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Foundation Course Work

Foundation course work is required to prepare students for the 36 credit hour M.S.F. curriculum. Normally, students with a recent bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from an AACSB-accredited institution will have already met most or all of this requirement. Students who have not met the foundation course work requirement can be admitted on a conditional basis if their undergraduate grade point average and Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) scores are within the acceptable parameters for the program and the Graduate Program's Policies Committee approves their admission. Students must complete the foundation course work before beginning M.S.F. course work.

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Appeals Process

A student once refused admission to the M.S.F. program may submit an appeal for review with any supporting documentation to the Graduate Program's Policies Committee within three weeks of the postmark on the admission denial letter. At their next meeting, the committee will render a final and binding admission decision.

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GMAT Requirements

All applicants are required to submit scores from the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), administered by the Educational Testing Service. The GMAT is computer adaptive and tests general aptitude much like the ACT and SAT examinations. The GMAT is offered three weeks per month, six days per week, throughout the year. For more information, contact the IU Southeast Graduate Business Programs, Office of the Director.

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TOEFL Requirements

Students whose first language is not English are required to submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to the IU Southeast M.S.F. program along with their GMAT scores.

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Credit by Examination

Students may consult the Graduate Business Programs director about earning credit for prerequisite undergraduate courses by challenging a course by examination. No credit by examination will be given for courses contained in the 36 credit hour M.S.F. curriculum.

In using challenge examinations, students may:

1. Challenge only required foundation courses.
2. Challenge a course only once.
3. Take the challenge examination before enrolling in the equivalent course at IU Southeast or another institution.
4. Pay $35 for each challenge exam taken plus an additional $15 per credit hour recording fee.
5. Receive a minimum score of 70 (on a 100 point scale) before the course is waived.

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Transfer Course Work

Students may transfer a maximum of 6 graduate credit hours (with no grades below B) from another AACSB-accredited graduate program to count towards the 36 credit hour M.S.F. curriculum at IU Southeast. Students may request that graduate credit not meeting this criterion be reviewed for transfer approval. The final disposition of all transfer course work is determined by the Graduate Program's Policies Committee.

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Tuition and Other Fees

For tuition rates and other fees, please contact the Graduate Business Programs Office.

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