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 R EGISTERING FOR THE C OMPUTER P ROFICIENCY E XAM
 K EY T ERMS
 R EQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO MAJOR
 G RADUATION R EQUIREMENTS
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AN
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A PPOINTMENT
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 C URRENT ACADEMIC R EQUIREMENTS R EPORT
 C OMPLETED A PPROPRIATE C ATALOG A DVISING F ORM
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ADVISOR INFORMATION
ADVISING HOLD
ENROLLMENT
APPOINTMENT
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Academic Requirements
G EN E D – C ATALOGS 2010 AND P RIOR
C ORE – C ATALOG 2011 AND O NWARDS
EITHER ECON 201 OR 202
MAY BE USED TO SATISFY 1
OUT OF 2 GENED CATEGORY
II.C.2 REQUIREMENTS
ADDITIONAL LOWER-LEVEL REQUIREMENT: MATH
211 (CALCULUS FOR APPLICATIONS – 3 UNITS) OR
MATH 273 (CALCULUS 1 – 4 UNITS)
EITHER ECON 201 OR 202
MAY BE USED TO SATISFY
CORE 6 REQUIREMENT
KEY TERMS
 C OURSE P REREQUISITES
 VALIDATION ( E . G . MKTG T41
 D UPLICATION ( REPEAT )
 P ETITION
FOR
OF
OR
T RANSFER C REDIT
T HIRD ATTEMPT
 D ISENROLLMENT
MNGT T61)
BUAD MAJOR ADMISSION
REQUIREMENTS
 M INIMUM GPA
OF
2.0
 M INIMUM GPA
OF
2.7 I N A LL L OWER – L EVEL R EQUIRED C OURSES
FOR
A LL C OMPLETED C OURSEWORK
AT
TU
 L OWER -L EVEL R EQUIREMENT C OURSE
 ACCT 201/211 – P RINCIPLE OF F INANCIAL ACCOUNTING
 ACCT 202/212 – P RINCIPLE OF M ANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
 ECON 201/203 – M ICROECONOMICS
 ECON 202/204 – M ACROECONOMIC
 ECON 205 OR MATH 231/233 – S TATISTICS
 LEGAL 225 – L EGAL E NVIRONMENT OF B USINESS
 MATH 211/273 – C ALCULUS FOR A PPLICATIONS / C ALCULUS 1
 C OMPUTER P ROFICIENCY E XAM (CPE)
ACCT MAJOR ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
I.
II.
III.
IV.
OVERALL GPA 2.70
MINIMUM GPA OF 2.0 (C) OR HIGHER IN EACH LOWER-LEVEL REQUIRED COURSE
ACCT GPA OF 2.70 FOR ALL UPPER-LEVEL ACCOUNTING COURSES TAKEN AT TU
3 UPPER-LEVEL ACCOUNTING COURSES (9 CREDITS)
A) ACCT 301 – INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I (MUST BE TAKEN)
B) 2 UPPER-LEVEL ACCOUNTING COURSES, CHOSEN FROM:
 ACCT 300 – ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
 ACCT 302 – INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II
 ACCT 341 – MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING I
 ACCT 361 – TAX ACCOUNTING I
 ACCT 362 – TAX ACCOUNTING II
 ACCT 442 – MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING II
V. COMPLETION OF:
A) ECON 205 OR MATH 231 (STATISTICS) WITH A GRADE OF C OR HIGHER
B) ONE COURSE IN EITHER ANTHROPOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, OR SOCIOLOGY
VI. PASSING SCORE ON THE CPE EXAM (70% MINIMUM SCORE REQUIRED)
COMPUTER
PROFICIENCY EXAM
• TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF
MICROSOFT EXCEL,
POWERPOINT, AND WORD
• 70% OR HIGHER NEEDED
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STUDENT/EXAM.ASP
BUAD & ACCOUNTING ADMISSION
TO MAJOR APPLICATIONS
S TUDENTS MUST SUBMIT:
• C ORRECTLY C OMPLETED A DMISSION TO M AJOR A PPLICATION
FORM
• C URRENT ACADEMIC R EQUIREMENTS R EPORT OR
U NOFFICIAL T RANSCRIPT
A PPLICATION D EADLINE :
• O CTOBER 1 FOR S PRING
• M ARCH 1 FOR S UMMER AND FALL
CBE ACADEMIC PLAN
CBE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
 E ARN AT L EAST 120 T OTAL C REDITS
 O VERALL FINAL GPA OF 2.0 OR HIGHER
 C OMPLETE A LL G EN E D /C ORE , L OWER -L EVEL , A ND U PPER -L EVEL
COURSES R EQUIRED BY Y OUR M AJOR AND C ATALOG YEAR
 C OMPLETE A LL C ONCENTRATION /T RACK C OURSES (I F A PPLICABLE )
 TAKE C OMPREHENSIVE M AJOR F IELD E XAM I N MNGT 481
 C OMPLETE BUSX 460 C OURSE /C ONCURRENT I NTERNSHIP
 A PPLY FOR GRADUATION P RIOR TO D EADLINE (S PRING , S UMMER , AND
FALL )
CBE STUDENT ACADEMIC SERVICES
STEPHENS HALL ROOM
301
CBESTUDENTCONSULTANT
@TOWSON.EDU
410-704-3496
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