UMPI Class Review Master Thread

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Name: MAT 140 Mathematics for Business
Subject: Math
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Trudel
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 5
Type of Milestone Activities: 4-9 math questions
Type of Final Assessment: Powerpoint with voiceover answering payroll questions
Notes & Overall Thoughts: This was an easy class and can be finished quickly. I finished the milestones all within several hours, and then the powerpoint was done the next day.

Name: BUS 200 Intermediate Business Computing
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Humphrey
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 3
Type of Milestone Activities: Word brochure, Excel, and PowerPoint
Type of Final Assessment: Completing the word, excel and powerpoint documents
Notes & Overall Thoughts: This was a fairly easy class. The milestones were easy – basically just a small portion of what would eventually become the final. If you’re familiar with these applications you should be able to get through it quickly

Name: BUS 260 Leadership
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Richards
Long or Short?: Medium
Number of Milestone Activities: 3
Type of Milestone Activities: short essays on the personality tests you take throughout the course
Type of Final Assessment: I THINK it was a 1500 work required essay. A lot of the milestone info feeds into the final
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Loved this class! Lots of great information on leadership.

Name: BUS 343 Project Risk and Cost Management
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Trudel
Long or Short?: Medium
Number of Milestone Activities: 4
Type of Milestone Activities: Powerpoints with voiceover, infographic with voiceover, and a paper
Type of Final Assessment: Risk Management Case Study
Notes & Overall Thoughts: I learned a lot about risk management in this class. Dr. Trudel is very passionate about the subjects he teaches and he requires a lot of information. He likes to use the feedback “needs more depth”, and it can be frustrating because it feels like no matter what you do nothing is ever good enough.

Name: BUS 469 Strategic Professional Communications
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Lynds
Long or Short?: Medium
Number of Milestone Activities: 3 or 4
Type of Milestone Activities: Short answer – 2-3 sentences
Type of Final Assessment: Power Point with VoiceOver and video, and a paper
Notes & Overall Thoughts: The milestones are quick, but the final took me a few days. She’s a great professor and I really enjoyed this class.

Name: HTY 489 – Infectious Diseases
Subject: History
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 2
Type of Milestone Activities: Papers that will feed into the final
Type of Final Assessment: Paper
Notes & Overall Thoughts: I took this class because I needed one to meet my 10 residency requirements. I’m glad I took it, I learned a lot of information I didn’t know about pandemics throughout history. It was very interesting – I encourage you to take this course if you need an elective.

Name: BUS 400 Project Management Applications
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Dorsey
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 1
Type of Milestone Activities: 3-4 paragraph paper on your projects that you’ve worked on
Type of Final Assessment: Project Outline
Notes & Overall Thoughts: This class is easy if you’ve helped manage a project before, you can use any type of project, I used a graduation party that I planned.

Name: BUS 401 Advanced Project Management Applications
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Dorsey
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 1
Type of Milestone Activities: 3-4 paragraph paper on your projects that you’ve worked on
Type of Final Assessment: Project Outline
Notes & Overall Thoughts: This class is easy if you’ve helped manage a project before, you can use any type of project.

Name: BUS 440 Business Analytics
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Winslow
Long or Short?: Medium
Number of Milestone Activities: 3
Type of Milestone Activities: 1-2 page papers
Type of Final Assessment: 2-3000 word paper
Notes & Overall Thoughts: I was so scared to take his class because other people have had issues getting their milestones returned. However, he didn’t return any of mine and didn’t critique them. I'm glad I decided to take this class at UMPI because I really enjoyed the material.

Name: BUS 325 Financial Management
Subject: Business
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2023
Instructor: Trudel
Long or Short?: Long
Number of Milestone Activities: 7
Type of Milestone Activities: 3 Powerpoints with voiceover, 1 Infographic, 1 paper, 1 excel, 1 short answer,
Type of Final Assessment: Powerpoint w/ voiceover
Notes & Overall Thoughts: This class took me the longest of all. It took me 4-5 hours for each milestone and about 6-7 hours on the final. I enjoyed it though because I learned a lot about calculating bonds and net present value.