Degree Requirements
The MBA program requires completion of 51 semester units of coursework: 21 units of core courses and 30 units of elective courses. To qualify, you must register and pay fees for both fall and spring semesters in each academic year (a total of four 15-week semesters); there are no courses offered during the summer.
Core Requirements
The core consists of eleven courses. All must be taken in the first year to provide the foundation for the second year's advanced work.
Elective Requirements
Students may select from hundreds of elective courses, both within and outside of the business school, to fulfill the 30-unit requirement. At least 25 of the 30 elective course units must be taken in graduate business classes. The remaining units may be taken as either graduate or upper-division undergraduate courses in other departments on campus. With the permission of the MBA program director, students may take two lower-division undergraduate language courses and apply 60% of the credits earned toward the 30-unit elective requirement.
Waiver Examinations
Students may substitute elective courses for certain required courses if they demonstrate sufficient mastery of the subject by passing a waiver examination, which approximates the course final examination. These exams are available for six of the twelve required core courses, and are given during the week before classes begin in August and January. Short study guides are available for each course.
