Accounting (MS) - Admission

Admission Requirements:

A bachelor's degree from an accredited, degree-granting college or university with a minimum grade point average of 2.75 on a 4-point scale. Official transcripts must be received from the degree-granting institution.
A GMAT score of 475 or higher.
A completed application form and $25 application fee
Two letters of recommedation from professional references qualified to judge the applicant's expertise, character and capacity for graduate-level study.
A self-statement of approximately 200-300 words describing your background, successes, and reasons for pursuing an MSA from Fontbonne University.
Applicants whose native language is not English must pass the TOEFL or a Fontbonne-authorized equivalent test with a score of 550.

* GPA or GMAT score less than required minimum may be considered for admittance on cconditional basis after review of your academic file and an interview with the business administration department.

Preparatory Core Requirements

All preparatory core requirements listed below must be satisfied with a grade C- or higher before the student can enroll in the MSA. Based upon an evaluation of undergraduate transcripts, students may place out of preparatory courses with an appropriate three credit-hour course in the following content areas:

Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Business Finance
Business Law
Introduction to Statistics
Information Systems
Macroeconomics

Graduate Transfer Credit

A maximum of six credit hours of previous graduate work may be transfered into the MSA program. Such transfer credit must:

be equivalent to a specific course in the MSA curriculum
be a letter grade of B or A
have been earned at an accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education
have been completed within the last six years

Please refer to the admission requirements listed in the graduate program catalog for additional information.

Forward all application documents to:
Fontbonne University OPTIONS
6800 Wydown Blvd.
Saint Louis, MO 63105-3098
Phone: 314-863-2220
Fax: 314-719-3676