JSOM Degree Plans

You will set up your degree plan during your Freshman/Transfer Orientation or during your first advising meeting. We will keep an official copy in your file and will provide you with a copy for your records. This will be your primary tool as you plan current and future registrations.

AP Scores

All testing scores must be sent officially from the College Board system. We are unable to use test scores from transcripts. The AP Credit Equivalency Chart is found on the Credit by Exam page.

UTD GPA requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.00 on a 4.00 scale (C average) is required in the major and related courses, in any declared minor, and overall. Major preparatory classes are not included in the calculation of the major GPA. Only grades earned at UT-Dallas are used in calculating this GPA. Additional information regarding GPA and academic good standing is out lined in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Transferable Credits

Please remember that for courses taken off campus:

• “C” or Better Required – students are required to receive a grade of “C” or better for the course to transfer to UT Dallas
• Lower Level Courses Only – When taking courses at the community college, only lower level courses can be completed, for example HIST 1301 or MATH 1325. Upper-division (3000/4000 level) courses cannot be done at the community college level.
• Grades Do Not Transfer – Grades earned in transferred courses will not impact the UT Dallas GPA
• Submit Official Transcript – Once you complete the course, you must submit an updated official transcript to our office or the Office of the Registrar. (It may be possible for transcript to be sent electronically.)
• No Off Campus Courses During Graduating Semester – No coursework may be taken off campus in a student’s final graduating semester.

Important Highlights

The following are applicable to graduate students:

• Your core and overall GPA must be at least a 3.00
• You can choose the number of credit hours you take each semester. Usually, a student who has a full-time job takes 6 credit hours a semester. (If you have Financial Aid or are on an F1 or J1 Visa, you may have specific credit hour requirements.)
• The order you take your courses is not predetermined, but you will receive guidance on recommended course order at your JSOM Graduate Orientation. Because you may not be able to wait until then to register in your first semester coursework, please take a look at things to be done for your respective degree below.

Degrees

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • View degree plan
  • Need to satisfy math program prerequisite? You must register in Quantitative Foundations of Business during your first term. That course can be paired up with the ACCT 6201 and ACCT 6202 or OB 6301 or MKT 6301
  • Take a look at the elective courses that interest you and make a note of the prerequisites. Those prerequisites should be the courses you take first.
  • Finance Concentration: FIN 6301 should be completed by your second semester to allow you to choose FIN electives. That means that you should focus on OPRE 6301, ACCT 6201, and ACCT 6202 during your first term.
  • BPS 6310 will be the last core course you complete
• MS Accounting (ACCT)
  • View degree plan
  • Need to satisfy the math and/or ACCT program prerequisites? You must register in Quantitative Foundations of Business during your first term. The Accounting program director will contact you regarding any ACCT program prerequisites, which you must complete your first semester.
  • Choose your first semester courses from the business core and/or required accounting core
  • If you will also be working toward your CPA, make sure to review the CPA Info Page to help integrate those requirements with your degree requirements
• MS Finance (FIN)
  • View degree plan
  • If you have not taken statistics previously, you will need to complete OPRE 6301 during your first semester. Along with this course, you can register in ACCT 6305.
  • Review the prerequisites for the FIN electives you want to take and plan to complete those prerequisites during your beginning semesters.
• MS Healthcare Management (HCMG)
  • View degree plan
  • Choosing one or two business management core courses to take along with a HMGT management core is a good idea for your first semester.
  • You will not be able to complete FIN 6301 until you complete OPRE 6301 and ACCT 6305.
• MS Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IE)
  • View degree plan
  • If you need to complete one or both of the program prerequisites, OPRE 6301 and FIN 6301, they will need to be your priority during your first semester.
  • To prepare for ENTP 6370, ACCT 6305 should also be considered for your first semester.
• MS Information Technology & Management (ITM)
  • View degree plan
  • For your first semester, you can do a combination of courses between your basic business core and your IT foundation courses.
    • If you are interested in FIN 6301, you will need to complete both ACCT 6305 and OPRE 6301 before taking it.
    • OPRE 6302 requires OPRE 6301
  • Students who have an undergraduate degree in MIS or Computer Science and have taken equivalent undergraduate courses may substitute MIS 6316, MIS 6323 and MIS 6326 with other MIS courses by requesting waivers
• MS International Management (IMS)
  • View degree plan
  • If you do not have substantial background in statistics, you should complete OPRE 6301 during your first semester as it is one of the prerequisites to FIN 6301 (a basic business core).
  • ACCT 6201 and IMS 6204 are recommended for your first semester.
• MS Management and Administrative Sciences (MAS)
  • View degree plan
  • Review the prerequisites of the elective courses you are interested as those should be completed early in the program.
  • OPRE 6301 and ACCT 6201 are good courses to take your first semester.
• MS Marketing (MKT)
  • View degree plan
  • MKT 6301 and OPRE 6301 should be part of your first semester
  • You will not be able to complete MKT 6339 (or MKT 6350) until your last semester
• MS Supply Chain Management(SCM)
  • View degree plan
  • Need to satisfy math program prerequisite? You must register in Quantitative Foundations of Business during your first term. That course can be paired up with the ACCT 6305 and/or any of the following: MECO 6303, MKT 6301, OB 6301
  • OPRE 6301 and OPRE 6302 should be taken as early in the program as possible

Transfers and waivers may be granted for coursework previously completed. We have put together some preliminary questions to help you determine if your course meets the preliminary requirements for a transfer or waiver.

The complete rules are outlined in the forms below. Please review them completely before submitting the forms:

• Transfer Form
• Waiver Form

Waivers of Core Courses

Waivers of program core requirements may be granted in recognition of previous coursework completed with a grade of B or better within the past six years in a specific business program area. This allows a student to skip a core course in their degree plan and take a higher-level course in the same academic area meeting the core requirement with no reduction in the program credit-hour requirements. Up to 9 hours of coursework from other universities may be waived from any Master of Science Program’s core courses in the School of Management. Up to 12 hours of coursework from other universities may be used to waive core courses in the Professional MBA degree program.

Transfer of Graduate Credit Hours

Transfer credits may be granted for equivalent graduate coursework taken at other universities with a grade of B or better within the past six years. Up to 9 credit hours of coursework from other universities may be transferred into any Master of Science in the School of Management. Up to 12 credit hours of coursework from other universities may be used to transfer credit to the Professional MBA degree program. The Full-Time MBA program only allows 6 elective credit hours to be transferred into its program.