If the student wishes to transfer credit earned while he or she is enrolled in the LSU in Shreveport MBA Program, approval prior to enrolling in the course to be transferred must be obtained from the MBA Program Director. The Director must have a catalog description and syllabus for a course before it can be approved for transfer credit. Graduate credits earned more than eight years before the completion of the MBA degree cannot be transferred. Graduate credits earned during any semester or term in which the student was classified as non-degree may not be used to satisfy degree requirements. All students must participate in an exit interview with the MBA Director at least one month before graduation.
Foundation courses prepare students for the advanced material taught in the graduate courses.
Students with non-business undergraduate degrees usually need to complete 30 semester hours of foundation coursework. A student may demonstrate foundation knowledge through satisfactory scores on CLEP tests. The MBA Program Director will evaluate a student's previous coursework to determine the foundation courses needed. Students with undergraduate business degrees might need foundation coursework if their undergraduate programs did not include certain courses, such as business statistics, production and operations management, and management information systems. Because some foundation courses have prerequisites, they need to be taken in sequence.