re: LSUS Online MBA Reviews

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I have that uneasy feeling about ISDS 702 also.

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I actually think ISDS 702 and ISDS 705 are going to be very straight forward this term. No worries!

For MADM 760 with Heller, anyone have any idea about the length of the weekly tests? I see the time limit is only 30 minutes so I am assuming it's a pretty short test. Is the quiz material taken from the practice quiz at the end of each chapter?

Thanks for the feedback @craig

Been awhile since I took ECON705 but discussion forum had no bearing on grade as far as participation back then. Probably something you'll want to ask within your class / check your syllabus to see if that's changed. I either attended live or watched all his Zoom sessions where I typically asked my questions that weren't already answered on the forums.

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure. As stated by someone else, it’s not mentioned as required anywhere, but I didn’t want to screw up and miss out and discover at the end of the class that it was actually a secret way to get extra credit.

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[Koksal] is just slow with way to much time spent walking through simple math.

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I'm only in the first week of Koksal's ISDS 702 course but I liked the first video. He took his time explaining it but he was thorough and he actually made his own video, rather than throwing us to Youtube where the video might not actually fit the course agenda, like many professors have started doing. Also, he is having a Zoom session every week to give students a chance to ask questions.

Actual involvement from the professor rather than an autopilot approach earns a lot of respect from me. Of course, we'll see if my opinion changes once I'm further in the course but I'm content with what I'm seeing so far. He's made a better first impression than ISDS 710 or HCAD 750 did, that is for certain.

I'm in 710 with Dr. Williams. I took her for Org Behavior and this course is setup in much the same way with assignments due mid-week, quizzes and writing assignments. Her quizzes are typically pretty easy, but make sure to fully read the materials. I noticed she will pick out somewhat obscure questions to ask that you'll only know by reading carefully.

Any insight on how the practice exams compare to the actual exams in FIN710? Dr. Hsieh goes out of his way to say they cover only a small portion of the test material, don't provide any guidance on quant vs qual distribution, and are not a signal for the materials that may actually be on the exam. Sounds like it could just be a whole bunch of busy work that ends up being pointless effort when preparing for the exams.

Hi Marek76,

I took FIN710 a few years ago. Most of the problems were quantitative. The qualitative questions contained multiple negations, which made them tricky. The University mistakenly exposed pass rates for all of the MBA classes for the calendar year in which I took it. Only 30% of the people made it to the end of the class with a passing grade. Most of the pass rates for other classes were in the 60-70% range.

If they still allow it, create spreadsheets with all of the formulas. The test exams were very easy and brief compared to the real ones.