Department of Accounting
Admission to the Major
Catalog Years 2009-2010 & 2010-2011
Students are admitted to the major in Accounting on a competitive basis after first being admitted to the university. Admission to the university does not guarantee admission to the major. Each term the Accounting Department considers applications for admissions to the major in the following term. In order to be admitted, students must complete the Admission to the Accounting Major Form (also available at the Department of Accounting office) by October 1st for spring admission and March 1st for summer and fall admission and indicate that they satisfy all of the following requirements (Items 1 through 6):
- Formal admission to TU as a degree candidate.
- Minimum CGPA of 2.70.
- Grade equivalent of 2.0 or higher in each lower level required course.
- Minimum CGPA of 2.70 for ALL Upper Level accounting courses at Towson. To be admitted, students must take at least 3 Upper Level accounting courses (minimum of 9 credits). The specific requirements are:
a. ACCT 301 -- Intermediate Accounting I (3 credits) – MUST be taken.
b. Other 2 Upper Level accounting courses (other 6 credits) must be chosen from:
ACCT 300 – Accounting Information Systems
ACCT 302 – Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 341 -- Managment Accounting I
ACCT 361 – Tax Accounting I
ACCT 362 -- Tax Accounting II
ACCT 342 -- Management Accounting II
c. At least two out of the three courses must be taken at Towson University.
d. If ACCT 301 – Intermediate Accounting I – has been taken at another institution and has been accepted by Towson University, ACCT 302 – Intermediate Accounting II – must be one of the two remaining courses taken at Towson University.
- A passing score for the CBE Computer Proficiency Exam
- Completion of:
a. ECON 205 or MATH 231 (Statistics) with a grade equivalent of 2.00 or higher
b. ANTH or PSYC or SOCI course
Students will not be permitted to enroll in ACCT 303 – Intermediate III, ACCT 321 – Advanced Accounting, or ACCT 401 – Auditing, without first being admitted to the major.
No more than two courses may be repeated, of which no more than one course may be repeated twice.
Degree candidates intending to major in Accounting are designated as pre-Accounting (PACT) until admitted into the Accounting major. Students are encouraged to communicate each term with their assigned faculty advisor to evaluate their progress in completing the requirements for admission to the major and the degree.
Students who take upper-level major-only accounting courses before being admitted to the Accounting major will be disenrolled.
The above requirements were approved effective 2009-2010 academic year.
Department of Accounting
Stephens Hall, Room 102
Phone: 410-704-2227
Fax: 410-704-3641
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