UMPI Class Review Master Thread

[ishady]

Name: MAT 140 - Mathematics for Business.
Subject: Mathematics
Semester/Term: This June-,July 2023 (summer?)
Instructor: Courtney Boma.
Long or Short?: Long.
Number of Outcomes: 10 (if not mistaken)
Adaptive Outcomes?: Yes.
Number of Milestone Activities: 6.
Type of Milestone Activities: explain some Math problem.
Type of Final Assessment: Quiz in 3 hours.
Notes & Overall Thoughts: easier than Sophia's Introduction to Statistic (althou not related, should be compared to Study.com instead) could be quicker if you take tutoring, the exam was the same as the adaptive just different value.

How many days does it take?
If are you limited by waiting on each milestone to be graded 1 by 1?
If I could spend 8 hours a day on the course, could I finish in 2-3 days?

Hello, sorry for late reply. I took it a very long time because I am not a Math person and have to take tutoring. But if you are fond of Math you could do it in short time because it's only slightly above basic Math. Good luck. Cheers.
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[ishady]

Name: ECO 207 Macro and Microeconomics
Subject: Economics
Semester/Term: Fall 1 2023 
Instructor: Kennard Brown
Long or Short?: Medium/long
Number of Outcomes: 5 chapters
Adaptive Outcomes?: No
Number of Milestone Activities: 10
Type of Milestone Activities: Short essay 500 words about 1 page or video presentation about some economics subjects that are explained in the reading
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 4-6 pages and video presentation 5-10 minutes about a case with 10 questions
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Could be shorter (perhaps 2 weeks) if the professor answer the milestones and the draft promptly. The professor quite nice and give kind words, but review milestones 72 hours later, so recommended to work at other class while waiting

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Name: MAT 140 - Mathematics for Business.
Subject: Mathematics
Semester/Term: This June-,July 2023 (summer?)
Instructor: Courtney Boma.
Long or Short?: Long.
Number of Outcomes: 10 (if not mistaken)
Adaptive Outcomes?: Yes.
Number of Milestone Activities: 6.
Type of Milestone Activities: explain some Math problem.
Type of Final Assessment: Quiz in 3 hours.
Notes & Overall Thoughts: easier than Sophia's Introduction to Statistic (althou not related, should be compared to Study.com instead) could be quicker if you take tutoring, the exam was the same as the adaptive just different value.

Type of Final Assessment: Quiz in 3 hours (37 multiple choices)

[turbotortuga]

Name: BUS 240 Change Management
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 1 2023
Instructor: Brian Richards
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Modules: 6
Number of Milestones: 3
Type of Milestone Activities: Short essays (approx 500 words)
Type of Final Assessment: 1500-2000 word APA paper with recommendations for a change management plan at the company/organization of your choice.
Notes & Overall Thoughts:
Brian Richards is a great professor. He grades milestones promptly and provides thoughtful feedback. This was a very good short course and I recommend it be taken at UMPI versus SDC.

Name: BUS 466 Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting
Subject: Accounting
Semester/Term: Fall Term 1 2023
Instructor: Dr. Michael Curran
Long or Short?: Long
Number of Modules: 7
Number of Milestones: 7
Type of Milestone Activities: 2-3 page APA papers per instructions
Type of Final Assessment: 10 Essay Questions
Compilation of ten essay questions on material from the modules that also requires substantial outside research and sources. This ended up being around 15 pages long in the end.
Notes & Overall Thoughts:
Dr. Curran is a really awesome professor. He grades milestones promptly and provides interesting feedback. However this course is a complete nightmare. I must have written over 40 pages and at least 10,000 words for this course, which is more than all of my previous accounting courses combined. The milestones are just the worst. Every single one is like write a 2-3 page paper about this laundry list of topics, which actually take 5-6 pages to fully explain. And they don't even tie into the Final Assessment at all either, so it's literally just tons of non-graded busy work for nothing. Whoever designed this course did it like a normal 8 week course with a 3-4 page paper each week and a final paper for an assessment. This definitely is not a CBE formatted course at all. This course was an emailed course prior to this semester as it was not on Strut. The move to Brightspace has made this course a monster. Transfer it in from somewhere else easier at all costs.

[ishady]

Name: BUS 240 Change Management
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 1 2023
Instructor: Brian Richards
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Modules: 6
Number of Milestones: 3
Type of Milestone Activities: Short essays (approx 500 words)
Type of Final Assessment: 1500-2000 word APA paper with recommendations for a change management plan at the company/organization of your choice.
Notes & Overall Thoughts:
    Brian Richards is a great professor. He grades milestones promptly and provides thoughtful feedback. This was a very good short course and I recommend it be taken at UMPI versus SDC.

Name: BUS 466 Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting
Subject: Accounting
Semester/Term: Fall Term 1 2023
Instructor: Dr. Michael Curran
Long or Short?: Long
Number of Modules: 7
Number of Milestones: 7
Type of Milestone Activities: 2-3 page APA papers per instructions
Type of Final Assessment: 10 Essay Questions
Compilation of ten essay questions on material from the modules that also requires substantial outside research and sources. This ended up being around 15 pages long in the end.
Notes & Overall Thoughts:
    Dr. Curran is a really awesome professor. He grades milestones promptly and provides interesting feedback. However this course is a complete nightmare. I must have written over 40 pages and at least 10,000 words for this course, which is more than all of my previous accounting courses combined. The milestones are just the worst. Every single one is like write a 2-3 page paper about this laundry list of topics, which actually take 5-6 pages to fully explain. And they don't even tie into the Final Assessment at all either, so it's literally just tons of non-graded busy work for nothing. Whoever designed this course did it like a normal 8 week course with a 3-4 page paper each week and a final paper for an assessment. This definitely is not a CBE formatted course at all. This course was an emailed course prior to this semester as it was not on Strut. The move to Brightspace has made this course a monster. Transfer it in from somewhere else easier at all costs.

Thank you. Your posts is really helpful, now I will avoid BUS 466 and BIO 105 (or take it with Sophia).
Appreciated.

[Jarnaginra]

Name: BUS 335 Organizational Behavior
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Prof. Bajek
Long or Short? Short-Ish
Number of Modules: 5 quick modules
Number of Milestones: 4 Milestones -
Type of Milestone Activities: 4 varied-length responses aka essays from 900-2000 words each
Type of Final Assessment: 15-20 Slide PowerPoint w/ notes on each slide of a paragraph each at a minimum and a Kaltura recording of the presentation. The topic of an Inspirational Leader, how you view your leadership style, how it can be incorporated, how it aligns with your leadership style etc.
Notes & Overall Thoughts: The course was aligned with other leadership courses I've taken. So not too foreign. Pretty easy and straightforward
K Bajek is a great professor. She is accessible and grades milestones promptly. This was a very good short course and I recommend it be taken at UMPI I enjoyed making the PowerPoint.