Spring 2012 Faculty Advising Seminar

1. Spring 2012Faculty Advising Seminar

2. Jones CollegeAdmission Policy-Fall 2007 • Minimum 30 hours of degree credits earned (excluding Learning Support and High School Deficiencies) • Completion of high school deficiencies and learning support requirements • Cumulative GPA of 2.250 on all college level course-work • A 2.000 average among these four designated pre-business courses (going to 2.25 for Fall 2012): ACTG 2110 ECON 2410 ECON 2420 QM 2610 • Fall 2007-Summer 2012 (2.25 and 2.00) • Fall 2012- (2.25 and 2.25)

3. Jones CollegeAdmission Policy • Students tend to avoid taking the required MATH 1630 or 1810 which may delay admission • One of these Math classes must be taken prior to QM 2610 • A college-level MATH course is a required prerequisite to ACTG 2110

4. Jones CollegeGraduation Requirements (Fall 2007---) • 2.00- GPA • 2.00- Major • 2.00- Minor • 2.00- Best 42 upper-division hours • 2.00- Jones College core (ACTG, BCEN, ECON, FIN, INFS, MGMT, MKT and QM courses) • 60 Senior College Hours • Watch those with community college work—make sure they will have the Senior College hours

5. Admission Policy-2011-2012 Upper-Division Form

6. Placement Testing • University Studies Office (Peck Hall 202) • ACT/SAT sub-scores now determines if a student needs additional testing to determine if placement in prescribed courses is required • Required Prescribed (K) courses found under • Academic Deficiency Summary in Pipeline

10. Catalog • Available on-line at: http://catalog.mtsu.edu/

11. Priority Registration • Registration Begins April 2nd and continues through April 13th • New Transfer Students register beginning April 16th Peak Registration Days • April 2-Graduate • April 3- 176 hours to 113 hours • April 4- 112 hours to 86 hours • April 5- 85 hours to 60 hours • April 6-59 hours -31 hours

12. Required Advising for students with less than 30 hours • University policy now requires advising for all students who have earned less than 30 hours • Registration holds have been set on these students • Every advisor has the ability to remove the hold

13. Advising Hold-Release

18. Immunization Hold-New Students • Due to state requirements new students entering the university are required to have two doses of the Varicella Vaccine (Chicken Pox) in addition to MMR • Students may not register for full-time until proof of these vaccines have been submitted

19. Degree Audit • Is available for students • You may use this feature to determine whether or not substitutions are needed • You may use this feature to determine whether or not a student has filed an Intent to Graduate

21. US History Requirement • History • In accordance with the revision of the state law MTSU will accept any transfer course that met that student’s General Education requirement for HISTORY • If the transfer institution did not have a History category then a combination of History courses may satisfy • Only applies to TRANSFER students • TBR, UT, private and out of state public and private institutions • Contact Ann Reaves at ann.reaves@mtsu.edu • The appropriate adjustment will be made to the students Degree Evaluation

22. Online Advising via Skype • Amanda Chambers: amanda.chambers927 • Abby Davis: abby.lynn.davis • Amie Donahue: amie.donahue815 • Gretchen Leming: gleming1 • Instructions for a Skype appointment available at : www.mtsu.edu/busadv

24. Tennessee Transfer Pathway • TTPs are binding agreements which we must honor • MTSU faculty representatives met with other TBR/UT personnel to develop the Transfer Paths • Paths were developed for Accounting, Business Administration, Economics (BBA & BS) and Computer Information Systems • http://www.tntransferpathway.org/campuses/middle-tennessee-state-university

25. Tennessee Transfer Pathway • Technical Systems is working on coding for Transcripts or under Test Scores to identify students who graduated under TTP • Community Colleges now operating under common numbering • Elimination of QM 2610 from some CC curriculum- will only teach MATH 1530 (Applied Statistics)

26. Tennessee Transfer Pathway • Due to separate General Education criteria and specific TTP course requirements the upper-division forms for these students are going to be altered • There are still questions for which we do not have answers. Those have been submitted to TBR • I have customized upper-division forms for these majors that you may use.

28. Any Questions Before Moving onto Business Minors?

29. Business Minors Fall 2012 • Fall 2012 students will be allowed to choose their own business minor • Everyone must have at least one business minor • Policy is retroactive for all catalogs: • 2007-2009 • 2009-2011 • 2011-2012

30. Minors cont. • The incorporated minors of Business Administration and Economics and Finance will remain attached to the program of study • These will only be ‘detached’ from the program with the completed ‘elective minor’ section on the back of the upper-division form and a signature • Those minors other that the incorporated will likely require more than 120 hours

31. Business Administration Minor-ACTG

32. Business Administration Minor

33. Economics and Finance Minor

34. Minors cont. • The most important rule regarding these optional minors is this one: You may not use the same course in a major and a minor • If the course is being calculated in the major (MAJ) then you MAY NOT use it in the minor • You may crossover CORE courses

35. If the course is being calculated in the major (MAJ) then you MAY NOT use it in the minor

38. Minors cont. • Degree requirements stay intact for all majors EXCEPT Business Administration: • FIN 3810 or 4110 changes to Upper Division Business elective • ECON 4570 changes to Upper Division Business elective

39. Business Administration Major

40. Questions?