MBA Online Course Waiver Policy

Depending on your educational background, Suffolk MBA Online core courses (24 credits) may be waived. This decreases the number of credits and courses needed to earn the degree.

Core courses are waived with appropriate undergraduate or graduate courses, with an earned grade of B or better, taken within five years prior to entering the Suffolk MBA.

For example, a B+ in Organizational Behavior at the undergraduate level, taken within five years of entering the Suffolk MBA Online, will waive MBA 610 Organizational Behavior, thereby decreasing the number of credits needed to earn the degree from 55 to 52.

Transcripts of all admitted students are automatically evaluated for core course waivers. 

Alternatively, students not granted waivers have the option of taking a proficiency exam at a cost of $150. Proficiency exams are available for all core courses.

Regardless of waiver or transfer credits, or proficientcy exams, all students MUST complete a minimum of 31 credits (10 courses and the one-credit Effective Career Planning course) in the Sawyer Business School to earn the Suffolk MBA Online. In some instances, students may have to substitute Sawyer Business School electives for waived core courses to achieve the 10 courses.

Contact mbaonline@suffolk.edu for more information.