[Elaine]

Hello! This is Elaine, a recent college graduate who’s starting UCLA extension classes tomorrow. I majored in Economics and am lacking accounting course credits, so decided to take those classes near my house at UCLA. I was wondering how helpful and corresponding their materials are to CPA exam stuff. Has anyone taken them? I took Financial and Managerial accounting in my college (UCSD) and have to take the following in UCLA:

· X120A Intermediate Accounting

· X127 Federal Income Tax

· X120B Intermediate Accounting

· X120C Intermediate Accounting

· X124A Advanced Accounting

· X423 Auditing

· X124B Advanced Accounting

· X423.2 Internal Auditing

I’m going to ask the professors about this as well, but I was also wondering if I have to take another review course after these classes, such as Becker. I will have a better idea of what to do as the classes go on, but I want to plan things out as soon as possible, so I can minimize the time I take to sit for CPA exams. Please feel free to welcome and help out a newbie right here. Thank you so much and keep your hard work, everyone!

[nkiruka]

hi i did take my pre-reqs in ucla and it does help . u might also want to attend a becker review workshop where u may find u can take some classes that double up as pre-reqs and review , but ucla extension wld probably be more affordable. also i skipped the first two foundational class and enrolled for intermediate 1 2 3 and the rest.. the audit class is quite good…..

[Anonymous]

I would say that you can't substitute college courses for a proper CPA review course. The material covered in class is certainly going to be on the exam in some form or another, but the review courses teaches you the format, the way questions are asked, how certain topics are tested, reading through tricks in the wording of a question, etc. So either way, you will need a review course in addition to the classes you take.

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