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@IRonMaN wrote:

The brain trusts thought that nobody could possibly do this job with a mere four years of education.  There was the big push from state societies to have their states add a year to education requirements.

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In my opinion, they should have SUBTRACTED a year rather than add a year.

A couple of years ago I was looking at the Accounting Program at a nearby university.  I think it contained less than 2.5 years of accounting and semi-useful courses (computer classes, business, etc.).  The other 2.5 years were electives and junk.  Do I really need to learn about European history and take art-ceramics class to become a CPA?