WELCOME! EMBA-Global A&E 2015

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Welcome EMBA-Global

Class of 2015

Kelley Martin Blanco, Assistant Dean and Dean of Students, EMBA Programs

Declan McCarroll, Director, Partnership Programs

Jinsu Kim, Associate Director, Student Affairs, EMBA Programs

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This morning…

• 9:00 - 9:30am Welcome - Academic Overview/ CBS Resources/Practicalities

• 9:30 – 9:45am Introduction - External Relations & Development

• 9:45 – 10:00am Break

• 10:00-11:00am ITG Overview

• 11:00-12:00pm ISSO Overview and I-20 Signing

• 12:00-1:00pm Lunch in Faculty House

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TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3

May-Aug 2013 Sept-Dec 2013 Jan-Mar 2014 Executive Leadership Fin. Planning & Analysis Global Economic Environment Financial Accounting Operations Management Strategic Management Managerial Statistics Corporate Finance Capital Markets & Investments (Elective) Managerial Economics Marketing Managerial Negotiations (Elective) Leadership & Org. Change Decision Models Global Elective options (LBS/CBS)

TERM 4 TERM 5 Feb 2015 May-Aug 2014 Sept 2014-Jan 2015 Recognition Ceremony at CBS

Elective options Elective options An international seminar/assignment is required and may be taken in terms 3, 4 or 5.

Curriculum

July 2015 Congregation at LBS

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Requirements

10 London/30 Columbia elective credits

• London electives/1 credit = Columbia electives/3 credits

• Standard course load per term is 4 courses

• Include 1 International Seminar/Assignment • Option to include up to 2 Management Reports, Independent

Studies or Team Projects

• Complete by December 2014/January 2015

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Grade Distribution: LBS

LBS grades

LBS distribution

Core

LBS distribution

Electives A+ 10%

50%

A 40%

B 40% 50%

C 10%

F

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Grade Distribution: CBS

CBS Grades*

CBS Distribution Core

CBS Distribution Electives

H+, H, H- 25-30% (no H+’s in core)

no more than 2% H+’s

no more than 50% H’s

no fewer than 5%

P1’s or lower

HP+, HP, HP- 55-65%

P1+, P1**, P1- 10-15%

LP+, LP, LP-

F

* +’s and –’s are are at the discretion of faculty

**P1 distinguishes the weighted grade from the unweighted grade of P in Pass/Fail courses

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Grade Translation

Columbia Business School London Business School

H+ A+

H, H- A

HP+, HP, HP- B

P1+, P1, P1- C

LP+, LP, LP-

F F

IN (Incomplete) I (Incomplete)

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Acceptable Programme Performance

•CBS uses 10 point scale •Grade Point Average – details in Assessment Regulations •GPA 5.50 or above to graduate •H = 10, HP = 7, P1 = 4, LP = 1, F = 0

•CBS – Dean’s List awarded each term •CBS – Dean’s Graduation Honors (top 25%) with Distinction (top 5%) cumulative GPA •LBS – Degree awarded with Distinction

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Acceptable Programme Performance

Students are required to maintain an acceptable level of academic performance to remain eligible for the award of degree. The following guidelines apply:

After Term 1 GPA less than or equal to 4.40 Dismissal

GPA less than or equal to 4.80 Probation

GPA less than or equal to 5.90 Warning

After Term 2 GPA less than or equal to 4.40 Dismissal

GPA less than or equal to 4.80 Probation

GPA less than or equal to 5.90 Warning

In subsequent terms GPA less than or equal to 4.80 Dismissal

GPA less than or equal to 5.20 Probation

GPA less than or equal to 5.90 Warning

Graduation Requirement GPA greater than or equal to 5.50

Columbia Business School Research Centers

Tutoring Resources • Each student receives 45 hours of free peer tutoring for the

duration of the program for quantitative core courses and the pre/co-requisite finance elective, Capital Markets and Investments.

• Tutors for the courses above are recruited from EMBA, MBA and PhD students and Alumni. Students tutored in a group of two or more can pool their hours. Additional hours beyond the 45 allocated per above may be scheduled at the expense of the student.

• Tutortrac is a scheduling program that students may use to schedule tutoring sessions.

