Applying to the Major

Each term the Department of Accounting considers applications for admission to the major for the following term. In order to be admitted, students must complete the Admission to the Accounting Major form (PDF) (also available at the Department of Accounting office) by October 1 for spring admission and March 1 for summer and fall admission and indicate that they satisfy all of the following requirements:

1. Formal admission to TU as a degree candidate
2. Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.70
3. Grade equivalent of 2.0 or higher in each lower level required course
4. Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.70 for ALL upper level accounting courses. To be admitted, students must take at least three upper level accounting courses (minimum of 9 units). Two out of the three courses must be taken at Towson University. The specific upper level course requirements are:

5. A passing score for the CBE Computer Proficiency Exam of 70 percent or higher
6. Completion of ECON 205 or MATH 231 (Statistics) with a grade equivalent of 2.00 or higher and one course in either anthropology, psychology, or sociology

Students must first be admitted to the major before they can enroll in ACCT 303 – Intermediate III, ACCT 421 – Advanced Accounting or ACCT 401 – Auditing.
No more than two courses required for admission to the major 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 until admitted into the major. Students are encouraged to communicate each term with their assigned faculty adviser to evaluate their progress in completing the requirements for admission.

Students who take an upper-level major-only accounting course before being admitted to the accounting major will be disenrolled from the course.