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Summer 2010 MBA Update

Just a quick update on my MBA progress. I recently completed BUS202 – Managing in the Global Economy and got a B+. I’m glad that the class is over as it was a real disappointment. The course curriculum was not executed well and the only highlights were the guest speakers from BMW and Ericsson. The class was so disengaging that I began to lose interest in the entire program.

The good news is that it is over, and I am back engaged in two courses for the second session of the summer semester.

  • 200W – Research and Communication
  • 238 – International Marketing

For the 200W course we are focusing on a qualitative research project on companies within Silicon Valley incubators. The 238 course is focusing on taking a prototype product from Project Enable and putting together a comprehensive international marketing plan.

Wrapping up another session of classes…

Last night I put the nail in the coffin for my Financial Management course by taking the final exam. I think it went fairly well. I still need to throw dirt on the coffin by finishing our last case study assignment, but it shouldn’t be too hard to finish. Tomorrow night I will take the final exam for Managerial Decision Making Analysis, which should also be fairly easy, and then a short hour or two of work to finish that final project and this session will be a wrap.

Next session with be BUS 202, Managing in the global economy. And possibly an elective. Not sure.

Update on Business school

I haven’t written to give an update on my MBA in quite some time so I figured this would be as good of a time as any. The spring semester of the part-time program at San Jose State University begins right after the new year, so I am already midway thru the two courses that I am taking. Both classes are core requirement classes:

  • BUS220 is Accounting Principles
  • BUS250 is Managerial Law and Ethics

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