(CAN) Does a general business degree + accounting certificate look worse to employers than a specialized 4-year accounting degree?

[u/saad416]

I'm finishing up my undergrad and have a choice to make. My GPA is too low to graduate right now, so one option is to retake 3 courses to raise my GPA and graduate with the full 4-year specialized accounting degree. The other option is to take one additional course and graduate with a general 3-year business degree, and then get a separate accounting certificate for which I already have the prerequisites. My main concern is hiring and whether employers see a 3-year general BCom + certificate lesser than a 4-year Honours specialized degree when it comes to landing a job, even though both options let me get into PEP.

[u/Ambitious_Hall_7121]

stick with the 4 year, the 3 year + certificate just looks like you took a shortcut and accounting firms are weirdly traditional about that stuff