MBA Prerequisite and Proficiency Courses

All prerequisite and proficiency courses must be completed prior to beginning the MBA program for both the Management and the Accounting emphasis. The prerequisite courses for Finance and Business Statistics taken within the last five years with a "C" grade or better by April 1 of each year, meet the prerequisite requirement. There is no time limit for the Accounting prerequisite courses, as long as they have been taken.

ACC 2010 Financial Accounting and ACC 2020 Managerial Accounting
or ACC Financial Managerial Cost Concepts

FIN 3100 Finance
or (HBS) Finance Online Proficiency Course

MGMT 2340 Business Statistics
or (HBS) Quantitative Methods Online Proficiency Course

If you have not taken the prerequisite courses for Finance and Business Statistics within the last five years, you may take the Harvard Business School (HBS) online proficiency courses. Alternatively, you may take the traditional courses at Utah Valley University or another accredited school to meet this requirement. Please see the Proficiency Courses page for more information regarding these courses.

Accounting Prerequisites

In addition, all students pursuing an accounting emphasis must fulfill the following additional prerequisites (or equivalents) with a grade of C or higher.

• ACC 3010 Intermediate Accounting I

• ACC 3020 Intermediate Accounting II

• ACC 3300 Cost Management

• ACC 3400 Individual Income Tax

• ACC 3510 Accounting Information Systems

• ACC 4020 Advanced Financial Accounting

• ACC 4110 Auditing

• ACC 4420 Corporate Tax

• or ACC 4400 Taxation of Corp/Part/Estates/Trusts

Please direct questions about the MBA requirements to the MBA Office at mba@uvu.edu or to the graduate advisor, Terry Acord, at acordte@uvu.edu.