Find out who the faculty members are and what experience they have in your field of interest. Many business schools will offer credit or waive graduate business courses previously taken based on course content, the grades received, where they were taken, and how long ago they were taken. The number of courses a program will waive varies. Robert Wagner, Associate Director of MBA Admission at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, brings up a crucial issue. Some institutions are more liberal with the amount of advanced standing credit they will grant.
Candidates are pretty savvy and shop around to find what courses they can get waived.
Wagner notes that his program limits the amount of advanced credit candidates receive. Not every school teaches courses the same way. In today's wired environment, the kind and amount of technology available to business students is another factor that indicates quality. Perusing a catalogue might tell you that the part-time curriculum has the electives you want. MBA student at the University of Louisville's College of Business and Public Administration, advises students to look even a year ahead to make sure they won't miss classes that may be offered only in certain semesters.