Advising for the majors: Accounting Business Administration Business Education Economics Entrepreneurship Finance-Business Finance-Financial Institution Mgmt Finance-Insurance Finance-Real Estate Information Systems Management Marketing Office Management

Jennings A. Jones College of Business E. James Burton, Dean Dwight Bullard, Associate Dean Academic Advising Center Gretchen Leming Lorrie Murgas Continuous Improvement in Action

College of Business Strengths u AACSB accredited u Beta Gamma Sigma honor society u Student oriented faculty u Successful graduates u Very popular majors u Affordable u Superior facilities

Student Organizations uAlpha Kappa Psi uAssociation of Information Technology Professionals uBeta Alpha Psi uFinancial Management Association uGamma Iota Sigma uInstitute of Management Accountants uPhi Beta Lambda uPi Sigma Epsilon uSociety for Human Resource Management

MTSU Students

B.B.A. Degree Programs uAccounting uBusiness Administration uEconomics uEntrepreneurship uFinance uInformation Systems uManagement uMarketing uOffice Management

Other Programs uB.S. Degrees –Business Education 4Teaching 4Non-Teaching 4Non-Teaching Training & Development uGraduate Degrees –M.B.A. –M.B.E. –M.S. in Accounting and Information Systems

Undergraduate Majors

Program Sequence General Studies, First Two Years Business Core Major Courses, Last Two Years

See Pages of Student Handbook

Associate’s Degree Associate’s Degree: uIndicated on the right-hand side (OK-AS Degree) of the upper division form. (If notation does not appear and it should, please see Gretchen Leming or Lorrie Murgas) uIf you received your Associate’s Degree, 2 of the 4 hours of Activity credit is waived; however, you will still need to make up the 2 hours of non-business.

Substitutions & Overrides uOK - automatic sub: No substitution needed - course automatically replaces required course uOK - AS Degree: Substitution is not needed because you earned an Associate’s Degree ufile sub: Substitution needs to be done ufile sub/validate: Will need to take a Validation Exam to demonstrate an understanding of the material covered. (See Page 17 of Student Handbook) uNeed Authorization: Must see Gretchen Leming or Lorrie Murgas after you have selected a call number and before you can register.

Post-it Note (SAMPLE) Choose from these 1 st : PSCI 1030/GEOL 1030/1031 or ASTR 1030/ ECON MATH 1630 or (May need MATH 1710 first) HIST 2010 or Choose from these 2 nd : MKT 3820(need authorization)3 MGMT 3610 (need authorization)3

Scheduling Suggestions uFull-time vs. Part-time hours is full-time, hours is average load (Depends on other responsibilities outside of school) uMeeting Days MWF = Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 50 minute classes, i.e., 9:10-10:00 MW = 1 hour 15 minutes, i.e., 1:30-2:45 TR = Tuesday and Thursday 1 hour 15 minutes, i.e., 9:30-10:45 uStudents will be dropped from courses if payment is not received by August 7 th. Closed classes might be open on August 8 th.

Scheduling Reminders uCredit Hours All required classes are 3 credit hours except BIOL, PSCI, GEOL and ASTR (4 hours) because they include a lab PHED Activity (1 hour) uScheduling a Lab Course If you are registering for BIOL, PSCI, GEOL or ASTR 1030 it will be easier to complete your Fall Schedule if you first schedule your lab course and then your remaining courses. uGEOL 1030 and ASTR 1030 You must register separately for the lab portion of GEOL and ASTR 1030/1031. (Unlike BIOL 1030 and PSCI 1030 where the lab is already assigned to a particular lecture.)

See Page 6-7 of Student Handbook

Regents Degree On-Line Program nAll coursework can be completed on-line, but this is NOT a Business Program. nThese courses require extra tuition and fees in addition to the MTSU fee structure. nCourses are denoted by the media code RDP.

Schedule Book uThe courses offered each term are listed in the Schedule Book by Department. uThe following courses are sometimes difficult for students to find in the Schedule Book: COURSEDEPARTMENT PAGE NO. PSCI 1030Chemistry 56 ASTR 1030Physics and Astronomy150 PHED ActivityHPERS106

Schedule Book uThe courses offered each term are listed in the Schedule Book by Department. uThe following courses are sometimes difficult for students to find in the Schedule Book: COURSEDEPARTMENT PAGE NO. PSCI 1030Chemistry 55 ASTR 1030Physics and Astronomy150 BLAW 3400Accounting 36 Q M 2610 & 3620Computer Information 62 & INFS 3100 Systems PHED ActivityHPERS106

Advanced Placement (AP) Credit Score required: 3 or above See Page 33 of University Catalog for additional information. To have scores sent call CALL 4 AP

University Honors Admission Standards  Returning MTSU & Transfer Students: Cumulative GPA  3.0  Honors courses are not more difficult.  You can work toward Graduation with Honors or just take honors classes. See Page 84 of University Catalog See Page of College of Business Student Handbook

University Honors Courses Honors courses are included with the course offerings for entire departments. Honors courses will be printed this way in your Open Sections List and in Fall 2003 Schedule Book: (Honors)Topics in Biology BIOL MWF 8:05-10:00 ‘Honors’ precedes the title of the course Please read the titles carefully to register or NOT register for Honors courses.

Secrets of Success uActively Seek Advice uFind the “Right” Professors uParticipate in Professional Activities uConsider CO-OP uParticipate in the Whole UNIVERSITY uConsider Honors and INROADS

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