MGMT 142
Information Technology in Accounting
Description: Lecture, seven and one half hours. Not open to freshmen. Introduction to role and use of models and modeling in managerial decision making, with focus on important types of models, their formulation and application, and insight and information that may be gained from use of modeling. Enables managers to understand role of quantitative models in firms that are most often applicable in business planning and decision making. Discussion of applications in area of accounting, finance, marketing, and operations, with emphasis on model formulation, interpretation of solutions, and understanding of mathematical versus verbal explanation of situations. Use of solution techniques and computer to solve problems. Offered in summer only. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2020 - Obviously Ravetch is a good professor but because of the required curve for management, this class is not a guaranteed A like bruinwalk says. I got an average of 97% and was just about over the threshold. I think that if you were to get a 96% averaged on all the different homework problems (which are online) you would still finish with an A- so be warned. However, the class is good because its really easy to get an A if you just follow directions. Everything is based on homework so its extremely important to double check and make sure your Excel spreadsheets you turn in are correct. My friend has an internship in IB and the pivot tables vlookups we learn are exactly what he does at his job so if you want to go into finance this class is great and extremely important. Ravetch wasnt always organized in this class because sometimes his videos didnt match up to the spreadsheets he shared with us. But basically what I did was I watched all his videos, skimmed the chapter in the book, did the hands on problems, all the book problems he told us to and I was prepared to get a 100% on the majority of the tests (2 per chapter). TLDR: not an easy A bc of the curve but very useful class for future finance careers
Summer 2020 - Obviously Ravetch is a good professor but because of the required curve for management, this class is not a guaranteed A like bruinwalk says. I got an average of 97% and was just about over the threshold. I think that if you were to get a 96% averaged on all the different homework problems (which are online) you would still finish with an A- so be warned. However, the class is good because its really easy to get an A if you just follow directions. Everything is based on homework so its extremely important to double check and make sure your Excel spreadsheets you turn in are correct. My friend has an internship in IB and the pivot tables vlookups we learn are exactly what he does at his job so if you want to go into finance this class is great and extremely important. Ravetch wasnt always organized in this class because sometimes his videos didnt match up to the spreadsheets he shared with us. But basically what I did was I watched all his videos, skimmed the chapter in the book, did the hands on problems, all the book problems he told us to and I was prepared to get a 100% on the majority of the tests (2 per chapter). TLDR: not an easy A bc of the curve but very useful class for future finance careers
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