Registration for the Period 2 Track-specific mini-modules opens Thursday, October 3, at 2pm. You can download a copy of the P1-P5 schedule in Connect in the Schedules & Registration tab in myMBA Program, and it’s also on your Current Students website. Registration on Thursday is only for the P2 mini-modules,  registration for P3-P5 will occur in November.

All students have already been registered in the following for P2:

• BA 504 IPD (ongoing from P1)
• BA 562 Creativity (ongoing from P1)
• BAFI 500 Corporate Finance
• BASC 550 Operations & Logistics

Students must self-register to take 3 out of 4 of the following Track-specific mini-modules:

• BAEN 541 Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• BA 541 Consulting & Strategic Management*
• BAFI 541 Principles of Finance
• BAMA 541 Product Service Management

*A note on the BA 541 Consulting and Strategic Management sections:

• If you plan to take BA 541 and are in the Blue Cohort you need to register into section 002
• If you plan to take BA 541 and are in the Green Cohort you need to register into section 001

The track-specific mini-modules you choose to take above will begin to narrow down your choice of which Career Track you can complete. Your choices in P2 will narrow your track options to 3: the 3 Career Tracks related to the mini-modules above.

You will have time to change your mind – registration is ongoing and you can change your elective choices right up until the 1st week of P2. You will learn more about the Career Tracks at the information session on September 27^th.

Registration Instructions: You can register for modules by logging into the SSC with your CWL. There are video tutorials at the bottom left side of the SSC website to guide you on how to register for modules. It is a good idea to log into the SSC ahead of time to familiarize yourself with this process so that you are prepared to register on October 3.
SSC Registration video: https://secure.students.ubc.ca/help/AddCourses_demo_video.swf

Waitlists – If the section you want is full, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca to get on the waitlist. Students do change their minds as to which module or section they prefer to take, and as seats open up in the full sections we will fill them from the waitlist.

If you have any questions about registration please contact askmba@sauder.ubc.ca

A friendly reminder that our first Business Plan Workshop will be held tomorrow!

Mandatory Business Plan Workshop #1
Date: Thurs, Sept 26
Time: 5-9pm
Location: Swing Space Building – Room 221 (5 minutes walk from the Henry Angus Building)

As the schedule for the workshop is looking very tight, there will not be a full supper break. We kindly advise all students to eat a hearty meal in advance of the 5:00pm start and bring a light snack with you.

Please note the 3 approved business plan proposals that we have now posted on Connect > myUBC MBA 2015 > myIPD > BA 504 (3.0) Integration & Professional Development: Foundation > Business Plan Project > Business Plan Proposals.

You are welcome to select one of the proposals for your Business Plan Project focus. Please note that we manage the requests on a first-come-first serve basis. Should you be interested, you can reserve the proposal by emailing askmba@sauder.ubc.ca with your team number (please click here for this information).

Should the proposal you desire be taken, you can request to be placed on a waiting list and we will let you know as soon as it becomes available. The proposal will also be marked as “TAKEN” on Connect when it is not available anymore.

It is important to note that teams do not contact the client before securing the proposal and receiving confirmation from askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

A few of your have enquired about the presentation that you need to prepare for this Thursday’s Business Plan Project workshop #1.

Please note that the topic you are presenting is just in general based on your reading of chapter 1 of the Business Model Generation Book and not related to the topic of your business plan project.

Should you have any questions, please direct them to askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

The Career Tracks Information Workshop will take place this Friday, Sept 27th, from 9am-12:30pm in HA 098.

You will hear a description of each track from the Track Champions, as well as information about career possibilities, the skills needed and the highlights of the track programming.

The Business Career Centre staff will be in attendance to add their perspective, and there will be lots of time for you to ask questions.

In preparation for Friday please watch the following 5 minute Track Overview video that gives you an overview of how the career tracks work (timing for choosing your track, registration for track-specific mini-modules, how the Track Requirements sheets work, track overlap for modules). No one will be presenting the information found in the video on Friday, so please do watch it in advance.

I have updated your Connect site with all the Track information, including the Track Requirements sheets (originals found on your Current Students website, under the FT MBA Track Requirements tab), a link to the video, and the Track Overview powerpoint presentation.

Also included is the Pre-req Module List document, which lists all the modules taught in the program, which track they belong to and are cross-listed with, what pre-reqs they have etc.

Please review the information and documents provided above prior to the workshop on Friday, and if you have any questions in the meantime please send them through to askmba@sauder.ubc.ca

Please note that your grade for the 2nd Integrated Case Memo – Savage Beast is now released on Connect > myIPD > BA 504 (3.0) Integration &Professional Development: Foundation > My Grades (left menu under IPD: Foundation).

*It is important to note that underneath your grade, you may click on “Comments” to view the individual feedback our graders have provided for you.*

Within the Grading folder in Sept 20 – Integrated Case #2: Savage Beast, we have also posted the Overall Graders’ Comments that were presented last Friday and 2 exemplars for you to refer to.

Should you experience any problems with viewing this information, please do not hesitate to contact askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

Further to the previous blog post – Business Plan Project – Workshop #1 – Thurs, Sept 26, it is crucial that students review Appendix 6 of the IPD Handbook so get yourself well prepared. The handbook is located on Connect > myUBC MBA 2015 > myIPD > IPD Handbook

Please keep in mind that:

1. Teams need to draft an idea to the first workshop
2. It needs to fit the assignment criteria, as found in Appendix 6 of the IPD      Handbook.

Should you have any questions, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

Global Immersion Location Teams!

The location destination teams are now finalized and the next leg of your UBC MBA journey is ready to begin! We are very pleased to be able to give everyone their first or second choice for location. Location selection took into consideration: student preference, student non-familiarity with the locations and logistical constraints/location capacity.

Click image below to see GIE teams:

Follow up communications regarding Global Immersion will be sent to you in the next couple of weeks by blog post or emails. Some of these will be specific to all Global Immersion participants, and others will be location-specific.

IMPORTANT — Please note that there are two mandatory workshops which all Global Immersion 2014 participants must attend:

9 AM – 4 PM Saturday, October 26th

9 AM  – 1 PM Saturday, February 1^st  (*Followed by location specific break-out sessions as required)

Best of luck to all of the teams on this exciting journey!

It has been brought to our attention that there was a Facebook post encouraging the 1st year MBA students to sign up for the Net Impact Conference in Silicon Valley, California from Oct 24-26.

Please note that the 3rd integrated case discussion is scheduled on Friday, Oct 25 and attendance is mandatory. As such, 1st year MBA students will not be able to attend the Net Impact Conference this year.

Your class will however be able to take advantage of this opportunity in the 2nd year of the program.

Thank you for your understanding.

Please refer to Business Plan Project Workshop 1 (Sept 26) – Briefing Notes before the 1^st Business Plan Project Workshop which is scheduled next week.

Mandatory Business Plan Workshop #1
Date: Thurs, Sept 26
Time: 5-9pm
Location: Swing Space Building – Room 221 (5 minutes from the Henry Angus Building)

The first workshop will be to your great advantage if your team has pre-discussed potential new venture ideas and selected a draft idea already as there will be no time in the workshop to do idea generation.

It is crucial that you review this document very carefully as there are readings and preparation tasks that you and your team need to complete before the workshop. This document also saved in Connect > myUBC MBA 2014 > BA 504 (3.0) Integration & Professional Development: Foundation > Business Plan Project > Business Plan Project Workshop 1 (Sept 26) – Briefing Notes.

To find out which team you are in, you may click here and this is also located on Connect within the Business Plan Project folder.