U of Calgary MBA Part Time 2012

[tortex]

Thanks Killramos.

I plan on taking Advanced topics in Fin admin, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Financial Risk MGMT during my first two semesters, leaving 1 elective to fill for Spring/Summer/Fall of 2023 (hope to graduate in Dec, 2023). FinTech looks like an interesting elective and I would like to take it if it becomes available.

How much time did you find you invested per week on most finance classes? From what I have been able to gather from this thread, the amount varies by student and by course, but you mentioned that you specialized in Finance, so your opinion holds the most weight here.


Appreciate the help!

[killramos]

My opinion holds weight? That sounds dangerous… haha

M&A is a notorious amount of work ( basically you do a work up of a case for every class and they decide if they pick yours to present that week which is brutal). That one is easily 3-6 hours per week so plan accordingly.

The rest weren’t bad 1-3 hours of work I usually spent a day on the weekend doing my cases and homework.

I took ~3 courses at a time through my MBA ( I had one hellish winter where I took 5 including a block week, that was brutal ).

It was work but not undoable, especially if you don’t have kids.

I never personally look Risk management as it didn’t fit, I’ve heard it was hard. Fintech is new ( I think Lehar teaches it though and he isn’t a hard prof and he’s actually hilarious in his own way ).

[tortex]

Thanks again. I am working during the day and have children, so I plan on using block weeks and full day Saturday classes to fill non-finance electives as much as possible! 1-3 hrs of work/week/class outside of class time for less intensive classes sounds doable!

I'm excited to get the ball rolling on course registration.