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Prerequisite Course Equivalents
To apply for prerequisite undergraduate credit equivalents, a student must have had grades of B or better and courses must have been taken within the past six years.

AC 511: Six credit hours in accounting—the equivalent of Financial Accounting and Reporting and Managerial Accounting and Control at Sacred Heart University; or successfully complete the competency exam developed by the Sacred Heart University Accounting Department.

BU 543: Three credits in statistics—the equivalent of Business Statistics at Sacred Heart University; or successfully complete the competency exam developed by the Sacred Heart University Management Department.

EC 511: Six credits in macroeconomics and microeconomics—the equivalent of Principles of Macroeconomics I and Principles of Microeconomics II at Sacred Heart University; or successfully complete the competency exam developed by the Sacred Heart University Finance/Business Economics Department.

Core Course Waivers
To apply for waivers for core courses, a student must have had grades of B or better in previous coursework, and courses must have been taken within the past six years.

AC 610: Six additional credit hours in cost/managerial accounting beyond the prerequisite requirements—the equivalent of AC 313 Cost Management and AC 314 Advanced Management Accounting at Sacred Heart University.

BU 601: Three credit hours in organization management and three credit hours in business communication—the equivalent of BU 201 Organizational Management and BU/CA 221 Business Communications at Sacred Heart University.

BU 631: Three credit hours in organizational behavior plus three credit hours in psychology—the equivalent of BU 201 Organizational Behavior and PS 101 General Psychology I at Sacred Heart University.

BU 633: Six credit hours in business law—the equivalent of BU 231/232 Business Law I/II at Sacred Heart University.

BU 641: Six credit hours in management of information technology.

BU 665: No waiver given for this course.

BU 670: Six credit hours in operations management

BU 681: No waiver given for this course.

BU 690: No waiver given for this course.

EC 621: To waive EC 621, a student needs permission of the chair of the Finance/Business Economics Department.

FN 660: Six credit hours in finance—the equivalent of FN 215 Financial Management and three additional credit hours in Finance.

MK 661: Six credit hours in marketing—the equivalent of MK 261 Principles of Marketing and three additional credit hours in Marketing.

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