Accounting / Finance topics for PE

Moving to MFPE from BB coverage team in the summer and looking for advice on good courses to take for someone transitioning to buyside.

Studied engineering in undergrad, took a few finance classes & just intro financial accounting. Do you suggest taking higher level accounting classes or will 2 yrs banking level accounting suffice?

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