Accelerate Your MBA
You may be eligible to complete your MBA in a few as 11 courses. If you have earned an undergraduate business or accounting degree from an AACSB-accredited business school or equivalent within the last five years you may be eligible for course waivers. Similarly, those who have a comparable amount of related coursework and possess significant business experience may be eligible for waiver exams as determined on a case-by-case basis.
Waiver of Fundamental Courses
The business fundamental courses are waived if an applicant earned a bachelor's degree in business from an AACSB-International accredited school within the last five years, graduated with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, and earned a "C" or better in each of the undergraduate course equivalents. If the applicant graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from an AACSB-International accredited institution, the applicant will also be required to include any missing courses as part of the MBA fundamentals.
If the applicant did not attend an AACSB-International accredited school or has lower than a 3.0 cumulative GPA, an MBA advisor will evaluate each undergraduate course equivalent and waive those courses where a "B" or better was earned. Courses being considered for waivers must have been taken within the past 10 years and the student must have graduated within the past five years.
Sample undergraduate equivalents for Fundamental Courses are listed below.
| MBA Fundamental Courses | Undergraduate Courses |
| ACCT 504: Introduction to Accounting | Principles of Accounting I and II (3 credits each) |
| ECON 504: Economics | Principles of Economics or (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics - 3 credits each) |
| FIN 504: Financial Management | Financial Management |
| MGMT 506: Operations Management | Production Management |
| MKTG 504: Marketing Management | Marketing Management |
| OPRE 504: Business Statistics | Statistics for Business |
Waiver Exams
Prior to your second semester, you may also take a waiver exam for any business fundamental course not satisfied by the waiver policy.