Changing your major to accounting
Is accounting right for you?
Accounting is more than sitting at a computer and conducting careful financial calculations.
Accountants of today work closely with clients to develop lasting professional relationships. Accountants can work in any field you can think of, from the “Big Four” firms to non-profit organizations. Accounting can provide a meaningful and fulfilling career for anyone interested.
Considering a major change?
Consider this brief guide of tools to help you determine if Accounting is right for you.
Fisher School of Accounting tools
- Enroll in the course ACG 2391 Exploring Careers in Accounting.
- Take advantage of meeting employers visiting in the fall and spring. Visit the Fisher School calendar often to see what recruiting events are happening. For most events, you do not have to be looking for a job or internship to meet with employers. They are happy to meet freshmen.
- Sign up for Fisher School weekly announcements.
- Join an accounting-related student organization.
- Still unsure of what to do? Log in to HIREWarrington to make an appointment with a career coach in Business Career Services (only open to students in the Warrington College of Business), or visit the University of Florida’s Career Connections Center!
Course requirements
Explore the courses required for the accounting major, and read the course descriptions.
Online resources
- Accounting+ was created by numerous public, private, and non-profit organizations and provides information about the vast opportunities in the accounting field.
- This Way to CPA provides a wealth of information regarding the CPA profession and various opportunities the CPA license can provide.
- What Can I Do With This Major? is another site with an overview of career opportunities for accounting majors, including non-CPA options.
How to change your major
The minimum standards that must be met before a student will be eligible to be reclassified into the Fisher School as a freshman or a sophomore are as follows:
- Student must meet with an academic advisor.
- The BSAc program is not available to UF students enrolled in off-campus (online) programs, or in the PaCE program.
- Transfer students admitted to other majors at UF after Spring 2014 may not reclassify to the BSAc program (however all on-campus students may minor in accounting with the approval of their college).
- Student must have fewer than 60 credit hours completed, including current registration (without AP, IB, AICE, or DE credit).
- Student must be on track for the BSAc program at the time of admission.
- Students with a grade below “B” or a “W” in their first attempt of either ACG 2021 or ACG 2071 cannot reclassify to accounting until they earn a minimum grade of “B” in the course in which they had a deficiency.
- Students are allowed a maximum of two attempts to earn the minimum “B” grade in ACG 2021 and ACG 2071 (including drops and withdrawals).
- Must have an overall UF GPA of 3.0 or greater.
- Must have a minimum 3.0 preprofessional GPA.
- If application is submitted after the last day to drop a course, the application will be held until final grades are posted.
The minimum standards that must be met before a student will be considered for admission into the Fisher School are as follows:
- Student must meet with an academic advisor.
- The BSAc program is not available to UF students enrolled in off-campus (online) programs, or in the PaCE program.
- Transfer students admitted to other majors at UF after Spring 2014 may not reclassify to the BSAc program (however all on-campus students may minor in accounting with the approval of their college).
- Student must have at least a minimum of 60 credit hours completed, including current registration (not including AP, IB, AICE, or DE credit).
- Must have an overall UF GPA of 3.0 or greater.
- Must have a minimum 3.0 preprofessional GPA.
- Must have successfully completed all Bachelor of Science in Accounting Universal Tracking requirements for semesters 1-4.
- Must complete degree within a total of 138 hours at UF.
- Must successfully complete any upper-division accounting courses in process with a minimum of a “C” grade.
- Any 3000-level or above required accounting course in which the student previously enrolled, but which was not completed with a C or better, must be completed with a C or better prior to reclassifying.
- Must have a minimum 2.0 GPA in all accounting courses numbered 3000 and above.
- If the application is after the last day to drop a course, the application will be held until grades are posted.