Course Waivers
The MBA degree program requires between a maximum of sixty semester hours (twenty classes) and a minimum of thirty semester hours (ten classes). The program is divided into two major components: ten business core courses and ten business breadth courses.
The ten business core course component is designed to quickly give a non-business undergraduate student the same academic knowledge-base as that of an undergraduate business student. Some or all of these classes may be waived if students have completed appropriate undergraduate course work at acceptable performance levels. Course waivers are made on a course-by-course basis as approved by the Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs if equivalent undergraduate courses have been completed with a minimum grade of B. You can review your transcripts for possible waivers using Business GOAL (Graduate Online Advising Liaison). This online advising tool will ask a series of questions to determine what courses you will be able to waive. Please note that is is for planning purposes only; an official review of your transcript will be done upon admission to the program.
The ten business core courses and the corresponding ECU undergraduate courses required for waiver follow.
| Undergraduate Courses | Graduate Business Core Courses |
| Grade | ECU Course Number | Course Name | Waive | Course Number | Course Name |
| | ACCT 2401 | Financial Accounting | | ACCT 6241 | Financial and Managerial Accounting |
| | ACCT 2521 | Managerial Accounting |
| | COMM 2420 | Business and Professional Communication | | ENGL 5780 | Advanced Writing for Business & Industry |
| | ENGL 3880 | Writing for Business and Industry |
| | FINA 3724 | Financial Management | | FINA 6144 | Financial Mgmt. I |
| | ECON 2113 | Principles of Microeconomics | | FINA 6204 | Analysis of the Business Environment |
| | ECON 2133 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
| | FINA 2244 | Legal Environment of Business | | FINA 6214 | Government Regulation of Business |
| | MGMT 3302 | Management of Organizations | | MGMT 6102 | Comparative Management |
| | MGMT 3352 | International Business |
| | MIS 2223 | Introduction to Computers | | MIS 6143 | Management Information Systems I |
| | MIS 3063 | Management Information Systems I |
| | MKTG 3832 | Marketing Management | | MKTG 6162 | Marketing Management |
| | MATH 1066 | Applied Mathematics for Decision Making | | OMGT 6123 | Quantitative Methods |
| | MATH 2283 | Statistics for Business |
| | OMGT 3123 | Operations Management | | OMGT 6213 | Operations Management |
| | OMGT 3223 | Business Decision Modeling |
Generally, applicable undergraduate course work for MIS 6143, OMGT 6123, OMGT 6213, and FINA 6144 must be completed within five (5) years of acceptance into the MBA program.
