Business Degrees for Accounting

mcka4

I'm a Leaving Cert student and I have an interest in studying Accounting in college. However, I haven't done accounting since JC business so I'm scared that I might not like accounting and would rather do a general business degree just incase.

I was hoping to study Commerce in UCD as I was told many times that it was the best degree in terms of becoming an accountant without a pure accounting degree. The points are quite high though so I have DCU Business Studies and UL Business Studies in my CAO too for back-up.

Would the DCU and UL courses allow me to pursue a good career in accounting? With DCU, I'd have to do a PDA after to get all the exemptions. On the other hand, I've seen a few posts online saying employers undermine the credibility of a degree from UL because it's outside of Dublin, which is a shame if true because it seems like a great course. Also, is a BComm better for accounting than a BBS?

Sorry for the long post, any help would be greatly appreciated!

salad_man

I did the Honours Bachelors Degree in Business Accounting in Tallaght IT. I never did accounting in the leaving simular to yourself and its nothing to worry about.
This is a great course, but especially because you get the most exemptions possible going forward with regard to ACCA and CIMA. i recommend you look into it. I realise in comparison to UCD or DCU its not the most glamorous of colleges, but i can assure you the course is as good as you'll find. The social life is every bit as good as any other college in country.

mcka4

salad_man wrote: »

I did the Honours Bachelors Degree in Business Accounting in Tallaght IT. I never did accounting in the leaving simular to yourself and its nothing to worry about.
This is a great course, but especially because you get the most exemptions possible going forward with regard to ACCA and CIMA. i recommend you look into it. I realise in comparison to UCD or DCU its not the most glamorous of colleges, but i can assure you the course is as good as you'll find. The social life is every bit as good as any other college in country.

Thanks for the reply, I'll definitely look into it, I'd actually rather stay close to home in Dublin so ITT also seems like a good option for me!

tkd93

As an it Tallaght graduate I will have to agree with above poster. Be amazed how much detail it goes into, really puts you into good shape for professional exams

Sammy2012

I'm not an accountant as I didnt work in that area after college but I gave an accountancy degree from Waterford it...but the course gives you around 9 exemption's from the acca exams. Accounting is actually only 2 modules (financial and management accounting) and the rest is economic's maths and lots of other areas. I have friend's who work for the big 4 in different parts of the world, others who work for big companies in Ireland, some work in practise and some work for themselves. It's another great course but again not as well known as it's outside dublin. Would recommend you look into it too..

The_Pretender

I did a BA Honours in Business Law and it got me two exemptions with ACCA. I had no idea when doing the leaving cert that I was going to end up doing accounting, but the degree worked out pretty well for me. I'd recommend your plan because of the usefulness of a business degree should you decide that pure accounting isn't for you.

Anyway, since you need 3.5 years relevant experience to become chartered, you might as well do the business degree and then look for a training contract to do the ACCA's. Two different qualifications instead of it all being about accounting.