The Gardner-Webb University Graduate School of Business has an innovative curriculum for each business program. An undergraduate business degree is not required for admission to the graduate business programs, but specific course material is required. The School of Business offers 500 level prerequisite courses each semester for students with prerequisite deficiencies. These courses will not count towards the graduate GPA. Students who have already taken the prerequisites must demonstrate mastery of the material normally taught in the following prerequisite courses either by offering a transcript demonstrating that the course has been completed with a grade of “C” or better, or through a waiver by successfully passing an exam: In addition to the above requirements, the MAcc Program requires: Persons who have not completed these requirements may be given applicant status and after satisfactorily completing business prerequisite deficiencies at Gardner-Webb University or elsewhere may be granted admission. BADM 501 Foundations of Accounting and Finance An introduction to financial accounting. Accounting transactions, the accounting cycle, financial statement preparations. Partnerships, corporations, debt and equity financing, cash process and financial statement analysis. Introduction to management accounting: job-order and process costing, budgeting and variance analysis. Prerequisite: none. 3-0-3. BADM 502 Foundations of Marketing and Economics Explore the economics implications, history and philosophy or the free enterprise system with special attention to national income theory; money, banking and Federal Reserve system; Keynesian and Classical theories and the mechanics of the business cycle. Also includes study of microeconomic concepts and marketing economics, such as price theory, behavior of the firm, market structure, marketing processes, marketing systems, and income distribution. Prerequisite: none. 3-0-3 BADM 503 Foundations of Management Science and Statistical Methods An introduction to linear programming and sensitivity analysis, decision theory, and inventory control models, particularly as they apply to financial operations, profit planning, and capital budgeting in the decision making process. Prerequisite: Mathematics 105 and ACCT 501 and BADM 502 or the equivalent. 3-0-3.
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Accounting
Business Administration
International Business
Prerequisites for Admission for All Majors
MBA and IMBA Requirements:
MAcc & eMAccRequirements:
Foundation (Prerequisite) Courses for MBA, IMBA, and MAcc