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Posted on 3/24/20 at 7:54 pm to Brandon_S
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That makes this class difficult because I don't have much experience coding
are you in the course this term? I'm in a groupme thing. It's the only way I'm making sense of this material. Following the honor code of course, but we give generic tips that helps.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 9:33 pm to PresJohnTyler
I am also struggling with FIN740
Posted on 3/25/20 at 3:43 pm to Quintus
The President of the University of Texas-Arlington was forced to resign yesterday due to a scandal with the third-party online program manager (OPM) "Academic Partnerships. The reason I wanted to share this on here is that LSUS also uses Academic Partnerships to manage their online program. I'm concerned about our LSUS program getting affected by this bad publicity. Read the article and share your thoughts.
Forbes Article
Forbes Article
This post was edited on 3/25/20 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 3/25/20 at 6:32 pm to socal77
Anyone taking Nancy Albers for marketing?
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:22 pm to tiger1111
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This post was edited on 3/29/20 at 9:09 am
Posted on 3/28/20 at 9:09 am to preppygraduate
Has anyone had Si Chen for mkt 701? How are her tests? I have the 1st this weekend.
Posted on 3/28/20 at 12:24 pm to socal77
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Read the article and share your thoughts.
Disconcerting, to say the least.
Hopefully this won’t affect their AACSB accreditation.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 10:39 pm to Paul Allen
Has anyone taken MKT 720: Hospitality Analytics? This is a fairly new course with professor Kim Minsun.
Just wondering what the workload is like a week? Quizzes? Papers? Discussion questions?
Just wondering what the workload is like a week? Quizzes? Papers? Discussion questions?
This post was edited on 4/6/20 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 4/7/20 at 11:46 am to mmakhlou
What did you think of ISDS 720 and who was the instructor?
Posted on 4/9/20 at 8:20 pm to brandt
From this thread it seems like it used to be a required course that was replaced with ISDS 705, which is a worthless garbage class.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 10:04 am to PresJohnTyler
also struggling with FIN 740, what is the groupme thing you mention?
Posted on 4/10/20 at 1:32 pm to saints5021
My wife is almost complete with LSUS MBA program. Its pretty intense, and for the money seems to be a great program.
I've read some good reviews for LSUS a year or so ago when she was starting the program.
I've read some good reviews for LSUS a year or so ago when she was starting the program.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 3:46 pm to TheEnglishman
Hi gang
Been analyzing the rest (9 course--ha) of my Marketing Specialization. Since Monday's registration goes deep into the year ..
In Mclaughlin 760 now - finding workload ok - (But wow those test questions).
Thinking of this schedule for the rest of program... any thoughts are helpful.....
work full time, but have time to dedicate.
THANKS
Summer 20 AP1
ISDS 705: Management Information Systems Lin
MKT 701: Marketing Strategy ????
Summer 20 AP2
ECON 705: Economic Analysis for Management Fawaz
MADM 701: Organizational Behavior Kungo
Fall 20 AP1
ACCT 701: Managerial Use of Accounting Data Huang Double with anything?
FIN 701: Financial Management Choi Double with anything?
Fall 20 AP2
Specialization Chose None of these are appealing for my future - any suggestions for the grade?
ISDS 710: Data-Driven Decision Making
MKT 705: Hospitality and Casino Marketing
MKT 710: International Marketing
ISDS 725: Visualization of Data for Business
MKT 715: Advanced Marketing Analytics
@baroqen? @Rybo44 ........ anyone else ... thoughts?
Been analyzing the rest (9 course--ha) of my Marketing Specialization. Since Monday's registration goes deep into the year ..
In Mclaughlin 760 now - finding workload ok - (But wow those test questions).
Thinking of this schedule for the rest of program... any thoughts are helpful.....
work full time, but have time to dedicate.
THANKS
Summer 20 AP1
ISDS 705: Management Information Systems Lin
MKT 701: Marketing Strategy ????
Summer 20 AP2
ECON 705: Economic Analysis for Management Fawaz
MADM 701: Organizational Behavior Kungo
Fall 20 AP1
ACCT 701: Managerial Use of Accounting Data Huang Double with anything?
FIN 701: Financial Management Choi Double with anything?
Fall 20 AP2
Specialization Chose None of these are appealing for my future - any suggestions for the grade?
