CURRICULUM ADVICE

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CURRICULUM ADVICE

• Require a Defined Laptop
• Foreign Language Requirement for B-Students
• New Graduation Requirements
• Exit Exam Minimum Score
• E-Portfolio of Best Works
• More Emphasis on Analytics
• Competing on Analytics
• Evidence Based Business

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REQUIRED LAPTOPS

• Cons
• Compelling a Standard
• Betting on Hardware
• Tough to Control
• Support Demands
• Cost
• Lack of Student Demand

• Pros
• PR Coup/Ranking Games
• Close Down Labs
• Save
• Education Tool if Applications Available
• Hardware Capabilities Standardized

Question Other than for employees who travel
often, is business sold on laptops as the
hardware of choice and wireless as the networks
of choice?
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

• Does requiring business majors to take one year
  of foreign language as part of the general
  education requirement of freshman and sophomores
  make sense?

• Cons
• Could Scare Off Some
• Students
• Further Restricts Student
• Choice

• Pros
• Internationalization
• Immigration
• Demographics

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NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Score on Exit Exam

• Pros
• Improve Learning
• Assess Learning
• Lift Scores for PR Purposes
• Insure Graduates Leave with a Baseline of
  Knowledge

• Cons
• Risk scaring some students off to less rigorous
  programs

E-Portfolio By Each Graduate

• Pros
• Improve Learning
• Improve Resumes
• Reinforce Writing Skills
• Assess Learning

• Cons
• More Work for Faculty
• Risk Scaring some Students off to less rigorous
  programs

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Greater Emphasis on Analytics

• Beacom requires more analytical classes than
  most undergraduate programs (2 classes of stats,
  3 classes of econ, a calculus class) and we are
  considering adding an analytics specialization
  to our MBA.
• Is this emphasis good?
• What is the right name for a specialization?
• Examples Competing On Analytics or
  Evidence Based Business