I can’t think of a major program in Canada that isn’t calling itself ‘integrated’ and ‘international.’ So why is this so unique?
Most programs will assert some degree of an integrated approach and some focus on international. But at McGill, at the core of what we teach, is an integrated model that is team-taught and has thrown away all the individual functional courses – no more accounting, no more finance, no more marketing courses.
Instead we teach a set of modules – for example, one around global leadership and another around managing resources, which combines human resources, information technology and finance. Another is around value creation, which combines marketing and operations. We put the models together at the front and say ‘This is how a business works. We’re going to get you to think big picture right from the beginning before you start to specialize and drill down.’
So can you get accounting?
You will learn accounting going through that [module]. We also have a base camp at the very start, where we actually do some fundamentals in accounting, math for finance, and statistics, to make sure they are up to speed on some basics.
MBA classes from the 1960s and 1970s were often young people from poor backgrounds. What happens to accessibility when you need tens of thousands of dollars of annual tuition?
I understand the sentiment, but in our own program, an MBA student is quite different than 20, 30 or 40 years ago. They all have work experience, and coming in they have an average salary of about $50,000 a year. They’ve been off working an average of about five years.
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Most programs will assert some degree of an integrated approach and some focus on international. But at McGill, at the core of what we teach, is an integrated model that is team-taught and has thrown away all the individual functional courses – no more accounting, no more finance, no more marketing courses.
Instead we teach a set of modules – for example, one around global leadership and another around managing resources, which combines human resources, information technology and finance. Another is around value creation, which combines marketing and operations. We put the models together at the front and say ‘This is how a business works. We’re going to get you to think big picture right from the beginning before you start to specialize and drill down.’
So can you get accounting?
You will learn accounting going through that [module]. We also have a base camp at the very start, where we actually do some fundamentals in accounting, math for finance, and statistics, to make sure they are up to speed on some basics.
MBA classes from the 1960s and 1970s were often young people from poor backgrounds. What happens to accessibility when you need tens of thousands of dollars of annual tuition?
I understand the sentiment, but in our own program, an MBA student is quite different than 20, 30 or 40 years ago. They all have work experience, and coming in they have an average salary of about $50,000 a year. They’ve been off working an average of about five years.
NEWS BY:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/business-education/after-mba-fees-victory-mcgill-moves-on/article2222627/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2222627
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