Waiver Study Guides
Waiver examinations are available for each Foundation Skill Course. Successful completion of Foundation Skill Courses or the corresponding waiver exam are required prior to enrollment in the 600-level, Integrated Functions Courses.
If you have any interest in taking a waiver examination for a foundation skill course please contact the MBA Office at xumba@xavier.edu, 513-745-3525 or through an MBA advisor. Each waiver examination costs $75.00 and is administered during office hours. The fee will only be assessed to students who earn a passing score. An 80% passage rate is required on all exams except for STAT 500, Business Statistics which requires a 70% passage rate.
Students are given one opportunity to test out of a foundation skill course however exceptions are being considered for courses in which the CLEP is now being accepted. Please contact your MBA Advisor to see if you may qualify for this exception. If a passing score is not earned then the corresponding course must be completed. Wavier examinations must be taken by the end of the first calendar year in the program for part-time students or by the end of the first semester for full-time students.
The most current study guides for the foundation course waiver exams are posted below:
- ACCT-500 Foundations of Financial Accounting
- ACCT-501 Foundations of Managerial Accounting
- BUAD-500 International Business
- FINC-500 Corporate Finance
- STAT-500 Business Statistics
CLEP Waiver Exams: ECON 500/501, MGMT 500 & MKTG 500
The Xavier MBA Program will now accept CLEP (College Level Examination Program) for waiver consideration of ECON 500, ECON 501, MGMT 500 & MKTG 500. These are the only courses in which a CLEP test will be accepted.
A total score of 60/80 is required for successful waiver of MKTG 500 and MGMT 500. A total score of 50/80 is required for successful waiver of ECON 500 and/or ECON 501. Scores must be sent directly from the testing service to the Xavier MBA Program. Students have one opportunity to test out of a foundation skill course however exceptions are being considered for courses in which the CLEP is now being accepted. Please contact your MBA Advisor to see if you may qualify for this exception. If the passing score is not earned then the corresponding course must be taken.
Learn more and obtain study guides through the CLEP website (http://clep.collegeboard.org/).