Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Accounting Major, BS in Business Administration - International Business Concentration


The University of Tennessee has one of the leading accounting programs in the nation. The program emphasizes the conceptual and applied understanding of business information and prepares students for careers in accounting and business.

The faculty strongly encourages students who desire to become professional accountants, such as Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), to continue their formal education in UT’s full-time, eleven-month Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program, which is described in the University’s Graduate Catalog. 

The primary objective of the 30 semester-hour MAcc program is to prepare students for careers as professional accountants. MAcc students select a specialty area in (1) audit/controls or (2) information management or (3) taxation. 

Taken together, the BS and MAcc programs provide graduates not only with two academic degrees, but also with the educational requirements to sit for the CPA and/or CISA exam as well as the academic preparation to begin successful careers as professional accountants. Most states, including Tennessee, require 150 semester hours of education to sit for the CPA exam. At UT, students may earn 120 semester hours in the undergraduate program and then 30 hours in the MAcc program, for a total of 150 semester hours. The accounting faculty strongly encourages MAcc students to take the CPA and CISA exam as soon as they qualify.

The UT undergraduate accounting program offers its majors an opportunity to participate in two full-time, highly-structured internship programs. The first internship program (summer program) emphasizes internships in industry. The second internship program (spring program) emphasizes internships with public accounting firms. Both internship experiences are full-time and offer relevant work assignments and significant compensation.

The UT accounting program has separate accounting accreditation from AACSB International and is one of the first accounting programs to have earned this designation. As an accredited program, the UT accounting program continuously meets or exceeds a rigorous set of international accreditation standards and is peer reviewed on a regular basis.

Campus


Knoxville

uTrack Requirements


Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1


Credit Hours 16-18


Term 1 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Term 2


Credit Hours 15-17


Term 2 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Term 3


Credit Hours 15


Term 3 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Credit Hours 16


Term 4 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 Cumulative GPA
     

Credit Hours 15


Term 5 Milestone Notes


Term 6


  • 6 International Business coursework 3 Credit Hours
  • 5 Unrestricted Elective 2 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 14


Term 6 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Term 7


  • 6 International Business coursework 3 Credit Hours
  • 5 Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 15


Term 8


  • 6 International Business coursework 6 Credit Hours
  • 5 Unrestricted Electives 7 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 14


Term 8 Milestone Notes


  • No milestones

Total Credit Hours 120-122


Footnotes


  1. Must be completed by the end of the First Year.
  2. Chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
  3. Students who have already completed MATH 132 * with a C or better may substitute that for MATH 141 *.
  4. Students admitted to Smith Global Leadership Scholars will complete the honors versions of these courses: ACCT 208 , BUAD 337 , BUAD 338 , BUAD 457 *, ECON 218 *, FINC 308 , and STAT 207 *.
  5. Any courses not already required for the major. Students admitted to Smith Global Leadership Scholars will fulfill 10 hours of electives with the following courses – BUAD 217 , BUAD 317 *, BUAD 417 , BUAD 427 , and BUAD 497 .
  6. Twelve hours chosen from IB 407 , IB 409 , IB 429 , IB 439 , IB 449 , IB 492 IB 499 , BUAD 400 * or MGT 472 ; and IB 489 .
  7. Students admitted to Smith Global Leadership Scholars will not take these courses due to content being covered elsewhere in their curriculum.
  8. Students who plan on pursuing the Master of Accountancy are encouraged to take ACCT 411 .
  9. First-semester freshmen should take BUAD 100 ; transfer students should take BUAD 210 .
  10. At least three hours from courses among the Volunteer Core: Applied Arts and Humanities (AAH) , Arts and Humanities (AH) , Global Citizenship - International (GCI) , Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS) , or Social Sciences (SS)   lists.

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.