 Any needed undergraduate prerequisites must be completed before a student can take their 5 th graduate course.  The successful completion of ten graduate courses (30 credit hours).  4 Core Required Courses  Special Problems Project for Focus Area Designations  Passing a comprehensive exam.

 A student may have completed a similar course in his/her undergraduate course work. We identify such similar courses in our regular evaluation of student transcripts during the admission process. Prerequisites that the student must meet are specified in his/her admission letter. If we have overlooked a course, or if a student feels he/she has met a prerequisite, but with a course for which the course name was not sufficiently descriptive, he/she can send us a course description and/or syllabus for further review.  A student can take the Law, Industrial Cost Analysis (Accounting) and Statistics distance course through the Operations Management program; the tuition and technology fee charges and term schedule are the same as a graduate course.  A student can take an equivalent course at another accredited school, but should first provide the site coordinator with the course title and description for approval.  A student can take a one time no-cost Law, Industrial Cost Analysis (Accounting) and Statistics on-line proficiency exam. Earning a grade of at least 70% on such an exam (the grade will not to be used in calculating the student’s MSOM GPA) will satisfy the respective prerequisite.

 SkillPort Online Tutorial Online Tutorial develops a level of proficiency in spreadsheet, and database (Microsoft Excel and Access).  Training certificates or courses in Microsoft Office applications.  A letter from an employer that verifies and articulates the working knowledge of spreadsheet and database.

To be eligible for the examination,  Must have completed all prerequisite courses and  “OMGT” Graduate courses (including all four required graduate courses), which does not include approved graduate transfer credit. Completing six OMGT courses and transferring in two courses does not make them eligible for comps.  Transfer in one or two courses, student will be tested on the material as if they took the courses through us.  Immediately upon completion, the student is given the result.

 The oral exam panel consists of 3-4 faculty members.  Skype or Blackboard Collaborate website administration of the oral exam is available only if a face-to-face oral comprehensive exam is not possible.  The written version of the comp exam is available only: (a) for students with extenuating circumstances that prevent their participating in the oral examination (b) as a standard option for students who entered the program before March, 2010, and (c) as a secondary option for students who have attempted the oral exam once, but did not pass.