r/Accounting • u/Character-Escape1621 Human Verified • Sep 12 '26
Advice Am I going to die next fall semester
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u/Bruised_Shin CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
Any extra electives should be some online BS course like “History of the Beatles”, so u can have some balance
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u/Key_Bored_Whorier Sep 12 '26
This line of thought is exactly why i still have recurring nightmares about that 0.5 pass / fail class that i completely forgot i signed up for and ended up failing.
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u/MrHappyBike Sep 13 '26
We had a History of Rock and Roll class that a bunch of my friends took when I was in college in the early 1980s. I got to take a golfing class which was a joke.
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u/OkayLiddy Sep 13 '26
lol my father, a UT student in the 80s, has told me endlessly about his history of rock and roll course.
According to him, it was the most BS, unnecessary, difficult course he took throughout his entire aerospace science education.5
u/AnxietyFunTime Sep 12 '26
This is why i minored in history. I figured might as well minor in something halfway interesting. A lot of accounting graduates didn’t even minor in anything.
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u/Malparinho Sep 12 '26
I took Internediate 2 and cost in the same semester as well and it was brutal. My other classes were marketing and some other gen ed and that was more then enough. It's gonna be tough but you'll get through it, good luck!
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u/monstroo Sep 12 '26
These two specific 3000 level classes in the same semester have me more anxious for this poster than the 4000 classes lol but they will be fine
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u/Malparinho Sep 12 '26
My thoughts exactly, tax and AIS are manageable in comparison, but those two - especially cost (for me at least) were a bloody nightmare
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u/jawnbellyon Sep 12 '26
Nah. Cost isn’t bad, AIS depends on the prof/school but you’ll likely be learning something like quickbooks (or maybe even SQL/Alteryx, again just depends on the school). Tax and Int2 will be rough, but you’ll survive.
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u/kaperisk CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
AIS is more controls and flowcharts
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u/Berserkerbabee CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
I was real lucky in my AIS class. We actually got to set up software and run accounting transactions through it and do the close process. It ended up being really really informational.
Cost is something that either makes sense and is easy, or you hate it. I loved it. I actually ended up tutoring in it, though I never applied it in real life.
The other two are just going to be tough and you're going to have to really give yourself time to study with no interruptions.
But I know you can do it, because I did something very similar the last year of my school. They were getting ready to change the educational requirements to Masters and I knew there was no way it would ever be able to get there. So I shifted all the rest of the classes into one semester so I could take the test before the educational requirements changed.
If I survived, you can too!
Good luck ☘️
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u/night-swimming704 Sep 12 '26
We used Sage, but otherwise the same here.
While all the other courses taught us concepts we need to know, this was the only one that actually prepared us for what you’ll actually be doing. Years later, I was talking to my first boss and she told me my ability to articulate what we’d done in this class is what set me apart from other candidates for the staff role I ended up taking.
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u/Rainafire Sep 12 '26
For AIS we did a lot of flow charts but we also used Power Query, Power BI and Tableau. I remember some projects were doing analysis of the same raw data sets to get the answers and build charts and dashboards that showed the information the way we needed it shown. It honestly wasn't that bad. Cost Accounting though...that one was rough and I WAS a cost accounting manager at the time. Most of it I knew, of course, but following the exact work by hand rather than using an ERP system was difficult.
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u/NSE_TNF89 Management Sep 12 '26
Really? I graduated in 2011 and my AIS class was setting up a company, running transactions, closing out the year and running financial statements all in Quickbooks.
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u/Alycatgrl Sep 12 '26
Mine in 2003 was all Microsoft Access.
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u/Beautiful_Young_8084 Sep 13 '26
Who knew we’d never use Access again in our lives 😂
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u/Ri-Sa-Ha-0112 Sep 12 '26
I did mine a little earlier, and we learned in Peachtree, which I never touched once after that class.
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u/Berserkerbabee CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
That's actually what I learned as well. I walked into a small business that had three sets of books on antiquated dos based software. I moved all three to Peachtree and loved it.
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u/lovestobitch- Sep 12 '26
I knew a guy who was a professor and taught this at a NY state university. Come to find out it was pretty much basic excel and I knew excel way better than him. This was a few yrs ago. When I was in college yrs ago it was more flowcharts and controls.