ISDS 710: Data-Driven Decision Making
MKT 705: Hospitality and Casino Marketing
MKT 710: International Marketing
ISDS 725: Visualization of Data for Business
MKT 715: Advanced Marketing Analytics
@baroqen? @Rybo44 ........ anyone else ... thoughts?
Posted on 4/10/20 at 5:14 pm to TigerTrainer1
Heya TigerTrainer! My two cents:
ISDS705 & MKT701 are probably the two easiest courses in this program -- at least for me -- a career project manager.
ACCT701 & FIN701 were the two toughest courses for me, based on very little accounting and finance background.
With that being said here is how I'd pair up:
Summer 20 AP1
ISDS 705: Management Information Systems
FIN 701: Financial Management
Fin701 with Kendall is a very challenging course that you can't fake/BS your way through, tests are tough, and the mult. choice contains common math errors, so you gotta know your shite and that f'n financial calulator - but ISDS705 is basically a no-show class (I took Gherfal...but Lin is easy from all accounts). Feel free to pair these with no concern.
Summer 20 AP2
ECON 705: Economic Analysis for Management Fawaz
MADM 701: Organizational Behavior Kungo
My advice here is to avoid Kungu - He's 100% absent, doesn't teach at all just gives reading assignments, relies on AC's to grade discussion posts and papers, you can do a lot better -- regardless, this is a manageable pair that I pulled off earlier.
Fall 20 AP1
ACCT 701: Managerial Use of Accounting Data Huang
MKT 701: Marketing Strategy
I'm currently in Si Chen's MKT 701 - Super easy class, try to get her as your prof (I'm sitting at 102% 5 weeks in -- cases are 6 discussion posts, NO REPLIES, 3 3 page case studies, and 3 quizzes that are NOT hard at all...)
Acct701 with Ambrosio is double-up-able, IF you can make the time to attend his zoom sessions. Dude is a great prof and will put in the work with you to get you the A -- if you don't attend the zoom sessions, its gonna be a bad time...
I'll let others review the specialization -- I took all 3 PM courses for mine...good luck and hit me with any questions!
ISDS705 & MKT701 are probably the two easiest courses in this program -- at least for me -- a career project manager.
ACCT701 & FIN701 were the two toughest courses for me, based on very little accounting and finance background.
With that being said here is how I'd pair up:
Summer 20 AP1
ISDS 705: Management Information Systems
FIN 701: Financial Management
Fin701 with Kendall is a very challenging course that you can't fake/BS your way through, tests are tough, and the mult. choice contains common math errors, so you gotta know your shite and that f'n financial calulator - but ISDS705 is basically a no-show class (I took Gherfal...but Lin is easy from all accounts). Feel free to pair these with no concern.
Summer 20 AP2
ECON 705: Economic Analysis for Management Fawaz
MADM 701: Organizational Behavior Kungo
My advice here is to avoid Kungu - He's 100% absent, doesn't teach at all just gives reading assignments, relies on AC's to grade discussion posts and papers, you can do a lot better -- regardless, this is a manageable pair that I pulled off earlier.
Fall 20 AP1
ACCT 701: Managerial Use of Accounting Data Huang
MKT 701: Marketing Strategy
I'm currently in Si Chen's MKT 701 - Super easy class, try to get her as your prof (I'm sitting at 102% 5 weeks in -- cases are 6 discussion posts, NO REPLIES, 3 3 page case studies, and 3 quizzes that are NOT hard at all...)
Acct701 with Ambrosio is double-up-able, IF you can make the time to attend his zoom sessions. Dude is a great prof and will put in the work with you to get you the A -- if you don't attend the zoom sessions, its gonna be a bad time...
I'll let others review the specialization -- I took all 3 PM courses for mine...good luck and hit me with any questions!
Posted on 4/10/20 at 7:01 pm to Rybo44
I am now 2 classes away from finishing, so I figured it is time for me to contribute to this forum. This forum is one of the major reasons I chose LSUS. To my knowledge (searching google), most other schools don't have a resource as good and active as this forum. I was already taking MBA classes at a Big 10 school, but got frustrated by not having any resource to evaluate which professors to take. It was always a total shot in the dark.
