Global MBA Online Brochure
We're pleased to announce that Global MBA Online program has now
officially published a program brochure. It's available in hardcopy and a
electronic version in PDF format is also available for downloading. It
provides highlights and basic information about our program. Please feel
free to pass it on to anyone who might be interested in GMBA program.
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Spring 2007 Courses and New Course Profiles
In the Spring 2007 semester, The Global MBA Online program will be offering
10 core courses and 8 electives. The Accounting Online program is also
offering 11 online courses. Please see the
Spring 2007 Course Offerings page for the complete course list and also
the textbook list. If you haven't
registered for S07 yet, please send your course registration request to:
gmbaadvising@utdallas.edu.
Profile of Two New Online Courses:
MAS 6V10.0G1: Special Topics in MIS - SAP Netweaver Business Warehouse (3 semester hours)
The Special Topic that will be covered in MAS 6V10 is “SAP Business
Warehouse”. This is a GMBA Online reading, lectures, and SAP Business
Warehouse System hands on course. Students will first study general Data
Warehousing and Business Intelligence.
The remainder of the course focuses on SAP Business Warehousing and
reporting. Students will learning how to develop and implement Queries that
data mine existing data that resides in the UTD SAP Business Warehouse.
Students will also develop and import data into the UTD SAP Business
Warehouse.
About the instructor: Lou Thompson - he has been with UTD for 5 years.
Previous to his UTD career, he spent over 25 years in Software Development,
Software Testing, Project Management, Quality Management, Customer Service,
and Software Tools. He participated on the SAP R/3 Implementation Team at
Fujitsu Network Communications. He has a Masters of Science in Computer
Science from DePaul University and completed Middle Management Certification
Program at Southern Methodist University.
MKT 6220.0G1 - Consumer Behavior (2 semester hours)
Consumer behavior focuses on why as well as how consumers make specific
decisions and behave in certain ways to marketing and non-marketing stimuli.
This marketing course closely examines what motivates consumers, what
captures their attention, what retains their loyalty and other related
aspects of buyer behavior. The theoretical perspectives of consumer behavior
along with practical marketing implications will be presented. Topics will
include the consumer decision making model, individual determinants of
consumer behavior and environmental influences on consumer behavior along
with their impact on marketing. Numerous examples and caselets will be used
to highlight the most relevant topics & issues.
The primary mode of teaching will be online lecture modules along with
relevant discussions & group projects. A significant component of the
learning experience, in a course of this type, is constructive & reasoned
discussion among the students. With this in mind, all students are
encouraged to actively and judiciously participate in online class
discussions.
About the instructor: Prof. Biswas has taught Marketing courses for the last
18 years at Purdue University, SMU and UTD. He has had 2 years of industry
work experience at a multinational company and has been in marketing
consulting for over 7 years.
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WebCT 6 Server Issues and Updates
As you have probably noticed, WebCT 6 server has had a few issues in
this past Fall 2006 semester. We’ve been working closely with the
university’s WebCT administrators trying to alleviate the problems. It has
been found that most of the problems we’ve all experienced are due to the
unexpected dramatic increase in the number of WebCT 6 users in the Fall
semester. To address this, the WebCT admins are clustering multiple
computers together in order to better handle the load. They plan on adding
additional servers to the cluster over the next semester.
Be sure to check the Campus Announcements section of the My WebCT page where
your classes are listed. Here, you will find important information on
maintenance schedules and any unexpected emergency outages.
As always, if you have any questions or need assistance, please contact
gmbasupport@utdallas.edu. If you are new to
WebCT 6 or need to learn more, please see this Student
Guide to WebCT CE6 provided by UTD Information Resources. A
student tutorial will be available while logging in to the WebCT CE6 server. For a quick orientation, please see
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Online Teaching Award Nomination
Each year the School of
Management presents an Excellence in Online Teaching Award to one professor.
A link to the nomination is provided together with your course evaluation.
If you haven't submitted your nomination yet, you still have the opportunity
to acknowledge a professor who taught an excellent online courses in this
Fall 2006 semester.
Please submit your nomination at:
http://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/currentstudents/awardnom.php
Thank you for helping us recognize outstanding online teaching!
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Math Refresher Course
As announced in the previous newsletter, a Math Refresher Course is
available for anyone who wants to refresh the math topics which are needed
in quantitative MBA courses such as finance, statistics and operations. A
self-test is available to help you determine if you should enroll in the
course. The cost of the course is $75 and you will have access to all of the
course material for 1 year.
For self-test and course registration, please go to:
http://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/currentstudents/mathrefresh.html
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Important Reminders
New Library Access Information:
Beginning December 13, 2006, your UTD-ID will be required to access the
Library’s electronic resources from off-campus. Your UTD-ID can be found by
logging on to http://netid.utdallas.edu.
Please see UTD Library's
Distance Learning page for more information on accessing library resources
for online students. This link is also available in each online course.
Flash-Based Tutorials on using electronic databases are also available.
Academic calendar: Please keep in mind that our program follows the exact
same
academic calendar
as the university. All deadlines apply to online
students. It's important that you follow the schedule to register courses, pay fees, drop/add
classes and etc.
Course registration: Priority is given to GMBA students for core
course registration. GMBA students should register for classes during
the early registration period. Registration request from graduate students with
other majors will be processed when regular registration starts. Please send
your registration request to GMBA Advisor at
gmbaadvising@utdallas.edu.
Please see
the UTD
Course Schedule. Graduation application: The deadline for graduation application for
Spring 2007 is January 16, 2007. Please email the GMBA Advisor at
gmbaadvising@utdallas.edu if you are graduating. Please also see the
Graduation Web Site for more information.
Updating your password: Please make sure you have a valid UTD NetID
account and update your account password periodically (6-12 months) so that
you can access UTD WebCT courses without any interruption. Please see
GMBA FAQ - Password. You can go to
the
NetID Page for
password updating.
Spring 2007 semester course starting dates: 16 week full term courses
and 1st 8-week courses start on January 8 and 2nd 8-week courses start on
March 12.
Courses will be released for student access on or right before these dates.
Please check out
the
Getting Started Information page for course access instructions and other
information. An email reminder will also be sent out to all registered
students right before the semester starts.
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