How should I list an "unofficial" major on my resume?
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03 May 2012, 14:11
At my college, students are not allowed to major in more than one of the core (accounting, finance, marketing, management, operations management) business majors. So I officially majored in finance, but then took all of the accounting requirements as electives.
My question is this: is it appropriate to list accounting as a major on my resume even though it doesn't appear or my degree or transcript as a major? I could show the employer that I took all of the required classes if a question came up about it.
This won't be a big deal once I become a CPA and I will feel comfortable not having my resume say I was an accounting major at that point. But in the meantime, I was thinking that it might be nice for me to be able to show employers that I know a thing or two about accounting. I won't be able to actually become a CPA for at least 2 years.
Thanks for your opinions!