both although i worked very hard for management accounting and got fairly decent marks in it i still hated it.At present doing business finance and its a balls,havnt a notion of whats going on and exam is in four weeks:mad:

What is your current experience of each?

My impression of HR versus accounting was that there are more essays and the like in HR.

They are very different subjects.

If this is a career decision consider how many jobs are available in each and what the training and progression structures are.

Speaking as an accountant I know of many who have left HR to go into accounting but not vice versa.

joeKel73

The one you have less interest in will be harder for you. Don't worry about the difficulty, if you engage with the course you'll do fine.

Dellboy2007

They are not even on the same wave length. Is HR even a profession? Accounting is.

When studying Accounting you have to do further PROFESSIONAL exams after college. These exams can have pass rates as low as 30% (source).