BBA in Accounting

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 Business Administration minor. An alternative business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 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 - World Literatures 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
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
• HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
• HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

• BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours
• BUS 3000 - The Dale Carnegie Course 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 - Principles of Corporate 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 4620 - External Auditing I 3 credit hours §
• ACTG 4650 - Financial Accounting Standards 3 credit hours §
• ACTG UD electives 6 credit hours §
• Business elective 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

The Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) degree with a major in Accounting is designed to provide the student with a well-rounded education in both business and liberal arts. The accounting degree also can help those students who wish to pursue the following professional certifications: Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Information Systems Auditor.

Professional Licensure Disclosure

Professional Licensure Disclosure The Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting (B.B.A.) and Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) in Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Completion of the 120-semester hour BBA-Accounting qualifies students to sit for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination in Tennessee. Awarding of a Tennessee CPA license requires 150 semester hours of credit or 30 credit hours beyond the undergraduate degree. MTSU’s M.Acc. program fulfills the additional 30-semester-hour requirement with courses that support successful completion of the CPA exam and enhances accounting and finance career opportunities. In addition, there are other business degree programs at Jones College of Business that could provide the additional 30 credit hours of business courses beyond the undergraduate BBA-Accounting degree. Among these are MBA; MS—Finance; MA—Economics; MS—Information Systems; and MS—Management.

MTSU offers a high-quality accounting program that is well respected in the business community. Many different employers visit the MTSU campus each year to recruit accounting majors, and our graduates are employed in a variety of settings. Examples include:

• Auditing
• Corporate reporting
• Criminal investigation
• Government accounting
• Healthcare costing
• Nonprofit management
• Sports/entertainment administration
• Tax preparation

Employers of MTSU alumni include:

• BKD
• Country Music Foundation
• CPA firms
• Deloitte
• Ernst & Young
• Hospital Corporation of America
• Nissan Americas
• State of Tennessee