BBA Newsletter – April 18, 2012
The BBA Newsletter is sent out from the BBA Program Office every other week. The goal of
the Newsletter is to provide BBA students with a summary of what they should
know/opportunities for them in a concise format. Feel free to contact the BBA Office at any
time at bbaoffice@umich.edu with comments/concerns/suggestions about any and all things
related to the BBA Program.
Note: Items listed in the Newsletter are for all BBAs unless otherwise noted.
This will be the last BBA Newsletter of academic year 2011-2012. Congratulations
to graduating BBA’s!
Table of Contents:
*Academic Services: Important Information
*Commencement Ticket Pickup Begins Today!
*Ross Exit Survey
*NEW Spring Course Offering: MO 463 – Creativity at Work
*BBA Juniors: FIN 302 Teaching Assistant
*Course Number Changes
*Boston University Summer Study Internship is Accepting Applications
*Info posted in previous newsletters…
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*Academic Services: Important Information
Student Mail Folders:
Our office will be cleaning out student mail folders for graduating seniors after the Winter
term ends. Seniors, please be sure to remove any items in your mail folder that you’d like
to keep before the end of the term.
FA12 Core Course Swaps:
 Please DELETE any postings for which you’ve already identified a swap partner. This
will let others know that you are no longer looking for a partner, and will reduce the
number of emails you receive.
 Please note that once you have submitted your swap survey, your swap will be
processed within the next two business days, provided your swap partner has
submitted their swap survey by that time.
 If you have already received an electronic permission for a swap but have not yet
made the swap in Wolverine Access, please be sure to do so as soon as possible.
Summer Transfer Credits:
Are you thinking about taking non-UofM summer courses? Make sure you submit a ‘BBA
Transfer Credit: Preliminary Evaluation’ form, available here:
http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/Resources/Forms/BBATransferCreditEvalForm.pdf.
Spring/Summer Registration Information and Deadlines:
 Office of the Registrar: http://ro.umich.edu/calendar/ss12deadlines.php
 Ross Academic Services:
http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/Registration/TimesDates/RegistrationDates.ht
m#Spring/Summer
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*Commencement Ticket Pickup Begins Today!
Ross Commencement tickets may be picked up in the Davidson Winter Garden, across from
the front desk, on the following dates/times:
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Today, Tuesday, April 17, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. AND 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 19, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
You will need to show your mcard to pick up your tickets.
Additional commencement information (child attendees, strollers, etc) may be found on the
Ross Commencement website: www.bus.umich.edu/commencement.
If you have any questions regarding tickets or commencement in general, you may contact
RossEvents@umich.edu.
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*Ross Exit Survey
It’s hard to believe your time at Ross is coming to an end! Your class has accomplished
great things during the last three years, and we hope you continue to be engaged as
alumni.
We are always looking for ways to improve the BBA experience, so please take a couple of
minutes to complete this survey about your time at Ross.
Take the Survey
Thank you, congratulations, and Go Blue!
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*NEW Spring Course Offering: MO 463 – Creativity at Work
MO 463-Creativity at Work --- This course is designed to introduce the student to the
practices necessary to stimulate and manage creativity in a business. Students will be given
frameworks and methods for designing, developing, and implementing creativity in real
work situations. The aim of the course is to provide students with the perspective and skill
base necessary to manage creative projects, people, and ventures.
Each class will consist of two basic components: 1). a theatrical framework, and 2). a
methodology or tool. Each segment of the course is designed to engage the student in a
conceptual and experiential application of creativity practices that will be applied to a real
challenge.
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*BBA Juniors: FIN 302 Teaching Assistant
FIN 302 is a new course offered starting in Fall 2012 that will cover material similar to FIN
300 but for non-BBAs. The course will consist of two one-hour lectures and one one-hour
smaller sized Friday discussion section. Whereas the lectures will present the core material
of the course, the students will cover additional problems, discuss questions from
homework, and possibly take quizzes in these Friday sections. The Teaching Assistant for
this course will independently run up to two of the Friday discussion sections. Materials to
be covered in the Friday section will be provided by the instructor.
Teaching Assistants will spend approximately 100 hours working over the semester. The
breakdown of that requirement is as follows:
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Two hours per week (28 hours per semester): Teaching Friday Sessions
Two hours per week (28 hours per semester): Attending FIN 302 lectures (can be
done during class at MW 12:00 – 1:00 in Blau Auditorium, Ross School or by
watching videos of class prior end of day Wednesday)
Two hours per week (28 hours per semester): Preparing for Friday Session, including
weekly 30 minute meetings with instructor
16 hours per semester: Grading Exams and Quizzes
Teaching Assistants wages will be in line with current BBA grading assistants, $10 per hour.
Applicants for this position must be a BBA student that has completed FIN 300
with an A- or better. Applicants must be available for two of the Friday sections
listed for this course.
Contact: Professor Amy Dittmar, Finance Department - adittmar@umich.edu
Please provide a resume, a list of all Finance Courses taken and grades in these courses, a
list of all Finance Courses enrolled in for Fall 2012, and availability on Friday during Fall
2012.
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*Course Number Changes
Effective Fall 2012, please note two course number changes:
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ES 444: Introduction to Microfinance (formerly BIT 444)
ES 445: Base of the Pyramid (formerly BIT 225)
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*Boston University Summer Study Internship is Accepting Applications
This unique 12-week summer internship program for college students provides visiting
students with an opportunity to gain academic credit and hands-on work experience.
Students in the program take two six-week summer courses in the Academic Phase, and are
placed in a full-time summer internship in the Boston area during the Internship Phase,
completing a 2-credit Internship Course throughout the program.
Application Deadline is April, 27, 2012
Note: Interested students should submit a ‘BBA Transfer Credit: Preliminary Evaluation’
form, and review the rules CAREFULLY about what may or may not be accepted for transfer
to your BBA degree. Some courses listed in the Communications Department at Boston
University transfer to University of Michigan as business credits and will not be accepted.
Remember, students may transfer a maximum of 9 credits of non-UM coursework to their
BBA degree.
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*Info posted in previous newsletters…
*Earn LSA Elective Credits for Producing a Movie: SAC 300, 400 Dramatic Narrative
Production I & II
Every Fall, Screen Arts and Cultures (LSA) offers two courses in Dramatic Narrative movie
production: SAC 300 and 400. BBA students can enter these classes to work in the
Producing Department, responsible for the management of what are, in effect, small film
production companies. The Producing Department is responsible for human resource
management, scheduling, financial matters, marketing and promotion—everything that a
real world producing department does. These productions emulate the real world of feature
production and you will be able to see how films are made, having input from the creative
side right through to the final packaging of the product.
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE in film production necessary. You will learn by doing, and
by working with SAC producers who have learned these skills by doing them. What you
bring to the party is a business model training and mentality, which strengthens and fleshes
out what our students learn through experience. Questions? Contact the instructor, Robert
Rayher: rray@umich.edu.
SAC 300 Dramatic Narrative I
Read course description here:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/cg/cg_detail.aspx?content=1910SAC300001&termArray=f_12_1
910
3 LSA Elective Credits
Offered: Fall and Winter terms
Lab Fee
Requires permission of instructor; contact Robert Rayher: rray@umich.edu.
SAC 400 Dramatic Narrative II Fall & Winter terms
Read course description here:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/cg/cg_detail.aspx?content=1910SAC400001&termArray=f_12_1
910
3 LSA Elective Credits
Offered: Fall and Winter terms
Lab Fee
Requires permission of instructor; contact Robert Rayher: rray@umich.edu.
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Email: bbaoffice@umich.edu