OPIM 5641 Business Decision Modeling
Course Title: OPIM 5641 Business Decision Modeling (also known as Excel class)
Type: Required, intensive course
Term/Time: Spring 2017, January 19 to February 23, Thursdays (11 am to 2 pm) and Fridays (9:30 am to 4:30 pm)
Instructor: Jan Stallaert
Teaching Assistant: No TA for this class.
Knowledge/Skills Gained: Spreadsheet engineering, Spreadsheet modeling
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Summary: This is an easy A class if you already have solid Excel experience. No exam in this subject. Homework accounts for 60% of the final grade. A team case presentation is done in the last two class.
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This subject is well-known as an "Excel" class rather than its official course name. Honestly speaking, I don't have any impressive memory about this subject because I have already used Excel for many years. To me, this class is an easy A class.
However, I paid careful attention to the homework because it accounted for 60% of the final grade. Given that this is an intensive course (you can refer to the syllabus here), there was no exam and everything moved very fast. Fortunately, Professor Stallaert is very experienced and teaches the subject at a reasonable pace. Therefore, I didn't feel that the course rushed to the end.
In the last two classes, the professor would assign students to teams, and assign cases to teams. Regardless which class your team would present your case, students would complete their case during the class time and present their method and result. This is when students apply what they have learned from the course to the case. Under the time pressure, even an easy thing can become somehow difficult. Remember this is a team case, so no need to figure out every step by you alone, but you shouldn't be a free rider.
In conclusion, I recommend take this Excel course taught by Professor Stallaert if you don't have time conflict with other subjects. This class isn't too difficult and can be completed in a short period of time.
Type: Required, intensive course
Term/Time: Spring 2017, January 19 to February 23, Thursdays (11 am to 2 pm) and Fridays (9:30 am to 4:30 pm)
Instructor: Jan Stallaert
Teaching Assistant: No TA for this class.
Knowledge/Skills Gained: Spreadsheet engineering, Spreadsheet modeling
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Summary: This is an easy A class if you already have solid Excel experience. No exam in this subject. Homework accounts for 60% of the final grade. A team case presentation is done in the last two class.
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This subject is well-known as an "Excel" class rather than its official course name. Honestly speaking, I don't have any impressive memory about this subject because I have already used Excel for many years. To me, this class is an easy A class.
However, I paid careful attention to the homework because it accounted for 60% of the final grade. Given that this is an intensive course (you can refer to the syllabus here), there was no exam and everything moved very fast. Fortunately, Professor Stallaert is very experienced and teaches the subject at a reasonable pace. Therefore, I didn't feel that the course rushed to the end.
In the last two classes, the professor would assign students to teams, and assign cases to teams. Regardless which class your team would present your case, students would complete their case during the class time and present their method and result. This is when students apply what they have learned from the course to the case. Under the time pressure, even an easy thing can become somehow difficult. Remember this is a team case, so no need to figure out every step by you alone, but you shouldn't be a free rider.
In conclusion, I recommend take this Excel course taught by Professor Stallaert if you don't have time conflict with other subjects. This class isn't too difficult and can be completed in a short period of time.
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