Department of Accounting

The BBA Degree with a major in Accounting is intended to provide students with a well-rounded business education, and students take a mixture of courses in the liberal arts and business. The information presented below summarizes the most important degree requirements. While believed to be accurate, this page does not necessarily include all the requirements that must be met. For a comprehensive list of all degree requirements, students should refer to the MTSU Undergraduate Catalog.

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 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 (includes ACTG 2110, 2125, and required courses listed below).

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

*All upper-division accounting courses can be used for ACTG electives except ACTG 3000, 3020, and 4420.

The Department of Accounting has prepared a sample course outline for the Accounting major with a minor in Business Administration. Following this course outline will help ensure that all course prerequisites are met. To view this outline, click here.

Students who were enrolled at MTSU prior to Fall 2007 can graduate by satisfying alternative requirements. For more information on these alternative requirements, click here.

Upper Division Forms
If you enrolled between:
        2005-2007, click here.
        2007-2009, click here.
        2009-2011, click here.

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Graduate Degree Requirements

Master of Science (MS)

The Department of Accounting offers the Master of Science in Accounting and Information Systems with accounting as the primary field. The MS program is a very flexible evening program. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to take a balance of accounting and information systems courses; however, there is significant flexibility in the requirements to allow a student's program to be specialized to the extent desired for particular career goals. Six credit hours can be taken in areas outside of accounting. These may be in other business disciplines or in nonbusiness areas such as Aerospace or Psychology. This flexibility should allow M.S. students to better match the courses taken with their varied interests and backgrounds.

Requirements for the Master of Science Degree

Accounting as Primary Field;
Information Systems as Secondary Field

Required Courses (for course descriptions, click here)
ACTG 6650 Advanced Accounting Theory
INFS 6610 Information Systems Management and Applications

Electives
Three hours from INFS classes at the 5000 or 6000 level
Three hours in ACTG at the 5000 or 6000 level
Nine hours in ACTG at the 6000 level
Three hours international/global course at the 6000 level
Six hours of approved electives at the 6000 level

Additional Requirements
The degree is to be completed within six years from the time of admission to the degree program.

No foreign language or thesis is required in the program.

NOTE: Students who have credit for the undergraduate equivalent of the 5000-level course are not permitted to enroll in the 5000-level course for credit.

Prerequisites and Admission to the Program
The prerequisites for a student seeking an M.S. degree in the department are the same as those required for the M.B.A. degree, plus instruction in international business. A recent graduate of an AACSB-accredited program would normally possess an adequate background in these prerequisites. A student electing accounting as a primary field must complete an additional 18 hours of prerequisites including Intermediate Accounting I and II, ACTG 3110 and 3120; Cost Accounting, ACTG 3310; Accounting Systems, ACTG 4510; Federal Taxes I, ACTG 4530; and External Auditing I or Internal Auditing, 4620 or 4640.

To be admitted to the M.S. program, a student must meet one of the following:

GPA x 200 + GMAT = 950 or Upper Division GPA x 200 + GMAT = 1,000
International students must comply with the following provision: For undergraduate degrees from foreign institutions where a grade point average cannot be clearly established but where that work is thought to be equivalent to domestic grades of B or higher, admission eligibility may be determined by the GMAT score. A score of at least 450 is required for unconditional admission under such circumstances. Preparatory work taken in institutions with grading systems paralleling that of most United States institutions must conform to a B average.

Graduate Assistantship Information (click here)

Additional information:

For additional information about the M.S. program in accounting, please contact:

Dr. Kevin James
M.S. Program Advisor
Department of Accounting
MTSU P.O. Box 50
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
kjames@mtsu.edu
(615) 898-2355