– https://tutortrac.gsb.columbia.edu

Columbia ID

Columbia Student Clubs

• EMBA students are welcome to join student run clubs at CBS

• Various options from Career & Professional clubs to Social and Athletic clubs

• Dues may be required

Study.net http://www.study.net/columbia

• Study.net is your digital course reader for core courses

• All case books are uploaded to Study.net – Some additional materials may be

added later to Portal or Canvas

• Direct access through Canvas • Web Access through

http://www.study.net/columbia Email Login: JSmith15@london.columbia.edu Default Password: lastname (lowercase)

We recommend that you change this password to match your other passwords

Student Representatives

• Provide a vital link among class, administration, faculty, alumni and other students

• Rewarded with unique opportunities to liaise with professors and administration and maintain leadership roles

• Must have: • Time to do dedicate to the role • Integrity and support of the class • Excellent listening and diplomacy skills to represent the WHOLE

class

• Students self-nominate and can only run for one position

• Candidate presentations to the class (3-5 min) during lunch on

Wednesday

• Online voting process after the presentations

• Winners announced by the end of the week

Election Process

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The week ahead…

Time Tue Jun 11 Wed Jun 12 Thurs Jun 13 Fri Jun 14 Sat Jun 15 Classroom: Warren 309 Classroom: Warren 309 Classroom: Warren 309 Classroom: Warren 309 Classroom: Warren 309

8:00 AM Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

Breakfast (8-8:30 AM) Breakfast

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

Orientation

9:30 AM

Leadership & Organizational

Change Managerial Economics

10:00 AM Managerial Statistics Leadership & Organizational Change Professor Paul Ingram Professor Jean Pierre Benoit

10:30 AM Professor Alex Yang Professor Paul Ingram (8:30-11:30AM) (8:30-11:30AM) 11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Lunch (Warren Lobby)/EMBA

Speaker Series: Andrew Giangrave (EMBA '05), Managing Director,

CIT Group

Lunch (Warren Lobby)/EMBA Career Management Workshop: Communicating with Impact II

12:00 PM Lunch at Faculty House

Lunch (Warren Lobby)/Class Rep Election Presentations (Warren

309)

Lunch (Warren Lobby)/ Career Management Orientation (Warren

309) 12:30 PM

1:00 PM

1:30 PM Managerial Statistics Financial Accounting

2:00 PM Managerial Statistics Managerial Economics Managerial Economics Professor Alex Yang Professor Amir Ziv 2:30 PM Professor Alex Yang Professor Jean Pierre Benoit Professor Jean Pierre Benoit (12:30-3:30 PM) (12:30-3:30 PM) 3:00 PM

3:30 PM

Break Break

4:00 PM Break Break Break

4:30 PM

Career Management Workshop: Review Session:

5:00 PM Communicating with Impact

Leadership & Organizational Change

Financial Accounting

5:30 PM Financial Accounting (Warren 309, 4:15-5:30 PM) Leadership & Organizational Change Professor Paul Ingram (3:45-4:45 PM)

6:00 PM Professor Amir Ziv Global A&E Reception Professor Paul Ingram (3:45-6:45 PM)

6:30 PM (Warren Lobby, 5:30-7 PM)

7:00 PM

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This Week’s Highlights

Wednesday:

– Lunch: Class Rep Election Presentations

– Career Management Workshop: Communicating With Impact

– Cocktail Reception

Thursday:

– Lunch: Columbia Career Management Orientation

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This Week’s Highlights

Friday:

– Breakfast: Meet the Coach: Vince Ponzo ‘03

– Lunch Speaker: Andrew Giangrave (EMBA ‘05)

Saturday:

– Lunch Speaker: Robert Rubinstein, Founder, TBLI Group

– Lunch CM Workshop: Communicating with Impact – Part II

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Announcements

Don’t forget your gift! Mail folders on fourth floor of Warren Hall in Lehman

Lounge—pick up ID cards this week ITG Student Support upstairs in Lehman Lounge MMR titer tests and vaccinations at Health Services

(appointment needed for shots; walk in for titer tests)

July Hotel Dates

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Welcome EMBA-Global Class of 2015

External Relations and Development

Lisa Maher, Assistant Director, Individual Giving

Marisa Totino, Associate Director, Young Alumni & Student Relations