We like to say at Becker that we keep the world of business moving forward. Practice Management. Follow Us In Real Time twitter facebook linkedin. By Michael Cohn CloseText. About Michael. Close extra sharing options. Michael Cohn. Editor-in-chief, AccountingToday. He left Price, Waterhouse in to devote more time to his course. He knew how to put together this course and have it taught across the country and get consistent results at a low price.
Meonske said Becker also knew how to motivate students and employees, and he was driven to constantly improve the course and keep it relevant. Until , the CPA exam was made public months after it was taken, and Becker had his staff review each question to ensure it was covered in the audiotapes. The course was structured to help students remain engaged. Many students already were working eight-hour days—and often longer—in the accounting profession, and Becker realized that it would be difficult to keep their attention through a lengthy lecture.
So he personally recorded five- to eight-minute segments to be played at more than classrooms across the country where the course was being given. Then he had instructors put questions on an overhead projector for students to work through during the four-hour classes. We delve into the finer points of the Becker CPA Review course in this detailed guide and analyze its strengths and weaknesses.
As always, you can find more details regarding Becker in our full written review below. Becker offers CPA candidates three distinct courses form which to choose. These prep packages generally vary by level of resources and study materials, and include the following offerings:. Offering fewer practice questions and no live classes, this is really an essentials-only package. As far as essentials-only starter courses go, this about the most expensive in the CPA exam prep space.
Next up, the Premium course is roughly the same as the Advantage package, but adds in additional practice questions, live online classes, and unlimited access. This price point again makes Becker one of the more expensive options in terms of CPA prep. For those students wanting to take no risk, this is the choice. As soon as you log in to your new Becker account, you can see why the Big 4 and so many other accounting firms trust Becker — their curriculum is incredibly comprehensive.
Their coursework is mapped to the AICPA exam blueprints and touches anything and everything that could ever appear on the exam. It is just a mountain of lessons, practice work and study resources. With respect to structure of their coursework, each of the four exam sections is broken down into a series of 6 to 10 units , each covering a different subsection.
Then within each of these units, there a number of modules to complete. Each module covers a discrete topic within the subsection. As such, the modules form the basis of the Becker curriculum and there are hundreds of them across the four CPA exam sections.
It is within each module that the real teaching takes place. Each learning module follows the same general pattern:. The software adjusts your study plan in real time to account for these identified deficiencies and works to make your skill set more well-rounded.
The Becker video lectures are different from every other review course in the industry. In these lessons, rather than having an instructor onscreen providing a traditional lesson in front of a whiteboard like you get with Roger CPA Review , or talking over a PowerPoint slideshow, the Becker lessons use their textbooks as the basis of the video.
The instructor rarely appears on screen during the lectures — usually just for a quick module introduction. It sounds odd, but it really works. A digital textbook appears on screen and your instructor verbalizes their lesson as you read along. They circle key points, underline important phrases, make notes in the margins, and markup the text as you move along.
They even scroll the page down for you as reach the bottom. It is like someone standing over your shoulder as you read a text offering additional context and helpful tidbits, and telling you where you need to take note of the important things. I can see some students loving this format, and other students being put off by it. Personally, I really like it.
I prefer textbook-based learning to begin, so I may be a bit biased, but I found this method of teaching to be incredibly effective. All of the detail is right there in front of you and you have an expert reading alongside you, pointing out exactly where you really need to pay attention and providing some helpful additional context. And the production quality is fantastic. The picture is sharp and the graphics are very well done. Altogether, it makes for a really nice lesson.
After your lecture is complete, you move into skills practice. Then you work a simulation-type drill that tests your knowledge on the content just covered. Most other prep companies just take you straight to multiple-choice questions, and I appreciate how Becker tests your new knowledge in different ways. You then move into the more traditional practice of multiple-choice questions.
There are typically anywhere from 5 to 50 questions for the module, depending on the scope and size of the subsection. That means this part can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour and a half. Preserving and Enhancing Your Wealth For more than 40 years, Stuart Becker has provided sophisticated tax services to a broad range of clients in assisting them to preserve and enhance their wealth. Becker LLC Becker LLC specializes in international and domestic tax services, as well as business advisory consulting, for high net worth individuals, corporations, family-owned businesses, and entrepreneurs.
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