For example a graduate principles of accounting foundation course covers as much material as two undergraduate principles of accounting courses. Term papers or presentations may be required weekly, and courses may require extensive readings. Graduate programs follow strict rules. Also very few graduate hours may be transferred from another school, so students should finish the graduate program where they begin. Many graduate business programs do not have residency requirements, but some require two consecutive semesters of full-time enrollment.
Graduate programs demand higher grades than undergraduate programs.
Graduate classes require many hours of hard work including group projects and presentations. Personal computer skills and research skills are essential. Usually one or two Economics courses are calculus based, and statistics underlie finance and management science courses. However, only a few graduate business courses are math intensive. The emphasis in undergraduate courses is in basic technical skills which are generally explained in the textbooks.