Rick Upton's SCU MBA Courses

Rick Upton’s SCU MBA Courses

Introduction

Sometimes people ask me “Which course did we take together?” and “Why did you take so long to graduate?” For the answers to these and other potential questions regarding my education in Santa Clara University’s MBA program, here are the following:

Courses
Five Years?

Another page on this site show which courses were applicable towards Santa Clara University’s requirements for four MBA concentrations.

Courses

Here was my roadmap to graduation with an MBA. Note that some instructors taught the same course in more than one section, so if you took the same course with the same instructor during the same term as I did, we may have been in different sections.

Year	Quarter	Course*	Title	Instructor
2000	Waived	ECON 405	Macroeconomic Theory and Policy	N/A
		OMIS 351	Math Analysis	N/A
	Fall	MGMT 501	Managerial Competencies and Team Effectiveness	Dr. James Hall
		MGMT 505	Social, Political, and Legal Environment of Business	Martin Calkins, S.J.
2001	Winter	MGMT 503	Organizational Analysis and Management	Dr. William Kahl
		OMIS 353	Statistical Methods	Dr. Oliver Yu
	Spring	MGMT 524	Managing Innovation and Technology	Dr. David R. Palmer
	Summer	ACTG 301	Accounting for Business Decisions	Dr. Susan Parker
	Fall	FNCE 451	Financial Management	Dr. Robert Collins
2002	Winter	ACTG 313	Management Accounting: Strategic Cost Management	Dr. Michael Eames
	Spring	MKTG 551	Marketing Analysis and Decisions	Dr. Karen Fox
	Fall	OMIS 378	Information Systems Management for E-Commerce	Dr. G. Kent Webb
2003	Winter	OMIS 355	Computer-Based Decision Models	Dr. Narendra Agrawal
		OMIS 366	Database Management Systems	Dr. Aslihan Celik
	Spring	IDIS 612	Management of the High Technology Firm Seminar	Kevin Walsh
		OMIS 368	Software Process Management	Luke Dion
	Fall	MKTG 553	Competitive Marketing Strategy	Dr. Fabio Caldieraro
		OMIS 357	Operations Management	Dr. Andy Tsay
2004	Winter	FNCE 455	Investments	Dr. Meir Statman
		OMIS 360	Seminar in Manufacturing Management	Dr. Steven Nahmias
	Spring	OMIS 384	Supply Chain Management	Dr. Narendra Agrawal
	Fall	MKTG 592	Seminar in E-Business	Dr. Kirthi Kalyanam
2005	Winter	ECON 401	Microeconomics for Business Decisions	Dr. John Heineke
	Spring	IDIS 619	Business Policy in High Technology Firms	Dr. Tammy Madsen

* Course may have changed or been dropped since I took the course.

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Five Years?

Santa Clara University allowed MBA students to take up to six years to graduate. Here are the reasons I took five years instead of two or three years, as is more typical of SCU MBA students:

I wanted to get as much out of each class as possible. Doing so meant taking as few courses at a time as possible.
I wanted to have some time for social and family life, as well as time for extra effort at work.
I wanted to enjoy my summers doing other things while the weather is the nicest, and take classes when the weather isn’t so nice.
I enjoyed my current employment position, so there was no rush to get a degree to get another job.

Of course, your situation may be different than mine, so going at a slower pace may not be best for you.

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