MBA Advising

If you have moved away, you can continue with your Lerner MBA in most cases by taking online courses as part of the hybrid MBA option for on-campus students.

Under certain conditions, we may be able to accept graduate credit from other institutions:

1. The institution must be AACSB-accredited;
2. The class must carry a grade of B or better (not a B-); and
3. The class must have been completed within the past five years.

Per University policy,

• Only 9 graduate credits may be transferred in.
• Credits are not transferred until the student has completed nine credits of graduate work at the University of Delaware.
• Only earned credits transfer, not earned grades.
• Courses must have been conducted over a ~14 week semester for all credits to transfer. Credits from schools on 10-week quarters will be transferred at 2/3 value.
• Students who wish to transfer credits to the University of Delaware must provide a course syllabus (not a course description) for each course being considered and official transcripts showing the courses and grades. You may need to contact your prior institution for copies of course syllabi.

If you take all 15 credits of prescribed electives in one specific area, you will earn a Major. If you take 9 credits of prescribed electives in one specific area with the remaining 6 credits of your choice, you will earn a Concentration.

To view available specializations in the MBA Program, you can visit: https://lerner.udel.edu/programs/mba-programs/mba-specializations/.

You do not need to officially declare a major or concentration until graduation although we suggest that you meet with your advisor to be sure that you are on the right track to earn the major or concentration that you want.

You are not required to choose a major or concentration. If you want to pursue a General MBA, you may choose five unrelated graduate elective courses for a total of 15 credits.

You can also choose from the following options. Please keep in mind that the actual credit count may vary depending on your course waivers and course transfers.

• MBA with a major and a concentration: 15 credits for the major + 9 credits for the concentration (the program will be 53 credits).
• MBA with a double major: 15 credits for the 1st major + 15 credits for the 2nd major (the program will be 59 credits).
• MBA with a double concentration: 9 credits for the 1st concentration + 9 credits for the 2nd concentration (the program will be 47 credits).

Course waivers are granted at the time of admission for certain courses only and may be granted when all of the following criteria are met:

• You have earned a bachelor’s degree from an AACSB-accredited institution within the past 5 years.
• You have successfully completed at least 6 credits of undergraduate coursework in the related discipline with a grade of “B” or better in each course.
• Except as noted below, at least 3 of the above credits are in a course at the intermediate level.

All course waivers are subject to individual review and require the submission of syllabi for all non-UD courses. Meeting the above guidelines does not guarantee that a course waiver will be granted.

Students in the MBA program may have up to 6 credits of course waivers and 9 credits of course transfers but no more than 12 credits combined between the two.

MBA Course Waiver Guidelines 

Always remember that the required 9 business core courses and 2 professional development courses are offered every fall and spring semester. Electives, on the other hand, are typically offered once a year or once every two years. Therefore, choose electives of interest when they are available since you can pick up the core class in a later semester.

Review the following to find the courses that you need:

• Curriculum/degree requirements – make sure you’re taking the right courses
• Course schedules – see what’s offered and when
• Course search – search all University courses