So here's my thoughts on the teachers I have had so far:
ECON 705
Fawaz, Fadi
One of the best teachers I have ever had. Watch his zoom sessions and you will be fine. I had never had any type of econ class before this. Class was only tests, no papers, no discussion. Wish he taught a stats class, so I could take it. This guy is a stats/math genius and knows how to teach it to people like me that struggle with numbers.
ACCT701
Ambrosio, Fabio
He had some really professional looking videos. He must be a big-shot teacher at some other bigger school to have such nice and well-produced content featuring himself. Learned a lot, really good teacher. From what I remember, it was only tests, and you were allowed to have the open pdf document during the tests. This class was zero fluff. I doubled it with ISDS 705, no problem.
ISDS 705
Gibbs, James
This is one of the few teachers I had in the course that taught some real-world stuff alongside the academics. Really good teacher. This class is more about learning excel than anything. If you have a valid Microsoft excel certification, he will let you out of the busy work portion of that. It was well worth it for me to go take the cert test, since I was also taking ACCT 701 at the same time. There was a quiz from the book every week, and some homework which was just finding the answers to the review questions in the book. No papers/no discussion.
FIN 710/FIN 720
Hsiesh, Chengho
I think this guy was the only option for these classes. Both classes are identical setup. You will have 4 really big/time consuming exams. No homework, no papers, no discussion. You are allowed the pdf materials, excel, and financial calculator during tests. Tests can be so long he allows bathroom breaks. He is a really good teacher. Some people complain about his accent, but everything you need is in his pdf books that he provides. He has zoom sessions if you need help, and I have found him to be very responsive and helpful. His course materials were so well-written that I never needed any additional explanation, and that is rare for me since I am not great with numbers. The content for all the tests are covered in his practice problems in the readings and the practice exams. If you do not actually work through ALL of his practice problems ahead of time, you might run out of time during the exam trying to figure it all out. Most of his exams give 2 hours, so that's a lot of time. If you prepare for the exams, they are no big deal. I am taking FIN720 and FIN740 at the same time with no issues.
FIN740
Kim, Sung
This class is more of a R programming class than a finance class, but there are some basic financial concepts scattered throughout. Some of the quiz questions also refer to basic finance knowledge (bond valuation, net present value, etc.). There is a homework project and a quiz every week. The homework is no big deal. It was fairly easy to find examples of previous students' work on coursehero.com, but be aware that he changes the assignments every class. Copying/pasting will get you nowhere. The quiz can get tricky. He allows you to have the book during the quiz, but some of the questions cannot be answered from the book alone. You will need to actually work with the code in R studio every week to understand some of the quiz questions. If you read AND run the code that is being taught every week (not just the homework), you will be fine. It was not time-consuming. He even supplies the code to you in a script file every week. The 2 projects required a little more work, but nothing horrible. The thing I struggled with most in this class was ARIMA modeling. I do not have a stats background, so I had to get help.
So here's my thoughts on the teachers I have had so far:
ECON 705
Fawaz, Fadi
One of the best teachers I have ever had. Watch his zoom sessions and you will be fine. I had never had any type of econ class before this. Class was only tests, no papers, no discussion. Wish he taught a stats class, so I could take it. This guy is a stats/math genius and knows how to teach it to people like me that struggle with numbers.
ACCT701
Ambrosio, Fabio
He had some really professional looking videos. He must be a big-shot teacher at some other bigger school to have such nice and well-produced content featuring himself. Learned a lot, really good teacher. From what I remember, it was only tests, and you were allowed to have the open pdf document during the tests. This class was zero fluff. I doubled it with ISDS 705, no problem.
ISDS 705
Gibbs, James
This is one of the few teachers I had in the course that taught some real-world stuff alongside the academics. Really good teacher. This class is more about learning excel than anything. If you have a valid Microsoft excel certification, he will let you out of the busy work portion of that. It was well worth it for me to go take the cert test, since I was also taking ACCT 701 at the same time. There was a quiz from the book every week, and some homework which was just finding the answers to the review questions in the book. No papers/no discussion.
