The satisfaction of prerequisites does not earn degree credit. Students are encouraged to take at least four of these hours in the Area Studies Courses and at least two of these four as a part of a foreign study program organized by the university. The International Management curriculum is offered as a set sequence each year normally beginning in the spring semester. Each course appears at least once during this sequence. Students seeking M.A. degree are strongly advised to start with the first course in the sequence, Global Economy, and to continue through to the last course, International Business Management, which serves as a capstone for the International Management curriculum.
Students can complete the core requirements in one academic year if they follow the sequence.
Waivers and Transfers of Credit Transfer credits may be granted for equivalent graduate course work taken within the past six years. Up to 12 hours of graduate work from other universities with a B or better may be transferred to the M.A. degree. Students seeking to have prerequisite requirements waived based upon previous core experience must provide verifiable evidence of this experience before the end of the second semester of work at U.T. Dallas.