Accounting, Minor

The Minor in Accounting is designed to supplement a student’s preparation in a major field. It provides additional depth in the field and background for further study and required completion of 19-20 credit hours.

Required courses include:

Minor and Minor-Related Courses

BUS 215	Principles of Accounting	3
BUS 316	Management Accounting	3
BUS 365	Financial Reporting and Analysis	3
BUS 366	Advanced Financial Reporting	3
ECN 201	Principles of Economics	4

One of the following courses:

MTH 125	Calculus I (MR)	4
MTH 221	Inferential Statistics w/Data Visualization	3
MTH 222	Regression Analysis	3

MTH 125: Students planning to attend graduate school should select the Mathematics 125 option.

For licensure as a CPA in Tennessee, a candidate must meet several requirements. The education requirement requires a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university, 150 total semester hours of education, 24 hours in business (12 of which must be upper division) and 30 hours in accounting (24 of which must be upper division).

Requirements in other states may differ from Tennessee. Students seeking to sit for the CPA Exam in another state or licensure in a state other than Tennessee are advised to contact the appropriate state board of accountancy (https://nasba.org/stateboards/).

The minor in Accounting is not open to students majoring in Finance/Accounting.