Business Administration, E-Business, and Accounting are screened majors. This means that there are certain requirements that need to be met before you are admitted to the program. When you arrive at Towson as a CBE student, you are given a catalog year. Your catalog year determines these specific admission requirements and impacts what courses are included in your degree completion plan. Your advising forms will also correspond with your appropriate catalog year.
Keep in mind that you might have a different catalog year than other students in the college as it is based on what year you began at Towson, but can be impacted by other factors such as transfer credits, previous academic experience, and/or extenuating circumstances.
Business Administration Major
2015-2016 Catalog Year (or later)
Pre-Business Administration (PBUA) major admission requirements:
- Formal admission to TU as a degree candidate
- Cumulative overall TU GPA of 2.0 or higher
- Grade of “C” or higher in all lower-level business courses
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher for these six lower-level CBE courses:
- ACCT 201, Principles of Financial Accounting
- ECON 201, Microeconomic Principles
- ECON 202, Macroeconomic Principles
- LEGL 225, Legal Environment of Business
- ECON 205, Statistics of Business and Economics OR MATH 231, Basic Statistics
- MATH 211, Calculus for Applications or MATH 273, Calculus I
- Keep in mind that you might need a grade higher than a “C” in each course to meet the minimum GPA requirement
*No more than two courses may be repeated, only one course may be repeated a third time with special permission
Once you have completed all necessary admission requirements, you will officially be accepted into the program. You will be notified via email of your acceptance; you do not have to formally apply. When you are admitted, you will be prompted to choose a concentration and/or track for the Business Administration major. A complete list of concentrations and tracks can be found on the CBE website.
For more information on specific degree requirements or if you have an earlier catalog year, see Business Administration major requirements.
Accounting Major
2016-2017 Catalog Year (or later)
Pre-Accounting (PACT) major admission requirements:
- Formal admission to TU as a degree candidate
- Minimum cumulative TU GPA of 2.30 or higher
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher for these six lower-level CBE courses:
- ACCT 201/211, Principles of Financial Accounting
- ACCT 202/212, Principles of Managerial Accounting
- ECON 201/203, Microeconomic Principles
- ECON 202/204, Macroeconomic Principles
- LEGL 225, Legal Environment of Business
- ECON 205, Statistics of Business and Economics OR MATH 231, Basic Statistics
- MATH 211, Calculus for Applications or MATH 273, Calculus I
- Grade of “C” or higher (2.0 or higher) in all lower-level courses
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.70 or higher in the following three upper-level courses (at least two of these courses should be taken at TU):
- ACCT 301, Intermediate Accounting I
- ACCT 302, Intermediate Accounting II
- ACCT 341, Management Accounting I or ACCT 361, Tax Accounting I
- BOTH courses are needed for admission to the major, but only one will count towards the cumulative GPA of 2.70 or higher
- Grade of “C” or higher (2.0 or higher) for each of the upper-level courses
- Keep in mind that you might need a grade higher than a “C” in each course to meet the minimum cumulative GPA requirement(s)
*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
You must formally apply to the accounting program once all of these requirements have been met. You will receive an email from the Department of Accounting once you have been admitted.
For additional information on degree requirements or if you have an earlier catalog year, see Accounting major requirements.
