MBA Course Exemption Criteria

MINI 3 (DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 21)

45-720 Marketing Management 
A core course in Marketing Management at the undergraduate level with B or better. They should provide clear evidence of the course enrollment and grade. If they have not had sufficient prior experience in case discussions, they should consider taking the course even if they are eligible for exemption. Students find that the case experience serves them well during the summer internship interviews.
Professor Kannan Srinivasan, Room 385 D

45-730 Probability and Decision Making
To exempt from 45-730, you must take a test offered between the second and third lectures and score satisfactorily. This test will require knowledge of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, decision trees and simulation as outlined in the course packet. No exemption requests will be considered after the third lecture.
Professor Francois Margot, Room 232C

45-742 Business, Goverment and Strategy
Students who want to exempt this course should be prepared to take an exemption exam. Students may borrow a copy of last year's reading from the Instructor.
Professor Lester Lave, Room 254C

45-752 Macroeconomics
Some of you have recently done some course work that covered material similar to the macroeconomics course offered at Tepper and would like to be exempted from this requirement.
There are two ways to exempt from Macro Economics 45-752.

1. Documentation from previous coursework.

Roughly speaking, this course, content-wise, corresponds to an intermediate level macroeconomics course. To show that you have taken such a course and passed it, I need the following:
a) A transcript showing you have taken the course and completed it with a passing grade no less than B.
b) A problem set/midterm exam/final exam from the said course. The more "advanced" material you submit the higher your chances of an exemption. By "advanced" I mean exams trump problem sets, and problem sets from later part of the course trump early problems sets which tend to be easier and include less information about the "level" of the course. Remember, you are trying to demonstrate to me that you have taken a course with equal or more sophistication compared to the one offered at Tepper. A syllabus is neither required nor enough for an exemption. Please note that you do not need to submit the original final you took x years ago if you do not possess it. If your alma mater still offers the course, simply contact them for a current exam/problem set.

Once you get the documentation together, PLEASE COME to one of the following office hours for exemption. Do not forget to bring the tan exemption form from the Student Services office.

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION IN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE THAN ENGLISH. I have no way of translating or verifying their content.

2. Satisfactory performance on the Exemption Exam.

If you have prior knowledge of macro, but cannot show me the proper documentation in Item 1, I will offer an exemption exam at the end of the first week of Mini 3. The details of the time/date of the exam, as well as its general content (Good reference book: "Macroeconomics" by Andrew Abel and Ben Bernanke) will be made available through e-mail before the beginning of Mini 3.
Professor Sevin Yeltekin, Room 326

45765 - Production Operations Management
A core course in POM/maufacturing management at undergrad level with a grade B or better and minimum 3 years of work experience in operations in either manufacturing or Services Companies. Syllabus of the course taken will have to be provided to ascertain course content.
Professor Sunder Kekre, Room 385C

45-770 - Managing Organizations
Professor Krackhardt will exempt anyone who has had a graduate course that covers the majority of material he covers. To determine this, be ready to supply the University/College where you took the course, the instructor you took it from, whether you have had other, advanced courses in management or organizational behavior, and the textbook used to teach the course. It helps if you have a copy of the syllabus.

Professor  Krackhardt generally does not encourage exemption, due to the experiential nature of the course. He also does not exempt people on the basis of work experience. The knowledge acquired from work is generally much more specialized and limited in scope than is the coverage of the course.

Students seeking exemptions should send an email to Professor Krackhardt that describes their background and includes information on prior related coursework.
Professor David Krackhardt, HBH 2112B

MINI 4 (DEADLINE: THURSDAY, MARCH 25)

45-731 Statistics and Decision Making
Students interested in exempting 45731 must take and pass an exemption exam. The exam must be taken during the first week of classes.
Professor Javier Pena, Room 380

45-740 Business Law and Ethics
Exemption from Business Law and Ethics will be granted to students who have attained a juris doctor degree or its equivalent. Students who can demonstrate that their prior study or work experience has covered the full range of legal and ethical problems covered by the course will be considered for exemption. Having taken a business law course in the past does not qualify a student for exemption, because legal rules make up only part of the subject matter of Business Law and Ethics.
Professor David Tungate, Room 228E

45-765 Production Operations Management
Exemption of 45-765 may be granted on the basis of prior or similar course work. To be considered for exemption, the student may need to provide evidence of prior course work.
Professor Sridhar Tayur, Room 348D