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Western MBA Program

Getting Started - Traditional MBA Program

We always bring our new student group together for a program orientation and social time where we answer your questions and give you a chance to meet each other before getting down to MBA business. 

Below is a schedule for this year's orientation, beginning seminar, and early start date.  Your course registration information is listed near the bottom of this page.

Traditional MBA Program Orientation

Monday, September 21st, 2009
9:00 - 5 PM in Parks Hall 441 (subject to change)

Information about the Orientation Session will be sent to you shortly via mail and email.  Please be on the lookout for this information and reserve the date on your calendar.

  • 9:00 am: Orientation for MBA Candidates new to Western (those coming from a different school)

  • 9:30 am: Campus Tour for all interested students

  • 10:30 am: Orientation for all MBA Candidates

  • 12:00 pm: Lunch with MBA Faculty, Staff, Alumni and Continuing MBA Candidates

  • 1:00 pm:Orientation for all MBA Candidates

  • 3:00 pm: Graduate Student Social for all new Graduate Students in the MBA Program and Master's in Professional Accounting

  • 5:00 pm: New Graduate Student Happy Hour - Copper Hog Pub, Bellingham, WA

Your MBA 514 Classes Begins (an early start date)

 Tuesday, September 22, 2009 from10:00 am in Parks Hall 015


Class Schedule

MBA regular track students register for one 16-credit course each quarter during their first academic year.  Your fall quarter course is MBA 514 "Managerial Foundations".  This course consists of six modules covering a variety of topics:  intro. to professional management, competing in a global economy, economics of the firm, business statistics, financial reporting, and managerial skills.

We have composed a detailed description of the first year curriculum for your reference (tentative):

The First Year Curriculum

The MBA 514, 515 & 516 modules are scheduled in a manner to allow topic integration throughout the quarter.  Download this daily schedule for MBA 514 --

MBA 514 Daily Schedule

All classes will be held in Parks Hall 015, Monday - Thursday and some Fridays beginning, Tuesday, September 22nd and ending Friday, December 11th
 

Registering for Classes

Register for MBA 514 online with this link to Web registration.You will first need to activate your Universal Account by visiting Academic Technology.

MBA 514 will be taken only by students in your class, the 2009 Regular MBA class. This means that there is a spot being held for you, and you will not be competing for a seat.  You will need to register by the specific deadline that has been established by the Registrar's Office.

Registration Process

  1. Open your Universal Online Western Account at Academic Technology

  2. Search Classfinder for your class, MBA 514 during Fall 2009 term, and record the CRN (course record number).

  3. Set up your Web Registration userid and password.  Your userid is your student identification number (W#) and your initial PIN number is the first six digits of your Social Security Number.  See the web registration site for further information on registration online.  Refer to the PIN FAQ if you do not have a Social Security Number or have other questions.

  4. Login to the online registration system, Web4U, select the Student Services & Financial Aid tab, then select the Registration tab and the Add/Drop Classes link.  Select the term you are registering for and enter the CRN for MBA 514.  You will use a different UserId, your Western ID #, and password than your Univeral Online Western Account.  You will need to define a password the first time you log on to Web4U.

  5. Check the Registrars Office website for important dates for the coming academic year.

  6. If you experience any problems please contact Dorothy McCoy, the MBA Program Manager, at Dorothy.McCoy@wwu.edu.

Class Materials

Books
Please visit the Western Associated Students Bookstore were you can find the required books and case studies for your classes.  The Western Bookstore lists your books by class and includes the ISBN and author information.  You may then purchase your books online or in-person through the bookstore or from another source.  Please check back to the bookstore site regularly as books may be added up until the day classes begin.

The Western Bookstore is a Non-Profit Co-Op which provides monetary support for student activities, scholarships etc and is a major source of fudning for the Associated Students of Western Washington University.

Online Resources
Western has an advanced suite of online resources to help students and facult manage the learning experience.  MyWestern is the Student Web Portal which contains links to your University email, Blackboard (see below), Web4U (used for web registration) and MyFiles, your University digital storage space. You access all of these services by logging in to MyWestern and navigating from there.  You must set up your Universal Computer Account first before being able to access MyWestern and the services within.



Many MBA classes use Blackboard, an easy-to-use online course management system used by approximately half the courses offered at Western each term.  While not all of your MBA courses will use Blackboard, a significant number may. What is Blackboard? Blackboard FAQs.  You access Blackboard through MyWestern or through the Blackboard Login.

Computer Access
Your Universal Login provides you access to computer labs and the campus-wide wireless network.  With your UserId and Password you will be able to login in nearly all computer labs on campus and have wireless access in classrooms, cafe's and public spaces throughout the wider Western campus.

Tuition & Fees

As an Traditional MBA Candidate, you begin your MBA studies during the fall quarter.  The links below are to sites that will help you navigate through financial aid, tuition, class schedules and important deadlines.

Student Financial Resources
(Contains financial aid information.)

Student Accounts
(Contains information about payment deadlines, aid disbursement, tuition, etc.)

Tuition Estimator
(Look here! This is a great tool!)

Other Important Details to Consider --
Food, Housing & Parking

Click the icons below to learn more.

                                                                           
                                Food                           Housing                         Parking

 

Document Quick List: Just click and print!


The First Year Curriculum
 MBA 514 Daily Schedule
MBA 2009-2010 Academic Year Schedule & Registration Information*

Rember to check back in often to see what we have added or modified.  If the links above are not active it means the documents are not yet available.  Contact us immediately at daniel.purdy@wwu.edu if you are unable to download files with activel links and we'll get a copy to you ASAP. 

Again, we welcome you to the program and want you to feel free to contact us at any time with your questions and concerns.

Dan Purdy, MBA Program Assistant Director and Admissions Counselor
360.650.3825 or Daniel.Purdy@wwu.edu

Ms. Dorothy McCoy, MBA Program Manager
360.650.3898 or Dorothy.McCoy@wwu.edu  

To read the files downloaded from this page, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader .

L ast updated: 5-01-09

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