Requirements
0-18 credit hours
The following foundational courses may be required for MBA students who have not completed sufficient prior academic coursework or students who have not earned a grade of B or better in courses previously taken from a regionally accredited institution. The foundational courses or their equivalents, if required, must be completed during the students’ first 18 credit hours of the MBA graduate program.
Foundation Coursework
0-6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
| EPB 50101 | Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students I | 3 |
| EPB 50102 | Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students II | 3 |
Accounting Coursework
0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Economics Coursework
0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Management Coursework
0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Statistics Coursework
0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Major Coursework
15 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Notes: (1) MGMT 66080 is the capstone course, to be taken in the last term of the student’s program.
(2) In the event that taking a core course would require a student with an undergraduate degree in business to repeat coursework equivalent to that which the student has already taken, the school dean or the student’s academic advisor may advise the student to select an alternative, higher level elective course (from within the same discipline) to fulfill the core requirement.
(3) Required Core Courses: MBA students who have sufficient undergraduate course work in a discipline may be permitted to substitute an advance course within the stated discipline for a required core course. An example would be: substituting ACCT 51030 Advance Cost Management for ACCT 51011 Managerial Accounting. Any substitution must be approved by the department chair and/or the dean of the specific discipline.
Quantitative Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Selected course will not count towards emphases.
Elective Coursework
15 credit hours of coursework:
To earn an MBA, students must select five elective courses from one or more business disciplines. (Students seeking an area of emphasis must complete four elective courses from within one business discipline with a grade of B or better in each course and a fifth additional elective course. For areas of emphasis available, see the program description of the Business Administration, MBA with an Emphasis.)
Note: In the event that core courses have been replaced by higher-level elective courses (for students with undergraduate degrees in business), no such courses may simultaneously serve to fulfill the core requirement and the emphasis requirement. The student must still complete four courses within a single business discipline in order to earn an emphasis in that area.
Notes: (1) Students may opt to meet the course foundation requirements by (a) taking these courses at the graduate level at Lindenwood or at another regionally accredited institution or (b) taking the equivalent undergraduate courses at Lindenwood or any regionally accredited institution. In either case, students must have received a grade of B or better in order to waive the foundation course.
(2) Alternatively, students wishing to waive one or more of the business foundation courses without a transcript showing equivalent coursework may attempt to do so by achieving a score of 70 percent or better on a diagnostic exam (one exam per course) prior to the start of the business program. To schedule an appointment to take this exam, contact the Plaster College of Business & Entrepreneurship.
(3) All foundation courses that have not been waived for a graduate degree are required to be completed as part of the individual student's graduation requirements.
(4) The prerequisite Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students may be required for any international student whose first language is not English, based on the results of the student’s academic writing placement exam, taken prior to the start of the business program. The writing prerequisite course must be taken during the student’s first term of the program.