FIN 710/FIN 720
Hsiesh, Chengho
I think this guy was the only option for these classes. Both classes are identical setup. You will have 4 really big/time consuming exams. No homework, no papers, no discussion. You are allowed the pdf materials, excel, and financial calculator during tests. Tests can be so long he allows bathroom breaks. He is a really good teacher. Some people complain about his accent, but everything you need is in his pdf books that he provides. He has zoom sessions if you need help, and I have found him to be very responsive and helpful. His course materials were so well-written that I never needed any additional explanation, and that is rare for me since I am not great with numbers. The content for all the tests are covered in his practice problems in the readings and the practice exams. If you do not actually work through ALL of his practice problems ahead of time, you might run out of time during the exam trying to figure it all out. Most of his exams give 2 hours, so that's a lot of time. If you prepare for the exams, they are no big deal. I am taking FIN720 and FIN740 at the same time with no issues.
FIN740
Kim, Sung
This class is more of a R programming class than a finance class, but there are some basic financial concepts scattered throughout. Some of the quiz questions also refer to basic finance knowledge (bond valuation, net present value, etc.). There is a homework project and a quiz every week. The homework is no big deal. It was fairly easy to find examples of previous students' work on coursehero.com, but be aware that he changes the assignments every class. Copying/pasting will get you nowhere. The quiz can get tricky. He allows you to have the book during the quiz, but some of the questions cannot be answered from the book alone. You will need to actually work with the code in R studio every week to understand some of the quiz questions. If you read AND run the code that is being taught every week (not just the homework), you will be fine. It was not time-consuming. He even supplies the code to you in a script file every week. The 2 projects required a little more work, but nothing horrible. The thing I struggled with most in this class was ARIMA modeling. I do not have a stats background, so I had to get help.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 7:23 pm to Rybo44
Do you know anyone that has took ISDS 705 with Lind. We have a midterm tomorrow but she didn't give us much guidance on what to study from and is all over the place
This post was edited on 4/10/20 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 4/12/20 at 10:52 am to carter2035
Trying to get everything planned out to finish up my last 5 classes.
Spring AP2
MADM 701 Kungu
FIN 720 HSIEH
Will i be able to handle both of those courses during Spring AP2?
Spring AP2
MADM 701 Kungu
FIN 720 HSIEH
Will i be able to handle both of those courses during Spring AP2?
Posted on 4/12/20 at 5:14 pm to BigHoss
Very glad to have found this thread! Registration opens tomorrow and after working this puzzle for a couple of weeks, I'm not 100% sure yet what I am going do with my classes. I've talked myself into and out of several different options, several times. It's a gift, really.
I'm on the MBA-Marketing Specialization track, and am really just getting started. I took MADM760 with Wyatt for Spring AP1 and finished with a high A. I ended up dropping my Spring AP2 course (MADM701 with K. Williams) so I'm not taking anything this session.
Graduated undergrad 9 years ago with a BA in Theatre/Communications. I've tried out various career paths, and have landed on pursuing digital marketing. I'm planning to bolster the more general Marketing MBA with digital marketing certifications.
I don't have much of a math background and definitely have to work harder at the subject, so I'm trying to put math-heavy classes at the end of my rotation. I'm assuming I will need to take the 4 foundation courses (ECON500, ISDS500, ACCT500, FIN500) that are offered before I try to take ECON705, ACCT701, FIN701, ISDS705, and ISDS710.
I asked my student coordinator about the foundation courses and he just said that they recommend taking them if you don't have experience or haven't recently taken undergrad classes in the subjects. How necessary are they? I'd rather not do the foundation courses if they can be avoided, just due to cost, time, and courseload, but obviously, I'll do what I need to. The "2 Cs and you're out" policy is intimidating.
I'm waffling back and forth between MADM720 (Leadership Communication) and MADM751 (Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Creativity) for my elective. I'm sifting through this thread and have seen a lot of praise for MADM751 with Meeks so far, though those posts are several years old. A lot of reviews for him on RateMyProfessor were mixed (I know that will happen with anyone) and the course seems group project heavy. I hate group work, but it looks like the majority of the MBA classes will require it. Is that a fair assumption?
Assuming I take the 4 foundation courses, right now I think my Option A plan is...
