COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRY
ACADEMIC OPERATING POLICY
AND PROCEDURE
COBI-AOP
NUMBER: 21.05
SUBJECT: Business
Prerequisites for MBA and MSBA programs
DATE: February 23, 2001
DESCRIPTION OF POLICY:
The following courses or
their equivalents are required as minimum preparation for the MBA or MSBA
program. These courses may be taken
after being admitted to the program, however MBA students must complete these requirements
prior to taking the corresponding MBA core courses. Students will not be permitted to take comprehensive/oral
examinations, nor will they be allowed to graduate without fulfilling
prerequisite requirements.
The following courses or
equivalents are required prerequisites for the MBA and all MSBA programs:
Survey of Accounting Principles of Financial Acc &
Principles of Managerial Acc
Survey of Statistics Business
Statistical Methods I & II
Survey of Management Principles
of Management & Production Management
Survey of Economics Prin.
of Macroeconomics & Prin. of Microeconomics
Survey of Finance Financial
Management
Survey of
Marketing/Bus Law Principles of
Marketing/Legal Environment of Business
Introduction
to Business Computer Systems
DESCRIPTION OF PROCESS FOR CHANGING POLICY:
Majority vote by the College
of Business and Industry Graduate Faculty.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED PROCEDURE:
Upon admission to the MBA or
MSBA program, the Office of Graduate Studies in Business will check students’
transcripts for fulfillment of prerequisites.
Satisfaction may be evidenced by either formal coursework or testing
(i.e., CLEP or DANTES), or by providing substantial written evidence of course
content knowledge gained through related career experience or coursework in
other areas. During pre-registration
advising, GSB office staff will review prerequisite requirements with students
and indicate which prerequisites must still be taken to satisfy requirements. A proposed Program of Study Plan will be
used to check off completed prerequisites and indicate when remaining courses
are to be taken. Original copies of the
plan will be kept in students’ record folders.
MBA students who cannot take a full load (9 hours) of prerequisites in
one term may be permitted to take core classes for which they have taken the
corresponding prerequisite courses.
REVIEW OF
POLICY/PROCEDURE:
This COBI-AOP will be reviewed
at least every five years by the Graduate Policies Committee at the request of
the Graduate Director with request for revision presented to the College of
Business and Industry Graduate Faculty.
APPROVED:
________________________________ Date_________________
Reviewer
________________________________ Date_________________
Dean, College of Business
and Industry
Revision History (dates
only):
Original: ???
Revision: November
4, 1983
Revision: April
15, 1988
Revision: June 19, 1992