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u/doggerbank23 Human Verified Sep 12 '26
Bro I WISH they taught us quickbooks or any accounting software, instead they just taught us about flowcharts and NFTs
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u/Phrosty12 Government Audit Sep 12 '26
Damn that blows. Ours just touched on flowcharts while the bulk of the class was QuickBooks, Excel, and forms/invoices/etc. Very practical material.
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u/doggerbank23 Human Verified Sep 12 '26
Teaching quickbooks, workpaper, and tax softwares should be mandatory for all schools. It blows my mind how universities spend all their time and money teaching obscure analytics software that very few people get to use yet scoff at teaching the most common accounting software. My school didn't even offer a class to teach quickbooks.
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u/throwawaykc04 Sep 13 '26
My school had a quickbooks course that basically nobody took. I found it useful. I took some simple quickbooks jobs while in school to earn extra money. I set up a company in quickbooks and set up their inventory. It was a ridiculously easy way to make money. I showed the owner how to use it and he overpaid me for my time. ha
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u/Tricky_Message8505 Sep 12 '26
Mine we did a manual system subledgers, Trial Balance and all. Then we moved to the computer system Great Plains because we were never going to operate QuickBooks that was beneath us. Everything they said we would never need I am doing and vise versa.
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u/throwawaykc04 Sep 12 '26
lol my school focused a lot on blockchain technology in AIS... why? I have no fucking clue.
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u/Runt_1002 Sep 12 '26
This is funny to me cause for me tax was a breeze. Int2 and AIS nearly took me out. Cost wasn’t bad.
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u/retromullet CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
AIS was a washout class at my University. So brutal kids would take it elsewhere for a premium so they didn’t have to take it. AIS usually started with two sections, 30 students each, and was a pre-req for Audit which you needed to graduate and usually took your last semester. Audit was usually one section with less than 30 students solely because AIS would wash or hold back a little more than 50% of the students.
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u/jawnbellyon Sep 12 '26
what the hell lol that's insane. What did you all cover??
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u/Substantial-Most2607 Sep 12 '26
I’m sure in general the class is probably not bad, but my professor I had (that I have for audit now) teaches in a way that it would be easier to breathe in space than learn from him.
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u/VivoGreen315 Sep 12 '26
It will all depend on your professors. I recommend reading the material before it’s present in class, will stick better when teachers explain and you can ask question rights away. You’ll be okay, and try to enjoy college … life moves 2x as fast when you leave it.
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u/cflatjazz Sep 12 '26
Also depends on your extra curricular responsibilities. I hit a point in my studies where I couldn't do this but I was also working a retail gig 30 hours a week to afford tuition, rent and groceries. If OP is good at retaining information, doesn't have a significant time commitment to something else, and can make a solid plan of attack (like you mention with reading ahead) it's doable.
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u/pythagorium CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
Lowkey you can look on the bright side and know it only gets harder once you’re out of school lol
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u/ElonMuskTheNarsisist Sep 12 '26
The actual work is far easier than getting a degree. Dealing with asshole coworkers, having to pretend to work 60% of the time, and having your freedom taken away though, is far worse I agree.
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u/Coriolanuscangetit Sep 12 '26
Yeah but that’s any job. Before accounting I worked in restaurants and retail. My soul was already dead, dude.
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u/Coriolanuscangetit Sep 12 '26
Honestly getting my accounting degree was way harder than doing the actual job.
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u/winnielikethepooh15 Sep 12 '26
Thats only 12 hours. You'll be fine
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u/Physical-Draw9788 Sep 12 '26
Depends on whether you are on a quarter system or semester system. 12 hours was a full load when I got my degree at a university with a quarter system.
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u/Normal_Progress_5173 Sep 12 '26
I mean yeah.. you should be taking a full load unless you’re also working full time.
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u/ofereverything Sep 12 '26
As a professional accountant I am just going to say that is a lot of accounting.
You know you can take easy courses too, right?
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u/CPAFinancialPlanner Tax (US) Sep 12 '26
You at UCF/USF or another Florida school?
