My ENMU MBA Experience

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Nice thread! Some questions:

1) How challenging are each class? How much time do you have to put into each one?

2) There doesn't seem to be any ratemyprofessors reviews for any of the instructors on ENMU. Are you worried about the difficulty of future classes? The very few instructors that were rated on ratemyprofessors seemed to have some nightmare reviews.

3) Do you feel there is a lot of busy work in the courses?

4) If you took a DSST/UExcel exam in Organizational Behavior how did that compare to ENMU's?

Sorry I have been on vacation to Nigeria and also had slowed down on my assignments. I'll try to answer each question below:

1) I feel the classes are a little bit challenging, but doable. I find the assignment easier when I study the required chapters before attempting any written work or test. Honestly, when one is prepared, one finds the classes less difficult.

2) I am not worried about the difficulty of future classes. The two classes I am taking this term have helped melt my fears. I am not the type who worries about professors. I get my syllabus, study the required chapters, do my assignments, turn them in, check my grades, and move on to the next assignment. Dr Xavier and Vladimir are two professors who have been very nice to every student. Once I missed a test (because I travelled to Nigeria for 2 weeks and had less access to internet) I wrote to one of the professors who gave me the grace to take the test even though I was a week behind schedule.

3) I don't feel there is a lot of busy work in the course. Today, I had to submit 2 chapter reviews. In Organizational Behaviour, we are assigned two chapters every other week to read and summarize in about 300 to 500 words each, giving our opinions about the work. I waited until today (deadline) to turn in the works as I have been busy at work recently, but that doesn't make it a lot of busy work. I feel the professors were being fair in the amount of work and the time frame we are given to turn in our assignments. We use a week to read the required chapters and we are given the next week to turn in our work. 2 weeks for two assignments is fair enough I'll say.

4) I didn't take UeXcel/DSST. I took Straighterline Organizational Behavior. While SL Organizational Behavior didn't require much writing like we have at ENMU's, I still prefer ENMU's written assignments over SL's MCQa as I tend to perform better at essay writing than multiple choice exams.

How is Managerial Research Analysis (BUS 518) going so far? Is the course hard and is the instructor (Wlamir Xavier )/course expectations any good?

BUS518 is going well. I don't think the course is difficult. Maybe because I have the recommended textbook and I read ahead of the class, I find the chapter exams and written assignments fair enough. We read two chapters every week and take a test of about 40 MCQs the next week. There are few papers to write as well. Wlamir Xavier has been very nice to me. I missed an assignment once and he gave me the grace to take the test and submit the paper missed.