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Waiver Guidelines for
Previous Course Work

Required Courses
UM-St. Louis Undergraduate Equivalents*
ECON 3150 - Quantitative Methods & Modeling MATH 1100 - Basic Calculus
BA 5100 - Managerial Communication BA 3100 - Contemporary Business Communication
BA 5000 - Economics for Managers ECON 1001 - Principles of Microeconomics and
ECON 1002 - Principles of Macroeconomics
LOM 5300 - Statistical Analysis for Mgmt. Decisions BA 3300 - Business Statistics**
ACCT 5400 - Financial & Managerial Accounting BA 2400 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting and
BA 2410 - Managerial Accounting
FIN 6500 - Financial Management BA 3500 - Financial Management
MGMT 5600 - Organ. Behavior & Admin. Processes BA 3600 - Management & Organizational Behavior
MKTG 5700 - Contemporary Marketing Concepts BA 3700 - Basic Marketing
IS 6800 - Management Information Systems BA 1800 - Computers & Information Systems and
BA 3841 - The Management of Information Systems
LOM 5320 - Production & Operations Management BA 3320 - Introduction to Operations Management

* In most cases, comparable core courses from AACSB accredited schools will be considered equivalent. Courses from non-AACSB schools will be evaluated on an individual basis. For waiver purposes, relevant courses need to have been completed:
1) within ten years of entering the MBA program
2) with a grade of "B" or better

** It is assumed students have had two undergraduate courses: a probability theory intensive course (e.g. a finite math/matrix algebra course with substantial probability content) and a business/engineering/math statistics course that included the topics covered in BA 3300.