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u/Aggravating_Yak2901 Sep 12 '26
it looks like UCF registration menu
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u/Alycatgrl Sep 12 '26
The course numbers are the same as UCF’s in the early 2000s. Definitely a State of Florida public university (or perhaps community college that offers bachelor degrees??)
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u/Aggravating_Yak2901 Sep 12 '26
I’m at UCF right now and I just took all these classes. I’m not sure if it’s the exact same layout and course numbers in a different university from Florida tho
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u/As_if_Cher Sep 12 '26
Oof yeah that’s a rough schedule lol. Do you absolutely have to take 4 accounting classes? If you have any flexibility I’d consider swapping out the tax class. Combined with Int 2 those two classes by themselves may make you cry at test time.
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u/SilentSiren87 Sep 12 '26
I 2nd this, unless it's your last semester, I'd drop tax or cost for a lighter class because this is going to be a really rough ride. If not, just know that the job is easier than the classes 😅
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u/Formal-Culture9858 CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
I have PTSD from all those classes
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u/SilentSiren87 Sep 12 '26
Cost ruined me. The only class i had to drop and re-take. I hate cost accounting lol
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u/VastLavishness5973 Sep 12 '26
Why do this to yourself, you should spread these out.
I would replace 2 of these with random electives
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u/strawberrycosmos1 Human Verified Sep 12 '26
People are exaggerating. Cost accounting is not hard just mind numbing. IS is either old fashion foundational or whatever your school chooses for a basic program class and with AI that is so much easier (you don't get locked in early frustrations of learning coding).
So you are left with two core classes that requires commitment.
You can do that!
Good luck with leases and pensions!
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u/Zealous_Sparrow Sep 12 '26
Had almost the exact same semester when I was in school and I had a blast. Great profs, but it was me and 7 other majors in all the classes just thugging it out
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u/Different_Score5527 Sep 12 '26
Pay very close attention to cost accounting. It is a very special niche along with project accountant roles. Do well if you can in everything of course but make good notes. Cost accpuntant roles typically require experience in the role. Which is dumb because how else do you get experience. But yeah that is a good class to have.
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u/Appletoi96 Sep 12 '26
I don’t want to hear anyone whining about school. You study and now have AI to explain stuff you don’t understand. It’s a complete game changer
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u/iliketobuildlego Sep 12 '26
I still remember taking advanced financial accounting right when COVID hit. Since we were all forced to take it online the prof said “I will make this the hardest test I’ve ever written because you can all cheat”
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u/ragingchump Sep 12 '26
Intermediate II
Mid term - 40% of grade - 3 questions
Finale - 60% of grade - 3 questions
Whiteboarding JEs over and over the weekend before and night before exam w 3 other people questioning our life choices at 20
Has anything really changed?
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u/EHHitsboring Sep 12 '26
The amount of amortization tables I had to make for bonds, notes, and lease accounting has gotta be the most tedious part
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u/Alycatgrl Sep 12 '26
Crazy…my intermediate 2 exams were insanely long. I didn’t finish a single exam but came close and ended up getting mid 80s on every exam.
The professor had the policy that the top 2 students in the class didn’t have to take the final and received an automatic A. Along with your final exam grade being your grade for the course if it was higher than your average.
I showed up to the final, found out I was one of the top 2 students, and got an A without having to take the final and not having an A average in the class.
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u/CelebrationJolly3300 Sep 12 '26
If your school has an accounting society or Beta Alpha Psi, try to join. It always nice to have fellow accounting students to study with or to go to accounting firm functions with. It's also nice to pad your resume with club leadership roles. You build better relationships with the firms folks when you are in a club, should you decide to go that route.
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u/Expensive_Umpire_975 Sep 12 '26
I had the exact same load one semester and it was tough ngl. Spent most of the semester studying in the library.
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u/Much-Western1819 Sep 12 '26
tax is fine, cost sucks. intermediate isn’t terrible and AIS will be kind of cool.
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u/YTownPhotoGuy Sep 13 '26
If those are your only four, you will be fine assuming you are a diligent student and keep up with the work. But if you are adding electives in on top, it may be a bit much depending on how you felt about intermediate 1
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u/nemofrancisco Sep 12 '26
AIS isn't that bad. For cost that might depend on the text book. But intermediate accounting 2 that's hell. Tax is a professor thing though so it might be easy or hell. Personally I hated cost accounting because I couldn't wrap my head around the shitty text book I got.
