The Master of Business Administration in Professional Accounting (MBA-PA) degree requires a minimum of 66 credits. However, some students receive advanced standing for prior academic work or through "challenge" exams. A student may receive a maximum of 18 credits of advanced standing (i.e., the total of challenge exam credits, graduate transfer credits, and undergraduate course recognition credits is limited to 18 maximum credits).
You may receive advanced standing in a number of ways.
Petition for Advanced Standing
A student may receive up to a maximum of 18 credits of graduate course work completed with a B or better and/or qualifying exam in business core areas of study (a) at an AACSB accredited institution or such other courses as economics, information technology and advanced statistics completed at an AACSB accredited institution or liberal arts and science institution with equivalent accreditation.
Please note: No advanced credit can be awarded for any course taken more than eight years before the time of initial application to the MBA-PA program.
To apply for credit, please complete the Petition for MBA Advanced Standing: Professional Accounting Program Form.
Undergraduate Business Courses
Business Majors
A student may receive three (3) credits for every three (3) credits of undergraduate upper-division course work completed with a B or better in business core areas of study (a) at an AACSB-accredited institution, or (b) such other courses as economics, information technology, and advanced statistics completed at an AACSB-accredited institution.
Arts & Sciences Majors
A student may receive three (3) credits for a three (3) credit elective undergraduate upper-division course that is comparable to a Rutgers Business School core course in economics, information technology, and advanced statistics, if he or she completed the course with a B or better at an accredited institution.
No advanced credit can be awarded for any course taken more than eight years before the time of initial application to the MBA-PA program.