Economics

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Economics Decision Sciences

• Beginning of Semester Meeting
• August 2003

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Agenda

• Resource Issues
• Website Issues
• Paperwork (prerequisites, etc.)
• Curriculum Issues
• Committees
• Staffing GAs
• Advising Issues
• Financial Matters
• Miscellaneous

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First, Our New Mission

• Research, not teaching
• How does that affect us?
• Publications
• Quantity (at the University level)
• Quality (at the department/college level)
• Conference presentations wont count for much
• Course load reductions . . . ?
• Reassignment reports very important now

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Website Comments

• College of Business
• Completely remodelled
• Visit, get to know it
• Report errors and suggestions to Carleen
• EconDSci Website
• Use as start page else create bookmark
• Major additions on Administrative page

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Some Resource Considerations

• Photocopying
• Old machine dying
• New machine to be inherited
• Gauri Guhas office
• Purchased with his cigarette money
• Use main copier (BU 213) whenever feasible
• Only 1 student worker available
• For now, plan to do your own typing, copying,
  etc.
• Check with Jeanette ahead of time for office work
  needed

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Paperwork Needed

• Prerequisite forms (see EconDSci website)
• Syllabi one for every course ASAP
• Hardcopy
• Digital version
• Updated curriculum vitae (by December 31)
• Hardcopy
• Digital version
• Outside employment (everyone?)

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Some Curriculum Issues

• MIS 1503
• All upper level courses (degree plans 2002 and
  later)
• QM 2113 regardless of degree plan
• Computer proficiency exam
• MOS exams through ITS
• SimNet through EconDSci
• Economists must consider how to make major
  viable
• MIS need to let HS students know about
  opportunities
• Other . . . ?

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Committees

• PRT
• Econ Chris Brown (2 years), Gary Latanich
  (Chair )
• DSci Russ Jones, Farhad Moeeni (2 years)
• At large Dan Marburger (2 years)
• Grievance (nominees)
• Larry Dale
• Gary Latanich
• Others (need 1 from each area plus at large)?
• Curriculum Guha, Jones, Marburger (chair),
  Segall, Torres
• MIS Search
• Farhad Moeeni
• Gary Latanich
• Ahmad Syamil
• Qingyu Zhang

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Staffing

• MIS search looking for the best . . . !
• Temporary faculty this Fall
• Erin Morphis MIS 1503 (1 section)
• Aaron Brown Visiting Professor of Decision
  Sciences
• Grad assistants
• Zahid Ghuznavi
• Falk Scherzer
• Bhattiprolu Sivasrinivas

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Advising Issues

• Advisors update student degree plans when you
  get them
• Most are being done, but some are being ignored
  (especial when by email)
• Use pencil when indicating future coursework
  erase after completed
• NSO tomorrow (selected draftees)
• Use student numbers, not SSAN
• If graduating, need UNGR 9999
• Dont forget the 4-year guarantee

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Financial Matters

• Supplies digital media available
• Use sparingly (get from Jeanette)
• CD-RW
• ZIP (100 250)
• Floppies (recycled)
• Travel and related for 2003/2004 500 per
  faculty member
• Merit issues

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Miscellaneous

• CoB award winners congratulations!
• SWDSI
• Alumni Breakfast
• All faculty invited
• Also leaders of student organizations
• Office hours post them (and be there)
• Alternate testing sites
• Scheduling check with coordinators
• Anything else . . . ?

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Thats All, Folks!