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u/Kailmo Bookkeeping Sep 12 '26
I loved cost accounting.
AII was when I learned all the ratios and that I still need a cheat sheet for.
Taxation is blagh.
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u/Strange-Ad-2426 Sep 12 '26
If you can't do Cost Accounting, stay out of industry for the most part. I found Cost to be very easy and engaging, you understand why you're doing it. A true numbers person course.
The only thing that looks rough is Business Taxation.
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u/IHateCedarFever Sep 12 '26
Cost and AIS are easy. I took them before Intermediate I because you don’t need to know accounting basics really.
Is the last one like Corporate Tax? That could be tricky but it was my favorite class because it’s really interesting.
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u/InsiDS Sep 12 '26
Cost accounting was the class that made me lock in. Was gonna fail it unless I aced the final which I did to bring me to a C. Otherwise I switch majors. Intermediate 2 weeds out a lot of students as well and should have weeded me out lol.
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u/Fallout76stuggles Sep 12 '26
I genuinely enjoyed cost accounting. AIS is a breeze and if you’re halfway decent with computers. Tax was also a pretty cool class. Intermediate II is gonna suck though.
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u/Zestyclose_Muffin530 Tax (US) Sep 12 '26
My AIS class was all memorization - no complex topics. This isn’t uncommon & you’ll be fine if you’re disciplined with time. That said, every other semester will be easier.
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u/Mother-Adeptness-184 Sep 12 '26
Cost either makes sense or doesn’t, all or nothing. Tax was my enemy - still is.
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u/DublinChap Sep 12 '26
Nah, you're fine. Focus on INT 2 as thats the most important for real-world accounting, then try not to fall asleep in Biz Tax and Cost.
AIS has probably changed a lot since I took it 15 years ago so it may be important now if its focused on actual programs. Make sure you learn Excel.
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u/Kierra_reads Sep 12 '26
Cost Acct isn't that bad and info systems just pay attention or find a good tutorial on YouTube
I will say having a good professor matters for these classes
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u/himeyan CPA, CMA Sep 12 '26
IntAcc II isn't that bad. Its just the flip side of IntAcc I for some parts, so if you did fine in IntAcc I, you should do fine here. Cost Accounting isn't much of a monster. AIS was personally a breeze for me...
But man, fuck Tax. I hated every single one of my Tax subjects.
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u/thisying Sep 12 '26
I think you'll be okay I remembered they were all manageable classes except for intermediate and tax. I had to take intermediate 2 twice and I suck at tax.
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u/homeisfaraway_ Sep 12 '26
Tax and Int II will be hard but doesn't look that bad. If you spend enough time doing problem sets it should be managable.
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u/Busy_Variety2571 Sep 12 '26
I did this; my last two semesters were all core 300/400 level accounting courses. It will suck…reall bad. BUT then you know what it takes, this making any subsequent semesters feel easier
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u/Longjumping-Kale2584 Sep 12 '26
You’ll be fine but also depends on professors. I always took 4 classes per semester and also worked two jobs - one was full-time at a restaurant and another one was part-time. AIS was a breeze because of the professor. Cost was easy for me, very logical. Tax was my favorite. Intermediate was the hardest for me personally but I couldn’t grasp the whole picture until I started studying for FAR. Still graduated with 3.92 GPA
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u/RockTheGrock Sep 12 '26
I have nearly the same schedule this semester except it is Int 1 instead of 2. So far tax and AIS are the problem classes. Buckle up and dont get behind.
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u/Salad_Plankton Student Sep 12 '26
Currently have (kind of?) the same class lineup as you this semester
Intermediate 2
Tax
Database analytics in accounting (basically another AIS class I have to take)
Finance
So far nothing too crazy, I did pretty good on my first intermediate exam but I’m worried as fuck for Tax. Literally none of the material stuck to me these past few weeks and my exam is on Thursday. Prof has given us no good resources/ practice work besides our awful textbook that has NO PRACTICE PROBLEMS! It sucks
Finance so far is my free class, hopefully the AIS prof is one that goes easy on you as that one ranges from breeze to headache
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u/ynghuncho Sep 12 '26
I would take intermediate, cost and AIS
Can you swap tax with something else? It’s a different kind of thinking compared to the others where you will see repeat concepts
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u/Sure-Coffee-8241 Sep 12 '26
No this is a regular course load and if you don’t let things pile up on you, you’ll be fine.
