Jones College Admission Policy

Spring 2012Faculty Advising Seminar

Jones CollegeAdmission Policy-Fall 2007Minimum 30 hours of degree credits earned (excluding Learning Support and High School Deficiencies)

Completion of high school deficiencies and learning support requirements

Cumulative GPA of 2.250 on all college level course-work

A 2.000 average among these four designated pre-business courses (going to 2.25 for Fall 2012): ACTG 2110 ECON 2410 ECON 2420 QM 2610 Fall 2007-Summer 2012 (2.25 and 2.00)Fall 2012- (2.25 and 2.25)Jones CollegeAdmission PolicyStudents tend to avoid taking the required MATH 1630 or 1810 which may delay admissionOne of these Math classes must be taken prior to QM 2610A college-level MATH course is a required prerequisite to ACTG 2110

Jones CollegeGraduation Requirements (Fall 2007---)2.00- GPA2.00- Major2.00- Minor2.00- Best 42 upper-division hours2.00- Jones College core (ACTG, BCEN, ECON, FIN, INFS, MGMT, MKT and QM courses) 60 Senior College Hours Watch those with community college workmake sure they will have the Senior College hoursAdmission Policy-2011-2012 Upper-Division Form

Placement TestingUniversity Studies Office (Peck Hall 202)ACT/SAT sub-scores now determines if a student needs additional testing to determine if placement in prescribed courses is required Required Prescribed (K) courses found under Academic Deficiency Summary in Pipeline

CatalogAvailable on-line at: http://catalog.mtsu.edu/

Priority RegistrationRegistration Begins April 2nd and continues through April 13th New Transfer Students register beginning April 16th Peak Registration DaysApril 2-GraduateApril 3- 176 hours to 113 hoursApril 4- 112 hours to 86 hoursApril 5- 85 hours to 60 hoursApril 6-59 hours -31 hours

Required Advising for students with less than 30 hoursUniversity policy now requires advising for all students who have earned less than 30 hours Registration holds have been set on these students Every advisor has the ability to remove the holdAdvising Hold-Release

Immunization Hold-New StudentsDue to state requirements new students entering the university are required to have two doses of the Varicella Vaccine (Chicken Pox) in addition to MMR Students may not register for full-time until proof of these vaccines have been submittedDegree AuditIs available for studentsYou may use this feature to determine whether or not substitutions are neededYou may use this feature to determine whether or not a student has filed an Intent to Graduate

US History RequirementHistoryIn accordance with the revision of the state law MTSU will accept any transfer course that met that students General Education requirement for HISTORYIf the transfer institution did not have a History category then a combination of History courses may satisfyOnly applies to TRANSFER studentsTBR, UT, private and out of state public and private institutionsContact Ann Reaves at ann.reaves@mtsu.eduThe appropriate adjustment will be made to the students Degree Evaluation

Online Advising via SkypeAmanda Chambers: amanda.chambers927Abby Davis: abby.lynn.davisAmie Donahue: amie.donahue815Gretchen Leming: gleming1

Instructions for a Skype appointment available at :www.mtsu.edu/busadv

Tennessee Transfer PathwayTTPs are binding agreements which we must honorMTSU faculty representatives met with other TBR/UT personnel to develop the Transfer PathsPaths were developed for Accounting, Business Administration, Economics (BBA & BS) and Computer Information Systemshttp://www.tntransferpathway.org/campuses/middle-tennessee-state-university

Tennessee Transfer PathwayTechnical Systems is working on coding for Transcripts or under Test Scores to identify students who graduated under TTPCommunity Colleges now operating under common numberingElimination of QM 2610 from some CC curriculum- will only teach MATH 1530 (Applied Statistics)

Tennessee Transfer PathwayDue to separate General Education criteria and specific TTP course requirements the upper-division forms for these students are going to be altered There are still questions for which we do not have answers. Those have been submitted to TBRI have customized upper-division forms for these majors that you may use.

Any Questions Before Moving onto Business Minors?

Business Minors Fall 2012Fall 2012 students will be allowed to choose their own business minorEveryone must have at least one business minorPolicy is retroactive for all catalogs:2007-20092009-20112011-2012

Minors cont.The incorporated minors of Business Administration and Economics and Finance will remain attached to the program of studyThese will only be detached from the program with the completed elective minor section on the back of the upper-division form and a signatureThose minors other that the incorporated will likely require more than 120 hoursBusiness Administration Minor-ACTG

Business Administration Minor

Economics and Finance Minor

Minors cont.The most important rule regarding these optional minors is this one:

You may not use the same course in a major and a minor

If the course is being calculated in the major (MAJ) then you MAY NOT use it in the minorYou may crossover CORE courses

If the course is being calculated in the major (MAJ) then you MAY NOT use it in the minor

Minors cont.Degree requirements stay intact for all majors EXCEPT Business Administration:FIN 3810 or 4110 changes to Upper Division Business electiveECON 4570 changes to Upper Division Business elective

Business Administration Major

Questions?