Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Accounting, B.B.A.


Accounting   
615-898-2558
Kim Honaker, interim chair
Kim.Honaker@mtsu.edu

In addition to meeting the Jennings A. Jones College of Business requirements , an Accounting major consists of 27 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 required Business Administration minor.  An alternative business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

NOTE: Students receiving a D, F, or W in an upper-level accounting course at MTSU must repeat that course at MTSU. Students are allowed a maximum of three attempts (including grades of W) per course in ACTG 3110  and ACTG 3120 .

Intermediate Readiness Exam

To ensure that students have the foundational knowledge needed to succeed when enrolling in their first upper-division financial accounting course (ACTG 3110 ), students must take the Intermediate Accounting Readiness Exam (Readiness Exam). This exam assesses students’ readiness for ACTG 3110 by measuring their financial accounting knowledge at the principles level. If a satisfactory score is not earned on the Readiness Exam, a structured review of critical accounting principles topics using department-approved materials must be completed before taking ACTG 3110. AACSB has recognized the Department’s Intermediate Readiness Initiative, which includes the Readiness Exam, as a best practice among accredited accounting programs.

Academic Map


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

Accounting, B.B.A., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
College of Business Core 42 hours*
Major Requirements 27 hours
Auxiliary Courses 12 hours
Business Elective 3 hours
Electives 0-7 hours
TOTAL 120-125 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the program of study may be completed in 120 hours.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

College of Business Core (42 hours)


All students must complete the College of Business Core  which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA. Students majoring or minoring in Accounting should take ACTG 2125  (not ACTG 2120 ) as part of the College of Business Core.

Major Requirements (27 hours)


NOTE:


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

Business Elective (3 hours)


Electives (0-7 hours)


Curriculum: Accounting


Freshman


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 30 Hours


NOTE:


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

§Admission required