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Stem Requirements

The stem classes serve as prerequisites for the graduate business courses and are required for students who did not take the equivalent courses as part of their baccalaureate program or for students with a baccalaureate degree from a non-U.S. university. CLEP and validation exams are available for students who wish to test out of any or all of the stem requirements. The graduate stem courses (530s) do not apply to the 36-hour graduate credit hour requirement of the MBA degree.

ACC 5301 Analysis of Accounting Information 3 hours
BAN 5302 Quantitative Tools for Business 3 hours
ECO 5303 Economic Principles and Policy 3 hours
FIN 5304 Business Finance Environment 3 hours
GBA 281 Business Legal Environment 3 hours
MGT 380 Organization Theory and Human Behavior 3 hours
MIS 388 Management Information Systems 3 hours
MKT 371 Principles of Marketing 3 hours

1 The combination of ACC 231 and ACC 232 can be substituted for ACC 530.
2 The combination of BAN 232 and MGT 475 can be substituted for BAN 530.
3 The combination of ECO 233 and ECO 234 can be substituted for ECO 530.
4 The combination of FIN 334 and FIN 367 can be substituted for FIN 530.

Currently, ACC 530 and ECO 530 are offered only during fall semesters at The University Center. BAN 530 and FIN 530 are offered only during the spring semesters at The University Center. GBA 281 may be taken at a community college. The equivalent course number is BUSI 2301 (at Blinn College the equivalent course is BUSI 2302). The 300- and 500-level stem classes may only be taken at a university.