Project Management at UMPI

[ss20ts]

Which MIS courses have you taken? I’m majoring in BABA management and leadership also and I’m thinking of adding MIS. But I’m a little apprehensive about how tough the projects would be. Was there a lot of coding involved and need to be memorized?

I completed the MIS minor. The difficulty will depend on your experience when it comes to programming. There's only 1 course that there's programming. When I completed the course, the language for the programming class was C#. It was a program you had to write for the Final Assessment. Nothing had to be memorized.

[carebear_007]

Which MIS courses have you taken? I’m majoring in BABA management and leadership also and I’m thinking of adding MIS. But I’m a little apprehensive about how tough the projects would be. Was there a lot of coding involved and need to be memorized?

I completed the MIS minor. The difficulty will depend on your experience when it comes to programming. There's only 1 course that there's programming. When I completed the course, the language for the programming class was C#. It was a program you had to write for the Final Assessment. Nothing had to be memorized.

Thanks. I know the response will be different for everyone, but out of interest, how much hours did you put in to complete it?

[ss20ts]

Thanks. I know the response will be different for everyone, but out of interest, how much hours did you put in to complete it?

I have no idea how much time I put into the classes. I didn't keep track. The amount of time every class and Final Assessment takes to complete will vary widely for everyone.

[carebear_007]

Thanks. Hopefully someone who does keep track will chime in.

I do want to add, your guidance and helpful responses to me in the early stages of this journey were very encouraging. Ashkir has also been wonderful. His positive responses kept me pushing forward. It may not mean much to either of you, but you two made a BIG difference in my life. You two were the reasons why I considered UMPI and will be officially starting tomorrow.

[BetaBen]

I only had to take the Programming for Mangers class because I transferred in Sophia's Project Management and Study.com's Computer Science 303: Database Management. The Management & Leadership concentration classes covered the rest of the MIS requirements. 

My project used the Visual Basic language in Microsoft's Visual Studio. I would say that it is a tricky assignment for programming beginners (like me). I completed the readings/6 milestones pretty quickly, but I put in about 20-25 hours for the assignment before asking for a Zoom meeting with my professor (I prefer email, but programming questions are difficult to ask over email). We had a few meetings (about 4 hours total) and my professor was able to help me finish the program on the calls. UMPI's professors have been great for helping you understand and complete assessments. 
No memorization was necessary.

So, if you take that one, make sure to reach out immediately if/when you get stuck. It is not a bad assignment, but can be time consuming when you just don't understand. My professor also mentioned that a few requirements in the assignment are tricky for beginners and that the assignment could be revised to make it more beginner friendly.

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Thanks. Hopefully someone who does keep track will chime in.

I do want to add, your guidance and helpful responses to me in the early stages of this journey were very encouraging. Ashkir has also been wonderful. His positive responses kept me pushing forward. It may not mean much to either of you, but you two made a BIG difference in my life. You two were the reasons why I considered UMPI and will be officially starting tomorrow.

Agreed! ss20ts and Ashkir have been inspiring to me as well. Beginning to plan out a degree was very intimidating, but their posts here on the forum have been exceptionally helpful! I was beginning to feel discouraged in working towards my degree, but now I am just 4 classes away from fulfilling my degree requirements.

Many thanks to Ashkir and ss20ts!

[ss20ts]

I only had to take the Programming for Mangers class because I transferred in Sophia's Project Management and Study.com's Computer Science 303: Database Management. The Management & Leadership concentration classes covered the rest of the MIS requirements. 

My project used the Visual Basic language in Microsoft's Visual Studio. I would say that it is a tricky assignment for programming beginners (like me). I completed the readings/6 milestones pretty quickly, but I put in about 20-25 hours for the assignment before asking for a Zoom meeting with my professor (I prefer email, but programming questions are difficult to ask over email). We had a few meetings (about 4 hours total) and my professor was able to help me finish the program on the calls. UMPI's professors have been great for helping you understand and complete assessments. 
No memorization was necessary.

So, if you take that one, make sure to reach out immediately if/when you get stuck. It is not a bad assignment, but can be time consuming when you just don't understand. My professor also mentioned that a few requirements in the assignment are tricky for beginners and that the assignment could be revised to make it more beginner friendly.

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Agreed! ss20ts and Ashkir have been inspiring to me as well. Beginning to plan out a degree was very intimidating, but their posts here on the forum have been exceptionally helpful! I was beginning to feel discouraged in working towards my degree, but now I am just 4 classes away from fulfilling my degree requirements.

Many thanks to Ashkir and ss20ts!

Oh it sounds like the Final Assessment has changed since I took the class! I had to use C# and it wasn't covered at all in the course which was really weird. The professor changed after I started the class too, but my original professor was given a HUGE promotion. Visual Basic would probably be easier than C#. My programming experience is in HTML from over 10 years ago. This class was my biggest challenge. I am not an IT person at all. 

Thank you for the kind words! I'm so glad I found UMPI because of this forum. I was really struggling with the school I was at and the change was amazing for me.

[carebear_007]

I only had to take the Programming for Mangers class because I transferred in Sophia's Project Management and Study.com's Computer Science 303: Database Management. The Management & Leadership concentration classes covered the rest of the MIS requirements. 

My project used the Visual Basic language in Microsoft's Visual Studio. I would say that it is a tricky assignment for programming beginners (like me). I completed the readings/6 milestones pretty quickly, but I put in about 20-25 hours for the assignment before asking for a Zoom meeting with my professor (I prefer email, but programming questions are difficult to ask over email). We had a few meetings (about 4 hours total) and my professor was able to help me finish the program on the calls. UMPI's professors have been great for helping you understand and complete assessments. 
No memorization was necessary.

So, if you take that one, make sure to reach out immediately if/when you get stuck. It is not a bad assignment, but can be time consuming when you just don't understand. My professor also mentioned that a few requirements in the assignment are tricky for beginners and that the assignment could be revised to make it more beginner friendly.

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Thanks. Hopefully someone who does keep track will chime in.

I do want to add, your guidance and helpful responses to me in the early stages of this journey were very encouraging. Ashkir has also been wonderful. His positive responses kept me pushing forward. It may not mean much to either of you, but you two made a BIG difference in my life. You two were the reasons why I considered UMPI and will be officially starting tomorrow.

Agreed! ss20ts and Ashkir have been inspiring to me as well. Beginning to plan out a degree was very intimidating, but their posts here on the forum have been exceptionally helpful! I was beginning to feel discouraged in working towards my degree, but now I am just 4 classes away from fulfilling my degree requirements.

Many thanks to Ashkir and ss20ts!

Thank you so much for taking the time to thoroughly explain. Your view and time management explanation gives me some type of an idea if I can fit the minor within the 8 weeks.