robbie022491

I am finishing up as well - well hopefully, still waiting on MADM 715 project grade - and I am compelled to share some insight to the new folks / people still going through.

This program has evolved greatly in the past year, some changes for the better, some that required some growing pains. I do think that some things will start settling down now that the accreditation process is complete. For me, I completed the program in a year and had to take the initial BADM courses. I had to double up every term, it is hard but doable.

My take on my course selection below:

MADM 701 w/ Dr. Williams - Very time consuming, tests were difficult but if you do well on the writing portion you should do well in the course.

ISDS 705 w/ Dr. Lin - Easiest course in the program. I encourage everyone to learn a little bit in the course even though you really just have to ctrl F the pdf for tests to pass with a 100. Pair with MKT 701 or a math course you think you will spend a lot of time on.

ACCT 701 w/ Dr. Ambrosio - Great class/professor. Very understanding professor that will take the time to help you with any questions. You will spend some time learning accounting concepts if they are new to you but overall relatively easy course.

MADM 751 w/ Dr. Meeks - One of my favorite courses and favorite professor. This class focuses on understanding entrepreneurship and your understanding/conceptualization of the material. You work in groups so you are able to connect with other MBA students in the program, which is great. Does take some time for reading the material but I would pair it with a math course you are more comfortable with.

ECON 705 w/ Dr. Shaughnessy - Very difficult course content wise for me. However, Dr. Shaughnessy is awesome and really helps out. He meets on Zoom and answers things in a way that helps you understand. I paired this with MADM 752 and it was a decent pairing.

MADM 752 w/ Dr. Knotts - I personally did not like this course and it is an elective so choose wisely. We had academic coaches in this course so you had to understand what they wanted in the papers to get a decent grade. The tests were pretty difficult if I remember correctly ie. taking information from the reading and asked the question in a way to confuse you.

FIN 701 w/ Dr. Vines - As you have probably read, Dr. Vines is a great professor. The information you learn is difficult if you do not have a finance background. However, if you read the material, can say it in your own words and have a decent grasp of the math, you will do great. Attend his Zoom sessions and ask as many questions as you can think of because he will answer them until you understand. I paired this with MKT 701 which made it a very long 7 weeks.

MKT 701 w/ Dr. James- Well, I was not a fan. Insane amount of reading in my opinion. I did very poorly on the exams because there was so much reading. There is a lot of writing in this course as well - I think my final paper was about 35 pages. This class will take all of your time. If you have to pair it, do so with ISDS 705 or an easier course.

MADM 760 w/ Dr. Meeks - Again, Dr. Meeks is a stellar professor. There is a lot of reading and writing but it focuses more on making sure you can conceptualize the material versus being tested on the material in exams. You work with teams which has been a great experience. There is a final paper - about 2000 words. I often did more than this in the weekly writing questions. If you read and put the effort in, you will do fine. He awards extra points if you go above and beyond as well.

MADM 715 w/ Dr. Wren - My least favorite course in the program. Insane amount of weekly reading - sometimes over 300 pages. There were many grammatical errors in the readings as well. The weekly tests were worth about 700 points of your final grade (out of about 1245) so you really had to put most of your time into reading and trying to guess what you will be tested on. The project fiasco was a total mess in my opinion. We were required to have a conclusion for our research in the 3rd week I believe? We turned in our projects 2 weeks ago and there are many still without a grade. I would not recommend this course because it is an elective - unless you absolutely have to. Many people earned their first C in this course.


I hope this has helped some of you because this forum has helped me greatly through my MBA journey. Good luck to everyone!

CajunPilot,

In Moodle, look to the side where your classes are displayed. There should be a tab that says MBA resource center. Course offerings and rotations should all be in there.

BeckyBLU

EDIT: My mistake, exams were not proctored, just timed. Apologies for the confusion!


Biggest thing was making sure you understand enough to explain the concepts in your own words and have the formulas in an excel ready to go. FIN701 wasn't that bad IMO.

Hi all, I took the MADM715 test. I got a 90 but I think some of that was pure luck. Some questions were pretty confusing but overall, it wasn’t too terrible.

@BeckyBLU,

I just finished up Fin 701, I paired it with MKT701 while it was a rough 7 weeks (mainly because of MKT) you can pair it up. It all depends on what your schedule allows. Would not recommend pairing it with MKT though.
FIN701 was a lot of understanding concepts with a lot of math thrown in it. So, if you are decent with math then I would say you could pair it.
Vines did a great job at making sure he was available through zoom meetings to answer any questions students had.

MADM715 quiz was pretty general. I think I studied too far into the details as I was used to MADM 701 and other courses that would pull random questions from anywhere in the text. Dr. Wren was pretty good at making sure we know concepts. But there are some questions that get into the nitty gritty of some things. Better to be well prepared than underprepared. After this week, we will definitely be able to change our study strategy. Hope this helped!

Anyone in MADM 715 a little worried about the weekly quizzes? Since they count for half of our grade, I am trying to figure out what to focus on, what the quiz will consist of etc. Anyone that has taken this course previously, can you provide some insight? It has probably changed since this is a new "textbook" so I may have to wait to take the first one to find out.

TigerDragon,

I took ISDS705 in the Fall and his tests were proctored then as well. In the Fall, he adjusted the rules on proctoring to allow open book, open notes and other windows open on the computer during the test.


Hope this helps.

Vantix,

I am getting a little overwhelmed as well in regards to MKT 701. The reading alone takes a lot of time to go through in order to actual be ready for the exam.

Given this project is due at the end of week 5, I wonder how the Part 2 deadline will work? All of that, plus two more forums and a "project reflection paper".

It seems as if this is all relatively new material for the course due to all the changes in scheduled deadlines and delays of posting material.

I am just worried about working on a 20 page paper, probably a forum posting next week and reading 160+ pages of content for an exam while paired with another challenging course. Nobody said earning an MBA would be a breeze but I am excited to be able to get more than 4 hours of sleep again!

best of luck to you.

BrentB71

Have to agree with MBA Student. From what I remember, the exams are based on the readings, and extremely frustrating. Just read the chapters 2-3 times. If there is a question regarding content from the videos, it is displayed during the quiz so you can watch it for reference.