Week 47: Electives - Block D (t-minus 4 weeks)

Week 47 is over. Only 4 weeks to go. It is absolutely awesome outside and there are so many other things I would rather be doing. Therefore this will be a short entry.

Managing Innovation ended today. The class wrote their final exam at noon. This class had a series of individual memos for each class in addition to the final. I got the impression that people enjoyed this class, but that it might not have been as useful as it could have been. Also, the professor was not enthusiastic.

Consumer Research had the class complete an in-class assignment where the students analyzed survey results using the Systat12 program mentioned previously. The final is next Thursday.

International Finance covered more on exchange rates, hedging strategies and a little on accounting methods. The professor has been summarizing the chapters assigned for reading as well as providing updated readings and articles. A lot of the time students are not quite understanding what the professor is expecting of them when we review in-class examples. Also, groups have started presenting their cases. This is part of the marking scheme. Each group is responsible to analyze and present a case that represents a particular topic in the course. Furthermore, there is a problem set due for each group next week and a final next Saturday.

This weeks point four was trivia night at the grad club. One of the exchange students is leaving tomorrow and several others will be leaving in a couple of weeks. It feels like they just got here. Also, some of our fellow classmates will be back from their Mannheim exchange in Germany this weekend.

Scott Carson, the director of the full-time MBA program, hosted a wine and cheese event to talk with the class today. It has been confirmed that an extra lecture hall will be added. It is looking like there will be 17 teams of 6 to 7 people with a total class size of 110 (55 students per lecture hall).

With only 4 weeks left people have started to discuss their plans to move away. Also, there is some discussion on the upcoming transition week for the incoming class. I wonder what kind of hazing our class will decide to put them through...