Purdue Executive MBA

I got an admit from Purdue Weekend Executive MBA program. Program starts on Jan 2008 and will end on Dec 2010. I will have to attend 6 semesters fall and spring with summers off.

Rational for taking the decision-

Schools under consideration-
1. NorthWestern University (Kellogg), Degree - Evening MBA, Cost-85k, Rank Top 10, 2.5 years
2. University of Chicago (GSB), Degree- Evening MBA, Cost - 85k, Rank Top 10, 2.5 years
3. UI, Champaign, Cost - 72k, Degree - Executive MBA, Rank 20- 30, 2 years
4. Notre Dame, Cost - 72k, Degree - Executive MBA, Rank 20-30, 2 years
5. University of Wisconsin, Madison - 60k, Executive MBA, Rank 20 -30, 2 years
6. Purdue, 38k, Executive MBA, Rank 20-30, 3 years

So basically Purdue gives me the best bang for the buck.

The Courses
Spring 2008 ECON 513 Economic Theory 4 credits
MGMT 600/601 Managerial Accounting 4 credits

Fall 2008 MGMT 670/671 Quantitative Methods 4 credits
OBHR 633 Human Resource Management 2 credits
OBHR 681 Organizational Behavior 2 credits

Spring 2009 MGMT 610/611 Financial Management 4 credits
MGMT 620/621 Marketing Management 4 credits

Fall 2009 ECON 514 Macroeconomics 2 credits
ECON 640 Economics and Social Policy 2 credits
MGMT 660/661 Operations Management 4 credits

Spring 2010 MGMT 630/631 Legal and Social Foundations of Management 4 credits
MGMT 683/684 Management Information Systems, Information Security, and e-Commerce 4 credits

Fall 2010 MGMT 650/651 Strategic Management 4 credits
MGMT 4 credits

Schedule

2008	2009	2010
January 12 (orientation)	January 10	January 16
January 19	January 17	January 23
January 26	January 24	January 30
February 9	February 7	February 13
February 16	February 14	February 20
February 23	February 21	February 27
March 1	March 7	March 6
March 29	March 23	March 27
April 5	April 4	April 10
April 12	April 18	April 17
April 19	April 25	April 24
April 26
	May 2	May 1
May 3 (finals)	May 9 (finals)	May 8 (finals)
Summer recess	Summer recess	Summer recess
August 16	August 15	August 21
August 23	August 22	August 28
	August 29
September 6		September 11
September 13	September 12	September 18
September 20	September 19	September 25
September 27	September 26
		October 2
October 4	October 3	October 16
October 18	October 17	October 23
October 25	October 24	October 30
	October 31
November 1		November 6
November 15	November 14	November 13
November 22	November 21	November 20
December 6 (Finals)	December 5 (Finals)	December 4 (Finals)
		December 19 (Graduation)