Should I take the CPA exam?

What are the requirements to take cpa exam in chicago if someone has a Bachelor degree in Biology?

• And is there any program that Devry university offers like Graduate certification in accounting that one can take to sit in cpa exa? is it weird to take cpa exam when one is a science ...show more

• Answer:

  You will not qualify. You need to take more classes. I f you have already earned a bachelors, I suggest you look for a masters of accounting program as they are geared towards accepting people who want to dive into accounting but have little educational background in it (NOTE: most of them DO have professional background in it though, so they know what the subject is all about!) You'll need to take many deficiency courses in upper level undergrad accounting first, which will likely take at least one year and another year or two for the actual masters program (full time). A prereq to apply to the program normally requires at least a full year of very basic accounting, so if you haven't even taken that (I doubt you did as science majors rarely do), you need to do so before even getting started. Overall, accounting is very sequential so it takes a long time if you have to start from a dead stop. Most majors begin at least by their sophomore year taking accounting coursework and continue taking accounting coursework until the semester they graduate. While there may be some accelerated programs to make up deficiency work, you need to be careful as a lack of basic understanding in accounting principles will haunt you in your later coursework and you're unlikely to do well on the CPA examinations.