Academic Prerequisites
Required Academic Prerequisites:
- Accounting -- college-level financial accounting course (200-level or above) with equivalent with a grade of B or better within the past 5 years or demonstrate significant work experience in financial accounting.
- Statistics -- college-level course (200-level or above) or equivalent with a grade of B or better within the past 5 years or demonstrate significant work experience in statistics.
- Incoming students who do not meet the above criteria may meet the prerequisites by taking the Accounting and/or Statistics Primers. The cost of the Statistics and Accounting Primers are $150.00 each plus the cost of the required book. Further details can be found below.
Required Proficiency Skills:
- Microsoft Excel -- students without the appropriate level of proficiency in Excel should enroll in the KD statistics primer course.
Required Competency:
- Kelley Intercultural Primer -- all incoming students are required to complete the Kelley Intercultural Primer (KIP). Spring enrollees must complete the Primer by July 1; Fall enrollees by January 1. The cost of the KIP is $250. More details can be found by clicking here.
Details on Accounting & Statistics Primers
Kelley Direct (KD) requires students to be adequately prepared in the areas of accounting and statistics prior to enrolling in KD MBA or MS degree programs. Typically, our accounting and statistics prerequisites can be satisfied by a student enrolling in an undergraduate course (200 level or above) in these areas. However, KD recognizes that students might apply and be admitted into a KD degree program without enrolling in coursework that satisfies the accounting and statistics prerequisites. KD also recognizes that a person's skills in these areas might have eroded over time.
KD has developed primer courses in these areas if a student needs to receive additional instruction in accounting and/or statistics prior to enrolling in a KD MBA or MS degree program:
- Once admitted, a student's transcript will be reviewed to determine if a student has satisfied the accounting and statistics prerequisites.
- With the offer of admission, a student will receive written notice from the School if the student has not satisfied the accounting and/or statistics prerequisites.
- If a student needs to complete additional instruction, s/he will be given information with the admission letter on KD primer course(s) designed specifically to prepare students for the graduate-level accounting and statistics courses.
- Students should then enroll in the KD primer course(s) in the event they have not already made other arrangements to satisfy the academic prerequisites (i.e., have not already enrolled in a course at a local college or university or in an approved correspondence course).
- KD primer courses are designed specifically to cover the material and to develop skills students should already possess when they begin a KD degree program. Admitted students who have not already made arrangements to improve their understanding and application of accounting and statistics will be required to take KD primer courses.
- KD primer courses are self-paced. There is no final examination at the end of each primer unless proof of completion is required for reimbursement purpose. A student cannot "fail" a primer. The purpose of the primer is to ensure a student has the opportunity to learn the material needed and develop the skills required when s/he begins a KD program. >>>Students should sign up for a KD primer no later than mid-July in order to complete the primer(s) prior to the In-Residence. The accounting primer should be completed first.
"Voluntary" Enrollment in Statistics and/or Accounting Primer courses
Finally, some students might wish to enroll in the primer course(s) to ensure they are prepared in accounting and statistics prior to enrolling in their degree program. Students interested in this option should contact kdprimer@indiana.edu. Please note that the Kelley Intercultural Primer is required for all MBA and MS students.
