<p>I just graduated from a non business UG program and I would like to prepare for B-School. I want to be up to speed with the rest of the students that would be attending the MBA program. What can be considered recommended prior knowledge? What subjects and skills should I know inside and out? </p>
<p>Is a detailed and comprehensive knowledge of finance and economics considered a prerequisite for MBA classes?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m not in anyway related to business, but usually a course in econ, accounting and stats (if you can manage) is pretty good.</p>
<p>you should take intro to microeconomics and intro to macroeconomics, a basic statistics class, and maybe Intro to calculus, or calculus I (whatever your uni offers), and if you have the time, why not some basic linear algebra course ?</p>
<p>If you are a non-business major, you will most likely need to take ‘foundation courses’ before you get started in the regular MBA coursework. Most programs expect for this foundation to include (and for you to be proficient in):</p>
<p>Accounting (usually 2 semesters worth - to include Financial and Managerial)
Finance
Economics (Macro & Micro)
Marketing
A general Management or Leadership class.</p>
<p>Many schools will also require/expect for you to have a background in information science, business law, and statistics. Some schools will also expect for you to have had a college-level calculus class.</p>
<p>I also was not a business major; but I did have a business minor where I was able to get all of the foundations courses waived in my MBA program with the exception of the information science course and the two statistics/quantitative analysis courses. In regards to my MBA program, they would only do this if your undergraduate coursework was given by an AACSB accredited school (since they are AACSB accredited themselves). If this is also the case in the program that you are looking to get into, I would try to take those foundation courses now at the cheaper undergraduate tuition rate. It also helps you to jump into the ‘meat and potatoes’ of you MBA studies quicker. Personally, I feel that the foundation coursework could be managed with some ‘boot camp’-style self study (and some programs do this); but it may be redundant.</p>