Foundation Requirements

On this page:

• MBA Foundation Courses
• Foundation Waiver
• Accelerated Business Essentials Course (ABE)

MBA Foundation Courses

Course Code	Course Name	Credt Hours
MBA 5100	Survey of Financial Accounting	3
MBA 5200	Survey of Economics	3
MBA 5300	Survey of Finance (PR: MBA 5100)	3
MBA 5400	Survey of Business Law	1.5
MBA 5800	Survey of Quantitative Business Analysis	3

Foundation Waiver

These five (5) classes provide a solid foundation in the mandatory concepts and skill sets required for the program. Some students may be eligible to have foundation coursework waived based on their academic history. 

MBA 5100, 5200, 5300, 5800: Students who have successfully completed equivalent undergraduate work within the last 5 years with a grade of “B” or better can request to be waived from these classes. 

MBA 5400: Students who have successfully completed equivalent undergraduate work, no time limit, with a grade of “B” or better can request to be waived from this class.

A full syllabus in English must be provided so that equivalency can be determined.

Evaluation Process:

• MBA 5100 can be waived if the student has completed the WSU ACC 2010 - Principles of Accountancy, or equivalent course, within the last 5 years and earned a B grade or better. If a student has completed an undergraduate Accountancy degree, he/she will be waived from the MBA 5100.
• MBA 5200 can be waived if the student has completed the WSU EC 2040 – Principles of Microeconomics and EC 2050 - Principles of Macroeconomics, or equivalent courses, within the last 5 years and earned a B grade or better in each.  If a student has completed an undergraduate Economics degree, he/she will be waived from the MBA 5200.
• MBA 5300 can be waived if the student has completed the WSU FIN 2210 – Financial Management I, or equivalent course, within the last 5 years and earned a B grade or better. If a student has completed an undergraduate Finance degree, he/she will be waived from the MBA 5300.
• MBA 5400 can be waived if the student has completed the WSU LAW 3000 – Legal Environment of Business, or equivalent course, with no time limit and earned a B grade or better. If a student has earned a Law degree, he/she will be waived from the MBA 5400.
• MBA 5800 can be waived if the student has completed the WSU MS 2040 – Introduction to Business Statistics and MS 2050 – Quantitative Business Modeling, or equivalent courses, within the last 5 years and earned a B grade or better in each.  If a student has completed an undergraduate Statistics degree, he/she will be waived from the MBA 5800.

Any MBA student who does not qualify to be waived from these courses based on the above policy but wishes to be waived from these classes is invited to attend the Accelerated Business Essentials course (ABE) which will be offered approximately six (6) weeks before each term begins.

Accelerated Business Essentials Course (ABE)

Cost: $400 Course + $130 book = $530

Start Dates

• Spring 2025 term: October 21
• Summer 2025 term: TBA 
• Fall 2025 term: TBA 

Summary of Course

This is a 5-week online asynchronous program with an intensive review and testing of the MBA Foundation program material. At the end of each week, students will take a test on that module and if passed, will be waived from that MBA course. If not passed, the student will need to take the MBA Foundation course. At the end of the ABE program, students will be allowed to retest one module that they had not passed previously. Students can only retest on one module.

Module 1
Survey of Economics

Module 2
Survey of Accounting

Module 3
Survey of Finance

Module 4
Survey of Business Law

Module 5 
Survey Business Statistics

• The ABE program can only be taken one time.
• An MBA Foundation Waiver will override a failed ABE test score.
• Current Cost for one (in-state) three (3) credit hour course is $2,340.
• Current Cost for one (in-state) 1.5 credit hour course (MBA 5400) is $1,170.
• The ABE Program Cost is $530, a significant savings even if you just need one or two Foundation Courses.

E-mail daniel.dakin@wright.edu and kristina.healy@wright.edu if you wish to take this ABE program no less than a week before the program begins.