Inside Kellogg #1: Academic Overview January 4
I think once in a while I’ll post some relevant text plus links regarding specifics of the Kellogg program I am joining. I think I’ll call it “Inside Kellogg.” Today we look at academics:
These core classes account for nine of the 24.5 minimum courses required for graduation:
* Accounting for Decision Making
* Business Strategy
* Finance I
* Marketing Management
* Mathematical Methods For Management Decisions
* Microeconomic Analysis
* Operations Management
* Statistical Methods for Management Decisions
* Strategies for Leading & Managing Organizations
During Pre-Term in our 2nd year, we complete a half-credit course, Values & Crisis Decision Making (broad class that looks at what we learned first year).
I have some ideas already as to some of the classes I want to take, but there will probably be changes as I try to figure out the whole bidding system for classes and professors. Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Managing Turnarounds are a few that already stick out to me. One other interesting one to me is the Human Element in Private Equity Investment. Well these are all prelim ideas for now, but I’m still looking through the countless options we have.
For the full Kellogg academics page go here.
Shahid Jan 18
There are some amazing courses available here - you’ll probably want to do more than you have the time to. As you’re heading in, you’ll probably want to concentrate on knocking down as many core courses as possible, so you can get to the interesting electives. My advice is to actually waive as many cores as you can. They’re very good (MKTG 430 especially), but a lot of the electives are even better, and will be more specific to what you might be interested in.
Good luck!