Yale Makes Big Changes to MBA Program

[Ferocious]

Yale this year became the first major university to require its MBA students to study abroad. The Ivy League school also replaced finance and marketing courses that have been the mainstay of business education for 50 years with courses structured to mimic the way business managers operate.

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Something to think about if you're contemplating an MBA in the future.

 

[Modular]

No surprise there with the MBA changes. I really like the fact that they got rid of the finance and marketing courses. Everyone knows that your average finance guy uses a computer program anyway and coult pass his accounting 102 final if his life depended on it anyways.

 

[wyvrn]

Originally posted by: Modular
No surprise there with the MBA changes. I really like the fact that they got rid of the finance and marketing courses. Everyone knows that your average finance guy uses a computer program anyway and coult pass his accounting 102 final if his life depended on it anyways.

If you don't understand the theory, how are you going to interpret the results of the program? There are many things computers cannot do.

edit: I'm an MIS major and I passed my accounting exams just fine. My final in finance was the hardest test I have ever taken, though. It dropped me from an A+ in the class to an A-. My calculus final was a walk in the park in comparison. Finance is challenging stuff.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Ferocious

Yale this year became the first major university to require its MBA students to study abroad. The Ivy League school also replaced finance and marketing courses that have been the mainstay of business education for 50 years with courses structured to mimic the way business managers operate.

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Something to think about if you're contemplating an MBA in the future.

But I kinda want the finance courses...