Department of Accounting Online Accounting Courses

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Welcome to Tennessee Tech's Accounting Online home page. The department offers 21 hours of upper-division undergraduate accounting courses online.  Courses in this program may be used to satisfy requirements for the undergraduate degree in accounting and/or to accumulate the academic credit to sit for the Uniform CPA examination.  See our list of Frequently Asked Questions for answers to many of the questions you may have. 

Like all other programs offered by the TTU College of Business, our online courses are of high quality.  The College of Business is fully accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the nation's highest level of accreditation. The Accounting Department has separate accreditation from the AACSB. No accounting program in the State of Tennessee has a higher level of accreditation.  

Considering a change in career?  Our online courses may be just what you are looking for.   Demand for accountants is strong, as is evidenced by the fact that National Association of Colleges and Employers surveys have rated accounting as the most in-demand degree nationwide for the past four years.  Through our online courses, you can decide if a career in accounting is right for you. These online courses are a convenient tool to accumulate the academic credit required to obtain an accounting degree and/or to sit for the CPA exam.  Regardless of your motivation, we are here to help you.

Our online courses make extensive use of Desire2Learn courseware and computer/internet technology, and they can be completed totally off-campus.

To sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant's (CPA) Examination in Tennessee, you must complete 24-hours of accounting courses and 24-hours of coursework in other business areas.  In addition, you must have a total of 150 semester hours of college credit.  Our online courses provide a way for you to accumulate the accounting hours.  Currently we plan to offer the following online accounting courses:  

  Summer:         Acct  3170 Financial Accounting & Reporting (Intermediate I)  
                        Acct  3180 Financial Accounting & Reporting II (Intermediate II)
                        Acct  3330 Federal Taxation I (Tax Survey Course)  
                        Acct  4600 Forensic Accounting and Fraud Auditing

  Fall:                Acct 3620 Auditing I
                        Acct 4410 Financial Accounting & Reporting III  

  Spring:            Acct 3210 Cost Accounting    
                        Another Accounting course to be announced

Interested readers should consult the TTU Schedule of classes to confirm these offerings.  Note that classes marked “500” in the schedule of offerings are online courses.  A full description of each of these courses is available via the TTU online catalog.

Individuals with a Business Degree will generally already have two accounting principles courses (or six hours of accounting credit).  Coupled with six of the online courses offered by the department, the Tennessee State Board requirement of 24 hours of accounting (to sit for the CPA exam) can be satisfied.  Individuals lacking six hours of accounting principles may take these hours via the State of Tennessee's  Regents Online Degree Program.

In addition to our core undergraduate accounting courses, we also offer a concentration in accounting in our online MBA program.  An MBA with an accounting concentration is a way to meet CPA examination requirements while earning an advanced degree at the same time.

Email us at accountingonline@tntech.edu if you desire more information concerning our online courses.