Students who enter the MBA degree program without the necessary foundation courses in the common body of knowledge of business and administration as specified by the AACSB - The International Association for Management Education must complete them in a satisfactory manner. These students may be required to complete up to 37 semester hours of acceptable course work to satisfy this requirement.

For courses previously taken to be evaluated as possible equivalents to MBA foundation courses at SIUC, one needs to have earned a grade of C or higher in each and supply the MBA coordinator with the course syllabus for each course to be evaluated. Where syllabi are not available, a course catalog, or catalogs as appropriate, for the years the courses were completed may be presented.

Transcripts may not be substituted for syllabi/catalog descriptions. This supporting documentation needs to be provided to the MBA coordinator at least 2 weeks in advance of one's first MBA advisement appointment and subsequent registration.

The MBA degree program course work to be taken beyond the foundation courses is determined on an individual basis in conference with the MBA program coordinator. All core and elective requirements must be met. For up-to-date information regarding the core and elective courses of the MBA program, contact:

Graduate Programs
College of Business and Administration
Rehn Hall, Room 133
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-4625