Advising for the Majors of

Accounting Business Administration Business Education Economics∙ ∙ ∙

Entrepreneurship Finance-Business Finance-Financial Institution Management∙ ∙

Finance-Insurance Finance-Real Estate Information Systems∙ ∙

Management Marketing∙

Today’s Goals

By the end of the day today you should:

• Know the academic requirements for your major program• Know the JCB Admission Policy and how it impacts you• Make a connection with a faculty member or academic

advisor• Successfully complete the registration process

DEAN URBAN

You will have a faculty advisor assigned to you! You will see their names in PipelineMT/RaiderNet

You also ALWAYS have us:

Academic Advisors for Jones College UndergraduatesBAS North Side N219

ADVISING

BBA Degrees

• Accounting• Business Administration• Economics• Entrepreneurship• Finance:

• Business• Financial Institution MGMT• Insurance• Real Estate

• Information Systems• Management• Marketing

Other Programs

BS Degrees• Economics• Business Education– Teaching– Non-Teaching– Non-Teaching

Training & Development

Graduate Degrees• MBA• MBE• MS Information Systems• MS Management• MAcc• MA and PhD in Economics

All 5 departments are located in the Business and Aerospace Building.

Departments and faculty are on the North side while all business courses are taught on the South side.

Each department houses one or more business majors and is managed by someone called “The Chair”.

Accredited by AACSB International– the premier accrediting body for colleges of business worldwide.

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is restricted to students of high scholarship in AACSB accredited institutions.

Currently the most popular major is Accounting, followed by Business Administration and

Information Systems

CIS is a major in the Jones College of Business and CS is a major in the College of Basic and

Applied Sciences

Computer Information Systems addresses business applications of the computer while

Computer Science involves advanced programming

General Education

Business Core

Major & Minor

Graduation!

Course Sequence

Freshmen/Sophomore

Sophomore/Junior

Junior/Senior

Admission into Jones College

M M A S

Admission into Jones College

To take the junior and senior courses in your major, you must meet the Admission Policy and fill out an application

2.25 GPA

30 hrs

Min. 2.25 overall

Macro & Micro Econ

ACTG 2110

Statistics 1

Apply

Min. 2.25 pre-business GPA

TRUE or FALSE

MTSU faculty, staff and administrators will only use a student’s MTSU email address for

email correspondence.

TRUE

All email correspondence will only be sent to a student’s MTSU email.

Academic Progress Reports, Probation/Suspension, Registration,

Graduation information will be sent to this account.

TRUE or FALSE

Lack of class attendance can cause you to owe back Financial Aid

TRUE

MTSU added a new failing grade of “FA” to identify students who fail a class and also stop attending class.

If you fail class(es) and also stop attending class(es), you may be required to pay back financial aid and/or lose

future eligibility for financial aid (including Lottery Scholarships and federal student loans).

TRUE or FALSE

The MTSU mascot’s name is Pegasus Pete

FALSE

Our mascot’s name is Lightning!