College of St. Mary Transition Agreement

Upper Iowa University and the College of St. Mary have entered into a transition agreement to provide a seamless process for graduates of the College of Saint Mary (CSM) who desire further education to enter the Upper Iowa University (UIU) Extended University Online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.

Foundational Requirement	UIU Course	CSM Course
Accounting Principles	BA 201	ACC 161
Financial Management	BA 341	BUS 321 or BLD 414
Management Principles	BA 210	BUS 225 or BUS 323 or BLD 311
Marketing Principles	BA 208	BUS 334 or BLD 414
Business Law	BA 302	BUS 307 or BLD 313
Macroeconomics	BA 211	ECO 131 or BLD 313
Elementary Statistics	MATH 220	MTH 242 or BLD 312

To be eligible for admission in the UIU MBA program, applicants must have not less than a 2.5 Grade Point Average (GPA) on a 4 point scale for all undergraduate work completed, or a 2.7 GPA for the last 60 semester credits of work completed. Students with a GPA less than the requirement may submit GRE or GMAT test results. GRE and GMAT scores are evaluated in the context of the student’s total record. UIU accepts CLEP testing and ACE recommended equivalencies as satisfaction of foundational course requirements.

UIU requires applicants planning to choose the MBA Accounting emphasis to have an undergraduate major in accounting, or 30 semester credits of undergraduate accounting coursework. CSM does not offer an undergraduate accounting major and offers an accounting minor of 6 courses (18 semester credits). Additional accounting courses available at CSM, excluding ACC 388 Experimental Courses and ACC 391 Independent Study, allow for CSM students to take a total of 27 semester credits of accounting coursework.

CSM students who plan to choose the MBA accounting emphasis may enroll in the following online courses subject to approval of each student’s enrollment by CSM in accordance with CSM’s published policy on “Courses at Other Institutions.”

Course	Title
BA 431	Advanced Financial Accounting
BA 432	Accounting for Not-For-Profit Organizations
BA 433	Auditing I