Accounting, B.B.A.

Department of Accounting
615-898-2558
Jeannie Harrington, chair
Jeannie.Harrington@mtsu.edu

In addition to meeting the Jennings A. Jones College of Business requirements , an Accounting major consists of 24 semester hours of accounting and requires a minimum of 2.00 GPA. At least 50 percent of the required major hours must be taken in residence at MTSU. Majors must earn a C (2.00) or better in all accounting courses.

The program below includes a Business Administration minor. An alternative business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

NOTE: Students are allowed a maximum of three attempts (including grades of W) in each upper-level accounting course in the major.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Accounting, B.B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are required for this major:

MATH 1630 (Math)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci and core course)

College of Business Core (42 hours)

All students must complete the College of Business Core which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA. ECON 2410 is included in the core and will also satisfy 3 hours from the Social/Behavioral General Education requirement.

Major Requirements (24 hours)

ACTG 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 credit hours
ACTG 3120 - Intermediate Accounting II 3 credit hours
ACTG 3310 - Cost Accounting 3 credit hours
ACTG 4510 - Accounting Systems 3 credit hours
ACTG 4550 - Introduction to Federal Income Tax 3 credit hours
ACTG 4620 - External Auditing I 3 credit hours OR
ACTG 4640 - Internal Auditing 3 credit hours
ACTG 4650 - Financial Accounting Standards 3 credit hours
ACTG elective 3 credit hours *

NOTE:

*Any upper-division accounting course can be used for the ACTG elective except ACTG 3000 , ACTG 3020 , and ACTG 4420 .

Auxiliary Courses (9 hours)

BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law 3 credit hours
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours

Electives (7 hours)

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: Accounting

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours * (Soc/Beh Sci)
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
Elective 1 credit hour

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2125 - Principles of Accounting II for Accounting Majors 3 credit hours
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours *
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours AND
BIA 3621 - Introduction to Business Analytics Lab 0 credit hours
BUS 3000 - Dale Carnegie Communications and Human Relations Seminar 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
ACTG 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 credit hours §
ACTG 3120 - Intermediate Accounting II 3 credit hours §
ACTG 3310 - Cost Accounting 3 credit hours §
ACTG 4510 - Accounting Systems 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law 3 credit hours §
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §
ACTG 4550 - Introduction to Federal Income Tax 3 credit hours §
ACTG 4650 - Financial Accounting Standards 3 credit hours §
Elective 3 credit hours
ACTG elective 3 credit hours §
Business elective 3 credit hours
ACTG 4620 - External Auditing I 3 credit hours § OR
ACTG 4640 - Internal Auditing 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

*A 2.25 GPA in these courses is required for admission to the Jones College of Business.

§Admission required