Master of Science in Strategic Finance > How to Apply
How to Apply
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- Admission
- Foundation Course Work
- Appeals Process
- GMAT Requirements
- TOEFL Requirements
- Credit by Examination
- Transfer Course Work
- Tuition and Other Fees
- Rules Determining Resident and Nonresident Student Status for Indiana University Fee Purposes
Admission
Applicants should have earned a bachelor’s degree in business or in a nonbusiness field. The Graduate Business Policies Committee, comprised of business faculty members, carefully evaluates all applicants based on three significant factors:
- overall undergraduate grade point average
- Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score
- relevant work experience
By the application deadline, applicants must submit a completed application form, the application fee, and all other supporting documentation including GMAT scores. In addition, applicants should submit an official transcript from each college attended and TOEFL scores if applicable. The committee makes admission decisions for the fall, spring, and summer sessions by August 1, December 10, and May 1 on all applications submitted by the July 1, November 1, and April 1 deadlines, respectively.
Foundation Course Work
Foundation course work is required to prepare students for the 36 credit hour M.S.S.F. curriculum.
Normally, students with a recent bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance from an AACSB-accredited institution will have already met most or all of this requirement.
Students who have not met the foundation course work requirement can be admitted on a conditional basis if their undergraduate grade point average and Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) scores are within the acceptable parameters for the program and the Graduate Business Policies Committee approves their admission. Students must complete the foundation course work before beginning M.S.S.F. course work.
Appeals Process
A student once refused admission to the M.S.S.F. program may submit an appeal for review with any supporting documentation to the Graduate Business Policies Committee within three weeks of the postmark on the admission denial letter. At their next meeting, the committee will render a final and binding admission decision.
GMAT Requirements
All applicants are required to submit scores from the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), administered by the Educational Testing Service. The GMAT is computer adaptive and tests general aptitude much like the ACT and SAT examinations. The GMAT is offered three weeks per month, six days per week, throughout the year. Minimum GMAT score accepted is 470. For more information, contact the IU Southeast M.B.A. program Director of Graduate Business Programs.
For more information, visit the GMAT website: www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT/
or call: 1-800-462-8669.
TOEFL Requirements
Students whose first language is not English are required to submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to the IU Southeast M.S.S.F. program along with their GMAT scores.
Credit by Examination
Students may consult the Director of Graduate Business Programs about earning credit for foundation undergraduate courses by challenging a course by examination. No credit by examination will be given for courses contained in the 36 credit hour M.B.A. curriculum.
In using challenge examinations, students may:
- Challenge only required foundation courses.
- Challenge a course only once.
- Take the challenge examination before enrolling in the equivalent course at IU Southeast or another institution.
- Pay $35 for each challenge exam taken plus an additional $16.50 per credit hour recording fee.
- Receive a minimum score of 70 (on a 100 point scale) before the course is waived.
Transfer Course Work
Students may transfer a maximum of 6 graduate credit hours (with no grades below B) from another AACSB-accredited graduate program to count towards the 36 credit hour M.S.S.F. curriculum at IU Southeast. Students may request that graduate credit not meeting this criterion be reviewed for transfer approval. The final disposition of all transfer course work is determined by the Graduate Business Policies Committee.
Tuition and Other Fees
Rules Determining Resident and Nonresident Student Status for Indiana University Fee Purposes
For information about these rules, please see the 2001-2003 bulletin for Indiana University Southeast and Purdue University Programs.
A "Memorandum of Understanding between Indiana and Kentucky Regarding Tuition Reciprocity 1997-2005" permits eligible residents of Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, and Trimble counties in Kentucky to enroll at IU Southeast at resident tuition rates. This agreement began on July 1, 1997, and ends on June 30, 2005. The renewal or termination of the reciprocity agreement, effective July 1, 2005, will be announced no later than July 1, 2004.
The rules for determining residency status for residents of Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, and Trimble counties in Kentucky are the same as the currently established "Rules Determining Resident and Nonresident Student Status for Indiana University Fee Purposes." Information for prospective students is available from the Graduate Business Programs Office.
