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The Values of Accounting
When it comes to choosing a major in college, it is important that you pick a major that
you will enjoy working in for the some part of your life. How does one make that
decision? There are several different factors that play a role in choosing a major; or there
was for me at least. When I looked into business for my intended major the first thing that
came to my mind was not if I was going to enjoy working in some kind of business
environment because I already new I would like that. Instead I looked at other aspects or
values that a business degree offers. More importantly, I looked at what concentration I
wanted in business.
I chose the accounting side of business for several reasons. One reason is because I like to
work with numbers. I enjoy setting up budgets and different types of financial statements
and seeing of everything works together with that aspect of business. One of the values of
being an accounting major is that the demand for accountants is high and it probably will
not change. According to the website of the Princeton Review the accounting profession is
to be growing very quickly and because of all the different types of accounting needed to
fulfill the needs of various businesses, the need for an accountant will always be there
(Basics). Another plus to obtaining an accounting degree from most other business degrees
is according to the AICPA, an accounting degree is a degree that offers all ranges of
possibilities in the business society. As well stated in a publication by the AICPA,
Accounting opens doors in every kind of business coast to coast. Accounting deals with the
aspects of preparing financial statements and budgets for companies as well as other career
path opportunities, but because of the complexity with working with numbers, accounting
is said to be the basic language of the business world and that is what makes it a successful
field (Why Major in Accounting).
Accounting is not like what several people think. With an accounting degree you do not
just sit behind a desk and crunch numbers. There is a variety of options to choose from in
the accounting field in which you exercise your skills. This is another value that comes
with a accounting major. One hesitance that I had about the accounting degree was I
thought there would not be any variety to what I did for a living. I thought it would be the
