MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE UNDERGRAD COURSES
College is so much better than high school because you have a bit more freedom to formulate your schedule to what interests you. It’s great to look back on your work and smile at how far you have come (especially when you kept tabs as much as I did). In order from freshman to senior year, here are my favs.
FALL 2017
UH101
University Honors (Social Foundations of Scholars)
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Professor: Meagan Bailey
I enjoyed this course because we were given an opportunity to engage in debate over society’s interactions and values. As an honors course, there were pop quizzes and no slack from the teacher but this forced students to really research these hot-topics instead of going off of what might seem generationally correct on social media. This led to extremely educational conversations which I appreciate (still do) over small talk echoed from Twitter. One topic we debated was the Internet of Things (IoT) and its effect on society.  Here are the papers I prepared for two classes encompassing the opposing positions.
SPRING 2018
EC110
Principles of Microeconomics
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Professor: Krishna Regmi
Such a scattered teacher but I always felt his excitement. While homework’s usually consisted of practice problems, class time was spent applying general concepts concentrating in consumer and producer behavior, competitive and imperfect markets, public policy and regulation and income distribution. One such topic--  the good ole supply and demand graphs. I remember writing this paper because Uber was in its second year trial in Alabama so seeing how it related to economics was a big deal for me as a freshman on campus. Big Uber fan here… and big extra credit fan!
FALL 2018
PHIL236
Philosophy of Religion
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Professor: Sungwon Woo
Religion has always been a pillar in my life. I grew up ringing the church bells as an alter server and went on to an all-girls catholic high school before transferring to my area’s public school. In Alabama, I joined a bible study group that was a bit cut-throat for me. Let’s just say this class was the total opposite... We explored the arguments for and against the existence of God along with the relationships between religion and morality. This course was as open to sceptics as it was to believers AND I LOVED IT. The term paper I wrote sheds a light into some of my beliefs.
SPRING 2019
PSYCH100
Introduction to Psychology
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Professor: Dylan Selterman
How to be manipulative 101. Just kidding but not really. We learned about the basic theories of psychology and how they help explain why the way that we are. I honestly learned so many random facts I didn’t think I needed to know until I took this course-- like to wear red on a date or how to convince someone to get a vaccine. I found this paper I wrote from 2019 for this class to be very fitting with such controversy surrounding the COVID vaccine.
FALL 2019
BMGT364
Managing People and Organizations
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Professor: Gregory Marr
As one of my management courses, I found it interesting to see the paradoxes between individuals and organizational life. For example how behaviors can shape individuals which nurture the company culture to which they belong. We applied theories when analyzing company practices, including the Halo effect, where people draw general conclusions based on a single characteristic. This is a reflection on Boeing’s errors, applying concepts we learned.
SPRING 2020
BMGT461
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Professor: Anna Zinenko
Have you ever seen the show Shark Tank? This class was a simulated version of that where we created a product and fake pitched to angel investors. Unfortunately, the week of presentations, COVID sent all of its abroad students back home to everywhere in the world so we did everything but present but posting my work here makes it seem a little less of a letdown. My product was a speaker with all of a regular speaker’s capabilities AND the proficiency to sync with friend’s playlists via app’s location services to create a total mashup of both. Gone are the days people have to take turns on the speaker, just let SWEETSOUNDS speaker do the work.
FALL 2020
BMGT458B
Special Topics in Marketing: Design Applications in Marketing and Branding
Professor: Howard J.S. Bomstein
The course was an extremely competitive atmosphere made up of 30 students selected from Smith Business School. We covered every aspect of branding from graphics, print, online, broadcast and web design/development. Our class separated into mini ad agencies and set out to compete with each other over the course term presenting to real life clients. My group of five named ourselves Pinwheel and I filled the role as media director given my expertise in media marketing. Each week there was a different assignment we are given to help market for or rebrand a ‘real life’ company or start up. We created logos, splash pages, ad mockups and used branding tactics explained by guest speakers from the class. There was minimal supervision until grading held each week during the case competitions which put the heat on us to meet deadlines and work cohesively as a group to win. The final pitch was for an health insurance company, WellNet Healthcare, and the winners were granted an automatic A in the class. My contribution was the podcast section, making mockups and sample intros with my media focus. Our group won the case competition and yes that still feels nice to say.
SPRING 2021
BMGT484
Digital Marketing
Professor: Mary Harms
I enjoyed this course because we learned specific techniques based on which marketing tactic to use. For example when to use a video over an email based on the goal of the message, the proper etiquette for each etc. We split up into groups at the beginning of the semester and picked a company to ‘refresh’ and make recommendations to. We picked Quivira Corgis, a wonderful breeder in Kansas who deserved an online presence as professional as her breeding credentials. After completing primary and secondary research, this is what we suggested to the company.
THOSE WERE JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS... HERE'S THE WHOLE PICTURE.
FIRST YEAR COURSE SCHEDULE
Note: Most courses transferred but some did not which may lead to discrepancies when comparing to transcripts.
Microcomputer Applications
English Composition 1
Freshman Compass CBA
Precalculus Algebra 1
Honors Connections
Values of Society
Public Speaking
Principles of Microeconomics
English Composition 2
Calculus and Applications
Intro to Listening
Elem Statistics
Technical Writing
Principles of Economics
Accounting 1
Principles of Accounting 2
Business Law in the Environment
SECOND YEAR COURSE SCHEDULE
FALL 2018
BMGT230 (Business Statistics)
ENES140 (Discovering New Ventures)
HIST135 (Civil Discourse of Urban Riot)
PHIL236 (Philosophy of Religion)
UNIV106 (Transfer Student In University)
SPRING 2019
AOSC200 (Weather and Climate Lecture)
AOSC201 (Weather and Climate Lab)
BMGT350M (Marketing Principles and Organization)
BMGT367 (Career Seachs in BMGT)
MUSC220 (Music Cultures of World)
PSYCH100 (Introduction to Psychology)
THIRD YEAR COURSE SCHEDULE
Fall 2019
BMGT301 (Intro to Information Systems)
BMGT362 (Negotiations)
BMGT364 (Managing People and Organizations)
BMGT459A (Design and Innovation Marketing)
BMGT458Q (Computer Graphics Workshop)
SPRING 2020 [ABROAD IN BARCELONA]
BMGT461 (Entrepreneurship)
BMGT463 (Cross Cultural Management/Challenges)
ECON340 (International Economics)
SPAN169X (Elementary Spanish 1)
FOURTH YEAR COURSE SCHEDULE
FALL 2020
BMGT360 (Strategic Management of Human Capital)
BMGT363 (Leadership and Teamwork)
BMGT451 (Consumer Analysis)
BMGT452 (Marketing Research Methods)
BMGT458B (Design Applications in Marketing)
SPRING 2021
BMGT484 (Digital Marketing)
BMGT466 (Global Business Strategy)
BMGT457 (Marketing Policies and Strategies)
BMGT495 (Strategic Management)
BMGT340 (Business Finance)
UMD SMITH SCHOOL RANKINGS
