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Comments on the first course
“I have never seen 95%
of the material in this course & I’m happy to learn it now than
through mistakes in the business world.”
“The material taught in
class is not accessible to most other people…the speakers taught from
their own personal successes & failures.”
“Excellent overall
course content- The stuff one never gets as part of a traditional technical
BS or MS degree. It has forced me to view things through perspectives
different than just engineering.”
“It made me think about
what it would take if I were to be involved in developing a commercial
product based on my research.”
“It is an amazing
course.”
“A great opportunity to
connect with successful business people”
“The course is so good
that I keep thinking BIOEN 599E should be introduced in all graduate
courses!”
Comments on the second course
Stimulating aspects of the
course:
“new perspectives
on how businesses operate”
“real-world concepts and
people”
“pleasure to work with
people from other areas and to meet new interesting people”
“variety of quality
lectures was outstanding”
“many new topics and
great extension of topics from BIOEN 599E”
“hearing from industry
experts was very instructional”
“great way to learn from
the experiences of others”
“the fact that experts
from industry came to give the lectures and present their
experiences”
“exposure to various
areas of business was challenging but the most important is that these
areas were made interesting by anecdote”
“taught me things I
never would have learned elsewhere”
Factors that contributed most
for the learning:
“hearing
experiences/stories straight from the horse’s mouth”
“case studies”
“lecturers talked about
their experiences not theoretical ideas”
“emphasis on financial
attributes is critical to my future understanding of business”
“projects gave me a
chance to apply topics that were discussed and lectures were a great
combination of theory and anecdotes from real world experience”
“the Foster Business
Library now has a whole new look as a useful resource”
“Q&A with the
instructors”
“quality of instructors
and knowledge given by experts”
Comments on the third course
“knowledge given by experts
was stimulating ...” “Easy access to tons of
expertise”
”Learned to
quickly communicate ideas to business-oriented people”
”This was
different from any other class I have taken. It exposed me to planning and
executing a plan to achieve a complex goal in a team setting“
“It allowed
the integration and application of what was learned in 599E/Y into something
that is practical and real world”
”Stuck on one
project allows for continuity and ownership, thus providing satisfaction
upon achieving set goals”
“Synergy
created from working with team mates towards achieving similar goal was
motivating”
“Working with
a real technology was motivating”
“Evaluating
the viability of a technology for commercialization was challenging and
fascinating”
“As painful as
it was, the “rude Q&A” taught me a great deal. Compliments are nice,
but constructive criticism does a lot more for improving in the future”
Instructors comments on PTC
courses
"I wish I had taken this
kind of course(s) while I was in school …
… it would have saved me
millions of dollars worth of mistakes."
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