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| FROM Fuqua Current Student Blogs: Making the Most of Elective Classes |
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One of the reasons that I was attracted to Fuqua was because of its shorter, six-week terms and the ability to quickly get an overview of general business concepts before diving into elective classes for a deeper perspective. Students who have significant experience in a core subject have the ability to exempt out and replace it with another class, but Fuqua was my first classroom exposure to business and I didn’t exempt out of anything. Until winter break of my first year, all of the classes I took were core classes and automatically added to my schedule, so I didn’t have to worry about choosing which classes to take. That all changed going into Spring Term 1. Because of the shorter terms, by the time I left for winter break I had already taken all the core classes but one (operations) and had at least a basic foundation in leadership & ethics, global institutions, probability & statistics, economics, financial accounting, leadership communication, finance, marketing, and strategy thanks to that coursework. It was helpful to get through all of these classes quickly so that I could have a well-rounded business acumen by the time interview season began in early January. In Spring 1, for the first time I was able to choose elective classes, and with the completion of the core operations requirement that term, I would be free to choose all of my classes for the rest of my Fuqua experience. But what electives should I choose? With over 100 offered each year, it was a bit overwhelming to decide which ones to take. Do I take classes that apply directly to my post-Fuqua career plans? Do I take some fun and less time-intensive classes so I can spend more time with my family, recruiting, or in leadership and extracurricular roles? Do I pick a concentration (or even two) and focus on classes that apply to it? Do I take all hard classes and really push myself? In the end, each person’s strategy will be different, but here is the general method I used to pick the classes I wanted to take: Concentrations I first chose the two concentrations that I found most interesting and most applicable to my future career and used those concentration requirements as a guide to choosing the electives that were interesting to me. Interest If there were any classes that sounded particularly interesting to me but didn’t necessarily help fulfill any concentration requirements, I also included those on my list. This was a hard step because there are way more classes that interest me than I would ever have time to take at Fuqua. If only I had a few more years here… Recommendations I reached out to second-year and former students to ask for their recommendations. There were a few classes I never would have considered taking that I ended up putting on my list because of how high the peer reviews were, whether that was for a particular course, or professor, or both. Timing There are very few (if any) electives that are offered every term, so I had to be strategic in deciding when to take the classes I wanted in order to avoid any possible conflicts. Additionally, I tried to even the workload where possible, taking into consideration recruiting cycles and other life event—for example, I will be taking a lighter load (only 2 classes) this upcoming Spring 1 term since we are expecting our second child in early January. Stretch This has possibly been the most important and impactful part of my decision making process. Although it would have been nice to avoid hard classes or subjects I wasn’t particularly fond of, I made a list of subjects I was weak in and made sure to take classes to help stretch the breadth of my education and strengthen those weaknesses. I’m glad I did this. Not only did I feel like I was able to minimize some of my short-comings, but some of those classes ended up being among my favorites that I have taken while at Fuqua. Two in particular come to mind:
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