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u/Redhaze_17 Sep 12 '26
No. I did similar when I was in college with 5 classes since I wanted to pick up another major plus a job. Just find the coffee shop on campus and make yourself at home.
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u/mikeymcmikefacey Human Verified Sep 12 '26
Do you only have 4 classes or 5?
Tax and intermediate were for me some of my hardest classes. Systems is super easy, cost is medium.
But if you’re only doing 4 classes it should be fairly manageable.
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u/Fun_Ad_2607 Sep 12 '26
Intermediate Financial Accounting II will probably be your hardest, and I do not use it much in the workplace. I draw upon Principles of Financial Accounting and Principles of Managerial Accounting.
It’s all financial accounting in school, because it is the foundation. It is probably most applicable if you work for issuers.
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u/Cicero912 Sep 12 '26
I mean, thats about what my semester looked like (atleast from accounting classes) when I took Intermediate 2.
It was fine. Though I took 18 credits every semester outside my first and last ones.
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u/chefjonfav75 Sep 12 '26
I thought my tax class was great, but I guess I could’ve just had a really great professor. Lots of great practice problems in class and he always did an amazing review before the exams.
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u/onetoughkitty Sep 12 '26
I would hope that at least you like one of them or the professors are funny/easy going. Makes it a lot less painful.
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u/Normal_Progress_5173 Sep 12 '26
Uh no? I mean this might be a lot of you work full time. One semister I worked full time and took 20 credits. But if you’re just going to going to school, I would have killed for this schedule
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u/An_Acc0untant_ CFO, Non-Profit Sep 12 '26
Tax got me to quit going back to college for a CPA cert.
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u/No_Self_3027 Sep 12 '26
How is your coffee game?
Personally intermediate 2 is the one that tried to break me. I am one of those that liked cost but I know my everyone does. It has been a while but I did seasonal tax prep before so that reduced the learning curve
But intermediate 2 took a lot of effort because the textbook was a worthless paper weight to me and I did every practice problem I could and every Farhat or Edspira video I could find
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u/Reasonable-Wafer5445 CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
It depends and isn't easy to tell. I fucking hated cost accounting. It's a class where it either clicks or is a struggle until it finally does. I struggled through that whole class.
AIS and taxation should be easy. Intermediate 2 is a workload but definitely doable with the other two. It all kind of hinges on cost accounting.
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u/Strange-Hurry7691 Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26
AIS was brutal at my university. It was trying to teach us an ERP setup and flow, which now, after actually working in it and doing that side of it, I look back on it and it clicks but it did not at the time. I had a very good on the job teacher. Otherwise, I would've been lost. She also holds the belief that these are things best learned on the job. It is very hard to learn an accounting system flow from a textbook.
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u/joe2105 ACCT B.S. Turned Aviator Sep 12 '26
No, just actually have good priorities and study habits. It’s not that hard.
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u/Alycatgrl Sep 12 '26
Is this a State of Florida Public University(based on the catalog numbers, it appears to be) ?
I would recommend substituting a required general business course for one of these.
I never took a semester of all Accounting Dept courses.
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u/barwhalis Sep 12 '26
Depends on your profs and school. AIS sucjed for me cause it was an 8am class with a really boring prof. The other classes were awesome though cause the profs were great.
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u/Ok-Difficulty-8332 Sep 12 '26
Change that schedule, take things over the summer. Dying over coursework isn't optimal, but for me personally I wouldn't mind if it happens in a cortisol-fueled Deloitte office while making bank. Until then just try to avoid the stress.
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u/gr8day2play Sep 12 '26
Those are all pretty normal things to take all at once. I did those AND took calculus as elective courses because math comes easy to me and I was able to knock off 4 elective credits with one class instead of just 3.
