Advising for the Majors of

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 Undergraduates BAS 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”.

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

TRUE or FALSE The Jones College of Business is AACSB accredited

TRUE

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.

Jones College Features Computer Lab – Temp BAS S302 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

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

FALSE

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

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

FALSE

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

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

TRUE

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

FALSE

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

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

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 overall Macro & Micro Econ ACTG 2110 Statistics 1 Apply Min pre-business GPA

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

TRUE or FALSE Juniors and Seniors can take Upper Division courses

TRUE

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

FALSE

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

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

TRUE

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