MBA CENTER | Waiver by Petition – Professional Credentials

Policy

Please review your program’s Waiver by Petition – Professional Credentials policy below prior to submitting this form.

PEMBA Students Only

With evidence of having passed the CPA exam or copy of a CPA or CA license, students may waive out of and receive academic credit for the core course AC711, Financial Reporting and Control, without taking a waiver exam.

With evidence of a CFA^® charter or having passed three levels of the CFA exams, students may waive out of and receive academic credit for the core course FE722 Financial Management.

Students who have earned a JD from a US institution, or are a member of a state Bar Association in the US, can automatically waive out of and receive academic credit for PL700 Introduction to Business Law.

Residency Requirement:

PEMBA students who started in fall 2016 or later must complete 32 graduate-level credits at the Boston University Questrom School of Business.
All PEMBA students who started prior to fall 2016 must complete 40 graduate-level credits at the Boston University Questrom School of Business.

In order to be eligible for waiver by petition, students must meet all of the following criteria:

Cohorted PEMBA students may waive out of only one cohorted core course (AC 711, MK 724, QM 717, or FE 722).
Required documentation must be submitted with each application form unless they are already on file in the Grad Center.
PEMBA: Regardless of the number of credits transferred or waived, MBA students are required to meet the residency requirement of 32 or 40 credits (see above) completed at the QST in order to have the MBA degree conferred. The maximum number of credits single-degree MBA students can transfer and/or waive and/or take outside of QST is 24.
PEMBA Dual Degree Students: Dual degree students are required to meet the residency requirement of 40 credits completed at the Questrom School of Business. Please note that waived course credits do not count towards the residency requirement. Therefore, if a dual degree student waives out of a course, he/she may need to take another course in its place in order to meet the 40 credit residency requirement.

Form

MBA CENTER Waiver by Petition - Professional Credentials

Name(Required)

First Last

BU ID (U12-34-5678)(Required)

Phone(Required)

Email(Required)

Advisor(Required)

Student Status(Required)

PEMBA

PEMBA Dual Degree

Course to be Waived:(Required)

AC710/711. Must provide evidence that you have passed the CPA exam.

FE721/722. Must provide evidence that you have passed all three levels of the CFA exam, or provide a copy of your CFA license.

PL700. Must provide official transcript demonstrating completion of JD degree, or proof of membership in a state Bar Association

Course to be Waived:(Required)

AC860. With evidence of having passed the CFA exam and/or displayed mastery of accounting courses at a US institution.

File

Max. file size: 128 MB.

Please upload supporting documentation if applicable. Otherwise, documentation should be submitted to the MBA Center front desk before the application will be considered complete.

Supporting evidence to waive AC860, i.e. CFA certification.(Required)

Max. file size: 128 MB.

Please upload your Graduate Elective Form identifying your chosen substituted course.(Required)

Max. file size: 128 MB.

You may download via this link: https://cdn.questromworld.bu.edu/gradcenter/files/2016/10/GER-Form-10.3.16.pdf

Acknowledgement(Required)

I hereby acknowledge that the information submitted in this waiver application is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

I understand that a review of my supporting documentation will be conducted to ensure that the requirements have been satisfied. In the event that the requirements have not been satisfied, I understand that my petition will not be approved.

MBA CENTER | Waiver by Petition – Professional Credentials

Policy

PEMBA Students Only

Form

MBA CENTER Waiver by Petition - Professional Credentials

MBA CENTER

MASTERS & PhD CENTER