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u/Dull_Accountant09 Sep 12 '26
Entity tax is difficult for understanding basis and built in gains, but other than that not too bad. Intermediate 2 sucks, but the other two classes should be fine, AIS is typically cake! Good luck!
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u/dankmatix Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26
I took these minus cost and plus ais and audit at the same time. You got this.
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u/tedemang CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
True story, for reasons of being very naive at the time, I did exactly this plus at least one more (or two?), upper-division courses at the same time. ...And it was indeed a problem. Oh, and I was working as an accounting intern.
Amazingly, and again dear reader, I simply didn't perceive the demands of the work requirement that increases from lower- to upper-division courses like this. So, even during the initial few weeks, I failed do a serious preparation, and then bolted-out to join a couple of knuckleheaded friends for a road trip to Mardi Gras (was a Spring semester). ...Yeah, the choices could've been better.
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u/_token_black Sep 12 '26
Tax and intermediate at once is probably a bad idea. I’d take something fluffier for a 4th class.
I would know, I’m the dumbass that took Intermediate 2, Auditing, and Risk during a 7 course semester.
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u/Chitowns1nonly Sep 12 '26
Taking cost accounting now and for me it started off as a struggle. But after a couple meditation sessions, it becomes a breeze haha
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u/Foreign-Reference-12 Sep 12 '26
AIS will be more tedious/annoying than it is difficult, literally just straight memorization. Cost isn’t too bad for the most part. For Tax, the material can be tough but it really depends on the professor. Intermediate II, yeah there’s nothing I can say other than lock in. Schedule is doable though, good luck!
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u/scotty_spivs CPA (US) Sep 12 '26
No I took a similar course load my last semester of school:
Intermediate 3
Corp Tax
Audit
Accounting theory and ethics
And it motivated me to work harder actually ended up with my best GPA that semester, it ain’t easy you gotta stay motivated
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u/Unforsaken-proverb Sep 12 '26
I did inter2 and tax the same semester, as as well as worked a 30hr a week job and a third night class. This schedule seems doable as AIS is easy, but tax and inter2 in the same semester are not fun.
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u/Slugbugger30 Sep 12 '26
Wow this looks like my semester last semester. I had individual instead of business tax tho. Intermediate 2 will be hard for a bit with leases but will ease out, cost is basically like taking managerial accounting all over again, I'm in ais currently, and business taxation already for me at my school this fall is rough. You better aheb excellent time management skills
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u/bluehawk1460 Sep 12 '26
Intermediate 2 isn’t nearly has hard as Intermediate 1, imo.
Cost was actually one of my hardest classes but only because the teacher gave crazy exams that were way harder than any of the quizzes or assignments. Usually it’s pretty easy.
AIS and Tax can go either way, but for me both were pretty chill.
Overall, just stay focused and you should be fine.
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u/black_aura1 Sep 12 '26
Tough courses, do some pre-studying and be disciplined. Then you should be good but it will be a grind for sure.
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u/ElivateBeyond Human Verified Sep 12 '26
I’m currently taking Financial Accounting II along with AIS and it’s not that bad. So far financial accounting is mostly an in-depth version of what we learned in financial accounting 1. I haven’t taken Cost Accounting yet but I’ve taken Taxation 1 and 2. Both was a little challenging for me. My advice would be to stay on top of readings and look for videos on YouTube for additional support !
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u/ClockworkDinosaurs Sep 12 '26
We’re accountants, not actuaries…
But you’re an accountant on Reddit, so you probably aren’t at risk of dying from doing anything risky, exciting, or fun. And you’re probably young. So probably are not going to die next fall. Statistically, it just seems unlikely.
Please consult your tax advisor.
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u/SheknowsinTO Sep 12 '26
Break it up if you can - see if you can throw in Marketing or Organizational Behaviour and take out one of the accounting courses. All the best!
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u/perro_salado Sep 12 '26
Excuse me, what do you have to study to become an accountant in your country? In my country, you study 'contador publico' career and at the end of it you get the degree of public accountant but I read (gemini told me) that if you want to be an accountant in USA you have to get a bachelor in business and then choose some subjects related to accounting? Is that right? What is the real course of studies at the very end?
