The prerequisite requirements consist of 10 undergraduate business concepts and principles courses. If students took these courses or their equivalent at an AACSB accredited business school within the past 7 years and earned a grade of B or higher, they might receive a waiver of these requirements. However, for those who need to meet some or all of these prerequisite business courses, there are two options:

They may take the undergraduate three-credit courses that are equivalent to the requirements; each of these is a semester-long course and may be taken in the undergraduate program at any of the USF system locations offering the courses. There are ten courses in total, and you would pay the normal per-credit undergraduate tuition plus the cost of textbooks.

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You may take the MBA Essentials non-credit courses, which are pass/fail and held only at USF St. Petersburg. Eight MBA Essentials (replacing ten of the core course requirements) may be taken in one semester. The fee per module for the MBA Essentials is $500, up to a total of $3,000 for 6, 7 or 8 modules; all books and materials are included. The MBA Essentials are Internet-delivered courses provided via Savant and are held sequentially in two-week periods with class meetings on two Saturdays for each module. For more information on the Essentials, please click here.