Summer AP1 (2020) - MADM701, Kungu
Summer AP2 (2020) - MADM751, Meeks
Fall AP1 (2020) - MKT701, Chen (online reviews of Chen seemed favorable)
Fall AP2 (2020)* - ACCT500, Bogie & FIN500, Vines
Spring AP1 (2021) - MKT710 & ISDS500
Spring AP2 (2021) - ISDS705
Summer AP1 (2021) - ISDS710 & ECON500
Summer AP2 (2021) - FIN701
Fall AP1 (2021) - ECON705
Fall AP2 (2021) - ACCT701
The only changes for Option B would be my Summer 2020 courses...
Summer AP1 (2020) - MADM720, K. Williams
Summer AP2 (2020) - MADM701, Kungu
*I originally was not planning on any taking any class for Fall AP2 (2020) as we'll be out of town for a week in November and I didn't want to risk not being able to do coursework or an exam that week.
· Thoughts on MADM751 vs. MADM720?
· Is Kungu a good choice for MADM701? It seems like his style is similar to Wyatt's - not very involved, but simple enough assignments. I was able to supplement the course reading for Wyatt's MADM760 with lectures over the same reading on YouTube and did pretty well on his tests. The other options for MADM701 for Summer AP1 are Phillips and McLaughlin. Phillips had terrible reviews on RateMyProfessor, and McLaughlin's were also mixed.
· How is Chen for MKT701?
Any professor feedback or course feedback is welcome!
I'm on the MBA-Marketing Specialization track, and am really just getting started. I took MADM760 with Wyatt for Spring AP1 and finished with a high A. I ended up dropping my Spring AP2 course (MADM701 with K. Williams) so I'm not taking anything this session.
Graduated undergrad 9 years ago with a BA in Theatre/Communications. I've tried out various career paths, and have landed on pursuing digital marketing. I'm planning to bolster the more general Marketing MBA with digital marketing certifications.
I don't have much of a math background and definitely have to work harder at the subject, so I'm trying to put math-heavy classes at the end of my rotation. I'm assuming I will need to take the 4 foundation courses (ECON500, ISDS500, ACCT500, FIN500) that are offered before I try to take ECON705, ACCT701, FIN701, ISDS705, and ISDS710.
I asked my student coordinator about the foundation courses and he just said that they recommend taking them if you don't have experience or haven't recently taken undergrad classes in the subjects. How necessary are they? I'd rather not do the foundation courses if they can be avoided, just due to cost, time, and courseload, but obviously, I'll do what I need to. The "2 Cs and you're out" policy is intimidating.
I'm waffling back and forth between MADM720 (Leadership Communication) and MADM751 (Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Creativity) for my elective. I'm sifting through this thread and have seen a lot of praise for MADM751 with Meeks so far, though those posts are several years old. A lot of reviews for him on RateMyProfessor were mixed (I know that will happen with anyone) and the course seems group project heavy. I hate group work, but it looks like the majority of the MBA classes will require it. Is that a fair assumption?
Assuming I take the 4 foundation courses, right now I think my Option A plan is...
Summer AP1 (2020) - MADM701, Kungu
Summer AP2 (2020) - MADM751, Meeks
Fall AP1 (2020) - MKT701, Chen (online reviews of Chen seemed favorable)
Fall AP2 (2020)* - ACCT500, Bogie & FIN500, Vines
Spring AP1 (2021) - MKT710 & ISDS500
Spring AP2 (2021) - ISDS705
Summer AP1 (2021) - ISDS710 & ECON500
Summer AP2 (2021) - FIN701
Fall AP1 (2021) - ECON705
Fall AP2 (2021) - ACCT701
The only changes for Option B would be my Summer 2020 courses...
Summer AP1 (2020) - MADM720, K. Williams
Summer AP2 (2020) - MADM701, Kungu
*I originally was not planning on any taking any class for Fall AP2 (2020) as we'll be out of town for a week in November and I didn't want to risk not being able to do coursework or an exam that week.
· Thoughts on MADM751 vs. MADM720?
· Is Kungu a good choice for MADM701? It seems like his style is similar to Wyatt's - not very involved, but simple enough assignments. I was able to supplement the course reading for Wyatt's MADM760 with lectures over the same reading on YouTube and did pretty well on his tests. The other options for MADM701 for Summer AP1 are Phillips and McLaughlin. Phillips had terrible reviews on RateMyProfessor, and McLaughlin's were also mixed.
· How is Chen for MKT701?
Any professor feedback or course feedback is welcome!
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