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Graduate Studies 1533. Where the applicant’s undergraduate record is unclear, awritten qualifying examination may be required in one ormore business disciplines.4. Any applicant not meeting the above requirements may befully admitted by special action of the MBA graduatecommittee. Students must meet the criteria for full admissionor be fully admitted by special action before enrollingbeyond nine credit hours.5. Students taking MBA core courses must be either temporarilyor fully admitted to the MBA program.Undergraduate PreparationCommon Body of Knowledge (CBK)Each student is expected to have satisfactorily completedthe following courses or their equivalent at the undergraduatelevel or complete the appropriate MBA foundation course:Semester credit hoursAccounting............................................................. 3Corporate Finance.................................................. 3Economics.............................................................. 3Law........................................................................ 3Management.......................................................... 3Marketing............................................................... 3Statistics................................................................. 3While each candidate who is accepted in the MBA programmust be responsible for the Common Body of Knowledgesubject matter, reasonable flexibility in the administration of theprogram is observed. Each student’s background is consideredso that a program can be built upon undergraduate work in business,arts and sciences, engineering, and certain other fields.Professionals with extensive business experience are encouragedto remove any deficiencies through institutional examinationor CLEP.Program Of StudyMBA Core* (all courses required): 24 hoursBUS 608 Financial Administration................................ 3620 Managerial Communications.......................... 3625 Decision Science............................................. 3652 Management Accounting................................ 3656 Marketing Administration............................... 3690 Seminar in Organizational Behavior.............. 3692 Administrative Policy..................................... 3ECO 650 Managerial Economics................................... 3MBA Electives**.............................................................. 6*MBA core courses open to graduate students only.**MBA electives consist of any 6 semester credit hours fromapproved courses offered at the 600-level. MBA foundationcourses cannot be used as electives.MBA Program Procedures And RegulationsAdmissionEach new student is required to file the following:1. A Graduate Application for Admission form and admissionfee sent to the WSC Admissions Office (no fee requiredfor previous WSC students).2. An official transcript of undergraduate and graduate studysent directly from the awarding institutions to the WSCAdmissions Office (not required if all previous work isfrom WSC).3. GMAT test scores sent to the WSC Graduate Office.These scores must be on file prior to the completion ofnine credit hours.4. Names and addresses of three references sent to the WSCGraduate Office.International students should refer to the Graduate Admission/Registrationsection of the WSC catalog for TOEFL andother specific admission requirements.The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is aninternationally-offered exam. The GMAT Information Bulletinforms are available online at www.mba.com/mba/takethegmat/tools/gmatbulletin.htmCLEPThe College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is availableat WSC. CLEP permits students to test out of the followingundergraduate business areas: economics, accounting,business marketing, business law, business management, anddata processing/computers. For more information on CLEP,contact the WSC Counseling Center.Institutional ExaminationFor those undergraduate business areas not covered by aCLEP exam, a student who is currently enrolled at WSC maychallenge a course in which he/she feels competent. The studentwill then take an examination prepared by a faculty memberin the undergraduate business area. MBA graduate coursesmay not be completed by institutional examination. For moreinformation on institutional examination, contact the WSCDirector of the MBA Program.Transfer of CreditA maximum of nine graduate credits (15 from anotherNebraska State College or University), subject to evaluation bythe Director of the MBA program and Dean of Business andTechnology, may be transferred from another graduate institutionand applied toward a degree. Only transfer credit of “B”grade or better is accepted. A “B-” is not acceptable. Creditthat has been applied towards another earned degree from anothercollege is not accepted for advanced study. Credit earnedthrough correspondence courses is not accepted.Program of StudyIn the term of enrollment immediately prior to the term ofgraduation, the student should complete a finalized program ofstudy form indicating the courses that have been agreed uponand approved by the advisor. A preliminary program of studymust be filed by a student to have transfer credit accepted. Allelective courses included in the program of study must be approvedby the student’s advisor upon transfer or prior to courseenrollment. Unapproved electives may not be included in thestudent’s program.