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PREREQUISITE REQUIREMENT
OMGT 4853 - DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS

FAQs

QUESTION: I have taken a computer course but my admission letter says I must meet the requirement for OMGT 4853. What’s going on?

ANSWER: Course titles are very short and often don’t give us enough information to make an informed decision. To meet the prerequisite requirement, we want our students to have experience in word processing, spreadsheet, and database. Send us a course description for the computer course you took and we’ll be happy to consider it for OMGT 4853.

Programming courses will not meet the requirement for OMGT 4853. Also, courses that are more than 6 years old will not meet the requirement, due to the rapid changes in computer applications.

QUESTION: The courses I took in Word Processing and Spreadsheets are on my transcript. Will they meet the requirement?

ANSWER: Those courses will partially fulfill the requirement for OMGT 4853. You will also need to take a course in a database application, such as Access, Oracle, DBase. Here are some ways to meet the last portion of the requirement:

  • Take a course for credit from a college/university
  • Take a short course offered through adult education, community, etc.
  • Take a training course offered by your employer
When you finish the course, send us a copy of the transcript or certificate for the course.

QUESTION: I use all those computer skills everyday at work, but I don’t have any formal training in computer applications. I’m not going to have to take a course for this requirement, am I?

ANSWER: You probably won’t have to take a course. You can take an online tutorial for OMGT 4853.  It costs only $50.00 and can be arranged through your site coordinator. Or you can ask your employer to send us a letter verifying your on-the-job computer tasks and skills.

QUESTION: At another school, I took a computer course that is listed on UA’s approved list of courses for OMGT 4853. But my admission letter says I need to meet the requirement for OMGT 4853. What’s the problem?

ANSWER: It’s possible that your admission packet from the Graduate School had a missing or incomplete transcript. Tell us the name of the school and the course, and we’ll check into the situation.

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