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Graduate Curricula
approval and assigns and notifies an instructor
who provides a syllabus to the student and
prepares the test.
4. The student has thirty-five calendar (35) days
from the date on the letter of notification of
approval to complete the competency exam. It
is the student’s responsibility to contact the
College of Business Graduate Office to schedule
the exam. Failure to complete the exam
within the 35 calendar day period will result
in losing the right to proceed with the test-out.
S/he will also forfeit the $100 test-out fee.
5. A test-out form with the assigned instructor’s
name, phone number, and office number will
be completed and sent to the student with
attached information regarding the exam (e.g.
syllabus) including the text.
6. The assigned instructor grades the exam. If a
grade of B or better is earned, the student is
granted equivalency credit. The student will be
notified of the results and an earned equivalency
will be recorded in the student’s permanent
file as such and will have no bearing on
their grade point average.
7. If a student does not successfully complete the
test-out, s/he cannot re-take the exam and
must take the course.
Even though a student may test-out of as
many as three (3) courses, s/he may only have
one (1) pending test-out at a time. Upon completion
of the test-out, the student may request to
test-out of another course. The test-out can be
used to satisfy the prerequisite for another course
only when the process is complete and credit is
granted. The student may not take a course
which requires a prerequisite until the specified
prerequisites are satisfied. Note: Any departure
from stated policy must have the approval of the
Dean of the College of Business.
Academic Status
MBA students are required to maintain a 3.0 (B)
grade point average or above. At any point in the
process of completing the MBA program where a
student falls below a 3.0 grade point average,
he/she is placed on academic probation. Students
must remove themselves from academic probation
within their next two semesters. For each C
grade earned, there must be an offsetting A
grade. Only two C grades are permitted in the
graduate program. A third C grade or an F grade
results in academic dismissal from the program.
Any student dismissed from the MBA program
due to academic deficiency can reapply after a
minimum of one elapsed semester. (Refer also to
grading policies and grade point determination).
MBA Programs of Study
The MBA Management Generalist program consists
of 15 three-semester hour courses (13
required, 2 individual career needs) for a total of
45 graduate credit hours. All course work should
be completed within five years. The program is
offered to students from any academic discipline.
Some academic backgrounds outside of the
area of business may not fully provide students
with adequate coverage of the fundamental business
disciplines. Therefore, three specific graduate-level
courses have been designated as leveling,
or CPC (Common Professional Components)
courses. These three courses are: MBA 506,
Financial Accounting; MBA 507, Managerial
Accounting, and MBA 526, Macroeconomics. All
students from an academic background in other
than business related fields must take these courses
to improve their education experience in the
areas of the CPC.
Students with an academic background in
business areas may meet the requirements of the
leveling (CPC) courses through equivalence
examination with permission of the director (see
“Course by Competency Examination”). Students
with a bachelor’s degree in accounting or eighteen
(18) credit hours in accounting earned within
the past five (5) years, or CPA or CMA credentials
are given equivalency credit for MBA
506 (Financial Accounting). The same applies to
MBA 507 (Managerial Accounting), if the eigh-
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