Core Course Waivers and Waiver Exam Information

Full-Time MBA Waivers

Attention incoming Full-Time Day MBA students: Please see this webpage for new waiver instructions.

Online MBA Core Details: See more details on specific courses that can be waived.

Effective Fall 2018, if a student has successfully completed ECON 401 at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor with a final grade of A- or higher, they can request to waive the BE 300 floating core requirement. To make such a request, the student must complete and submit a Core Course Waiver form by the end of Winter term of their Junior year in the BBA program.
- Please note: a waiver signifies the student has met competency in the material and does not grant credit. Therefore, a student who waives BE 300 would need to complete additional business coursework toward the 58 credits required for a BBA degree.

Achieving excellence at the undergraduate level does not necessarily equate to competence at the graduate level. Prior to waiving a core course, please carefully consider your understanding of course topics. Although you may have been exposed to material in previous study, it may be beneficial to enroll in the full MAcc core for in-depth coverage of material.
Please review respective course descriptions to assess whether your academic background significantly duplicates the material covered. Additionally, consider your CPA exam education requirements prior to submitting a core course waiver form.
MAcc courses eligible for waiver include:
- Fall A:
  ACC 561: (ctd. Fall B) Federal Taxation I
- Fall B:
  ACC 601: Accounting Information Systems
  ACC 561: (ctd. Fall A) Federal Taxation I

Note: ACC 630: Auditing and Assurance may not be waived.

To request consideration, complete and submit a core course waiver form to Cheryl denBroeder-Kelly (cadenbro@umich.edu). Course waiver exams are not available for MAcc courses.
If one core course waiver is granted, course hours must be replaced with an additional core elective. If additional waivers are granted, the hours must be replaced with elective study.

Students who have completed courses in both managerial & financial accounting receiving a grade of B or better may be eligible to waive the following MBAn core:
- MBAN 502: Managerial and Financial Accounting
To request consideration, complete and submit a core course waiver form to Jordan Marquez (jmarqu@umich.edu). If a waiver is granted, the credit hours waived must be replaced with elective credit hours.

MSCM core course waivers are granted in rare instances and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. To be eligible for consideration, a student must have either:
- completed graduate-level coursework,
- earned a professional certification, or
- have 3+ years of professional work experience directly related to the learning objectives for the course in question.
To request consideration, complete and submit a core course waiver form to Cheryl denBroeder-Kelly (cadenbro@umich.edu). If waiver is granted, the credit hours waived must be replaced with elective credit hours.

Waiver Information: Full Instructions Document
- Evening Core Details: See more details on specific courses that can be waived.
Core Course Waiver Request Form: This is a ‘read-only’ Word Document. Please save the document to your computer, complete, and submit to our office as an e-mail attachment accompanied by the required documentation (rossregistrarsoffice@umich.edu).
Waiver Exam Schedule: Email RossRegistrarsOffice@umich.edu as soon as possible to express interest in waiving FIN 551 or TO 501.
Waiver Exam FAQ
Evening MBAs may take the Communication Waiver Exam at any point during their education in the program (exam offered once per year prior to the beginning of the Fall term in July/August).

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