DRAFT - 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Jan 26, 2025  
DRAFT - 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Major in Accounting


Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Programs (A-Z)

(Completion of a concentration is not required.) 

The accounting major is designed to prepare students for positions in public, private, or governmental accounting and is an excellent pre-law major. The major also provides an educational background for the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examinations. Students should be aware that additional educational requirements exist to sit for the CPA examination in Tennessee (some of which are contained in this catalog).  A continuously updated listing of those requirements can normally be found at the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy website (https://nasba.org/exams/cpaexam/tennessee/). 

Major Core Requirements for Accounting (33 credit hours)


Major Core Requirements are imposed on every UT Martin Accounting major as follows: 

  • The Accounting major does not require the completion of a concentration. 
  • The Accounting major does not require the completion of a minor. 
  • NOTE:  Accounting Majors are required to take ACCT 201, ACCT 202, ACCT 461, and BLAW 301 as part of the Business Core requirements. 
     

UT Martin Accounting Major Core Requirements consist of the following eleven (11) courses / categories: 

Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Programs (A-Z)