BA 504 Integrated Professional Development (IPD): Foundation is a required component of your MBA program running in P1 & P2 that all students must complete.
Your first assignment for BA 504 IPD: Foundation is a Case Memo that is due by 8am on Tuesday September 3rd. This blog post contains instructions on how IPD works, and how to complete and submit this case memo.
For your information, IPD is comprised of 4 components that are offered throughout the program:
- BA 504 (3.0 credits) Integration & Professional Development: Foundation
- BA 507 (3.0 credits) Integration & Professional Development: Global
- BA 512 (1.5 credits) Integration & Professional Development: Experiential Learning
- BA 508 (2.0 credits) Integration & Professional Development: Capstone
Reading materials for the first component – BA 504 IPD: Foundation are now released on Connect > myIPD > BA 504 (3.0) Integration & Professional Development: Foundation. You MUST refer to this document IPD Foundation Integrated Cases for instructions on how to access the IPD Connect site, to find out when your case memos are due, submission method etc. As outlined in the document, your first case memo is due by 8am on Tuesday, September 3rd and late submissions are not accepted.
There is a required course fee of $54.75 that is associated with BA 504 and that all students must pay before Nov 30 2013. The fee covers materials for the course such as articles, supplies etc. The payment gateway will open by Aug 23, 2013 here: http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Resources/The_Store/Class_and_Lab_Fees. If a payment is not received, your grade for BA 504 will not be released.
If you have any questions or concerns related to IPD, please contact askmba@sauder.ubc.ca so that full clarification can be made ahead of the due date.