Abstract The article discusses socio-economics and accounting education. The purpose of the study was to obtain information relative to the background of accounting graduates in economics. The information was obtained by the use of a questionnaire which was sent to all schools in the American Association of Collegiate School of Business (AACSB). Usable replies were received from over 80 percent of the schools. The purpose of the study was to derive certain information concerning the economics requirements of the AACSB schools for accounting majors. It also concerned the degree of flexibility the accounting major had in selecting the economics courses required for graduation. There is very little choice for the accounting major in selecting these economics courses. Almost 80 percent of the AACSB schools do not allow the accounting major to select any of the required economics courses needed for graduation. If there are upper-division electives the accounting major may have a choice in selecting economics courses.
McCullers et al. (Sat,) studied this question.