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I would recommend auditing at least Principles of Accounting I and Intermediate I&II to really have a strong gasp of the basics of accounting. Almost all schools offer the same things in each of these classes, so it doesn't matter where you take them. If you can though, audit the class to see it in person, and to be able to ask questions.
For finance-Principles of Finance, corporate finance, Money & Banking, and Financial Modeling are usually the go-to finance classes but I'm not sure if that's the standard everywhere. That's a lot of courses though between ACC and FIN. Are you doing a summer internship, or could you do a summer semester at a university that offers these?
Thanks a lot for the response. I'm starting FT IBD at a BB this summer. Do you know if Stern allows kids to audit classes? Would I have trouble sneaking into an evening MBA class?
Check Coursera maybe , there are few online accounting classes.
Just found Damodaran's Spring 2017 Stern Valuation class on Youtube. Great Class.
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