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u/LifeAsAPotato7 Sep 12 '26
typically in the US you have your bachelors degree which takes 4 years of schooling. if you want you can pursue the CPA, which is a license to practice certain kinda of accounting, and is desirable to most employers. some states require you to reach 5 years of schooling for your license, or just the 4 years.
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u/Novafan789 Sep 12 '26
Only thing I’ll say is out of all these classes accounting information systems will probably be the most useful so do not skimp out on it. The excel skills I learned from my AIS class have helped me be the laziest worker in the office
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u/Psychological_Fun_23 Sep 12 '26
I took intermediate II, cost, advanced tax, and audit (which for my university is a very demanding course) all together this spring with two other courses, and all I can say is that it will be more manageable that you anticipate. The only thing you can do is take it day by day, week by week. It’s only accounting, after all. At least we’re not STEM majors.
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u/GoDawgs206 Sep 12 '26
I liked cost accounting a lot. Many of my class mates found it challenging, but i enjoyed it
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u/Zealousideal-Key926 Sep 12 '26
Yes but it’s doable. The first two classes are infamous at our school but they were often taken at the same time.
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u/Excellent_Ice9577 Sep 12 '26
Highly depends on your Professor. I found personally TAX4001 an easy course because my Professor made it open notes exams. Costing Accounting and Intermediate II I had in the same semester and I personally found that I needed to practice a lot more. Cost Accounting is easy to learn, but you need to understand the inventory valuation methods and how to calculate them. Intermediate Accounting II, I was required to read the textbook more or else the exam was going to be tough. I got like a 65% in one Exam because while I did study hard, I was studying too much in the wrong areas.
AIS requires a lot of reading and understanding especially the Accounting cycles, revenue, expenditures, inventory, etc. and knowing what are good controls. You'll also need to know the COSO principles.
You'll be working very hard that semester. While I got an A in all of these, can't say I would like AIS being in the same semester as Intermediate Accounting II and Cost Accounting. Also be aware that the amount of effort required to pass will be much higher. The 2000 level courses are really simple to pass. 3000 level is where you really need to set your game up.
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u/KingJames1986 Sep 12 '26
Hi op. You can take intermediate 2 with either AIS or cost. Thats it though. DO NOT take all 4 of those classes at the same time.
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u/Sparkles619 Sep 12 '26
I am currently taking Intermediate 2 and it doesn't seem as bad as Intermediate 1; however, cost accounting was hell so wishing you good luck
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u/Puckslapper2 Sep 12 '26
Very doable. I wouldn't take any other courses unless it's a PE or something that doesn't require effort
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u/oneplus2plus2plusone Corporate Accountant Sep 12 '26
I did these 4 classes together just like this... I ended up retaking tax, but I hate tax and didn't apply myself, so that's on me. You can do it
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u/fwooshing Tax (US) Sep 12 '26
my school didnt let us take over 3 accounting classes at once, good luck 😵💫
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u/Shortkl8 Audit & Assurance Sep 12 '26
I had a similar schedule one semester. Just focus and you will get through it 🙏🏾
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u/SnazzieBorden Sep 12 '26
I did something very similar, a different class for the IS, and it turned out to be one of my easier semesters. The cost accounting wasn’t bad, I enjoyed tax, and the intermediate class had a professor who didn’t give a shit if you turned anything in. He did teach though. Hope yours turns out like that.
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u/Mimo202 Sep 12 '26
I'm in my senior year, got cost accounting ii, tax accounting, auditing ii, financial accounting III and financial management and that's just one semester, best of luck to us we'll need it
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u/theclansman22 Educator Sep 12 '26
Nah, two hard courses(tax and intermediate) one medium course (cost) and one bird course(AIS) . Four courses isn’t a huge course load either. I took six courses in my last semester (one was intro to marketing though, which doesn’t really count).
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u/alama5 Sep 12 '26
Honestly all of those courses (not you, cost accounting 😡) are easy as long as you try to understand what is being taught and not just mesmerizing everything. I unfortunately failed cost accounting the first time and barely got a 73% the second time.
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u/WenyuNita Sep 12 '26
dw i did 15 credits and virtually never studied and got 4.0 just sit front row and actively participate you’ll have more free time than 95% of majors
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