1. Advising for the Majors of

2. DEAN URBAN

3. 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 Undergraduates BAS North Side N219 ADVISING

4. 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”.

5. Volunteers We need 2 volunteers to help us play a True/False game Rules Each person will have a sign with “True” on one side and “False” on the other When an advisor reads the statement, show your answer to the audience

6. TRUE or FALSE The Jones College of Business is AACSB accredited

7. TRUE

8. Accredited by AACSB International– the premier accrediting body for colleges of business worldwide. Of the 12,000 college of business schools worldwide, only 1.5% hold both college and Accounting accreditation. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is restricted to students of high scholarship in AACSB accredited institutions.

9. TRUE or FALSE The most popular major in The Jones College of Business is Marketing

10. FALSE

11. Currently the most popular major is Business Administration, followed by Accounting and Information Systems

12. TRUE or FALSE Computer Information Systems and Computer Science are the same major

13. FALSE

14. 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

15. TRUE or FALSE There are 5 academic departments in The Jones College of Business.

16. TRUE

17. TRUE or FALSE Students are automatically accepted into the Jones College of Business upon acceptance to MTSU.

18. FALSE

19. General Education Business Core Major & Minor Graduation! Course Sequence Freshmen/Sophomore Sophomore/Junior Junior/Senior

20. In general Freshmen and Sophomores take Lower Division courses (1000-2000) while Juniors and Seniors may take both Lower and Upper Division courses (3000-4000). Prerequisites must be met. Major Courses, Senior Year - UD Business Core, Junior Year - UD General Education, First Two Years - LD

21. Admission into the Jones College M M A S

22. Admission into the 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 2.25 overall Macro & Micro Econ ACTG 2110 Statistics 1 Apply 2.25 pre-business GPA

23. TRUE or FALSE The Jones College of Business has a computer lab that is open 24/7 during the entire calendar year.

24. FALSE

25. The computer lab is open 24/7 only while classes are in session. The Jones College of Business also offers: Bloomberg Trading Room Sales Lab Help labs in Economics, Finance, Statistics and Accounting Team Study Lab Office of Consumer Research – Consumer Outlook Index and Sports Affinity Survey

26. TRUE or FALSE The Jones College of Business frequently uses Teaching Assistants to teach it’s courses

27. FALSE

28. The Jones College has about 125 full time faculty. Faculty are either tenured, tenure-track or adjunct. The college rarely employs teaching assistants. Dr. Ford, Weatherford Chair of Finance, a former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, makes numerous appearances on national TV business networks Dr. Hollman was named favorite MTSU professor in the annual Murfreesboro Daily News Journal Ruthies Awards MBAPrograms.org named Don Roy one of the top 50 business school professors to follow on Twitter Vince Smith received the MTSU Outstanding Achievement in Instructional Technology Award for using technology to meet the demands of busy students Rebecca Foote received the MTSU Outstanding Teacher Award and won the Gamma Iota Sigma Jones College Outstanding Professor election for the 3 rd time in 4 years

29. TRUE or FALSE Juniors and Seniors can take Upper Division courses

30. TRUE

31. TRUE or FALSE Your Academic Advisor and your Academic Counselor are the same person

32. FALSE

33. Academic Advisor: a Jones college advisor or a faculty advisor assists you will course selection & progression towards graduation in your major program provides internship and career information Academic Counselor: helps you successfully navigate university life by answering your questions and making referrals may have already contacted you

34. TRUE or FALSE MTSU faculty, staff and administrators will only use a student’s MTSU email address for email correspondence.

35. TRUE

36. 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.

37. TRUE or FALSE The MTSU mascot’s name is Pegasus Pete

38. FALSE

39. Our mascot’s name is Lightning!