Need to do a Continuing Education class - what are some good ones?
My firm wants me to go to a continuing education class/seminar this year and I'm curious what all options there are. A guy I work with is doing Training the Street for his. Background: I work at a REIT, have an MBA, and am a level 2 CFA candidate. I love working in real estate, but I may try make a move to asset management or corporate development later on in my career.
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Post Bacc Studies - Trying to build a comprehensive list (Originally Posted: 09/23/2010)
Hey all -- was looking to go ahead and try to put together a comprehensive list of post bacc studies that could potentially one day get stickied to the top. I feel like there are a good deal of post bacc programs that are useful for either sharpening your skills, learning a new
NYU: School of Continuing and Professional Studies has a WIDE range of finance courses one can take to earn certificates in fields ranging from portfolio and wealth management to financial risk management and investment banking. A lot of these are good at opening your eyes up to different products and learning different modeling techniques that you may have never seen or experienced before and the classes are relatively cheap at around 800 bucks a course on average -- roughly $4000 for 5 classes and to earn one certificate (the cost of a similar single undergraduate course
Columbia: Columbia offers a post bacc business program that basically has your introductory finance, accounting, etc skills at the normal tuition rate for Columbia. While I think this is great for a liberal arts background trying to break into finance, I kind of feel like the NYU programs offer much more for the money and give applicable skills
In terms of California, I know that USC/UCLA and Stanford all have similar programs as well but don't know much on them
Harvard Extension School - I know some may laugh at this but going for a masters in government or international relations could prove very useful if you are applying for business school in the future and are looking to go into the international arena and overall the classes are relatively cheap -- and can go online for half of the time as well
Fordham-- Fordham offers some MBA level courses -- i think stats, accounting, finance -- that you can take as a form of post bacc but the whole package goes for 10k. they are cheaper than columbia and at the graduate level as well ( for what its worth), and obviously from fordham vs columbia
Anyone else who has any input or insight on these definitely add to the postings!
These are horribly overpriced time killers.
interesting thread. Harvard extension school would be cool just to get that gay harvard pinky ring and get acess to the harvard club in nyc. just hide the fact that you went extension school lol.
Well I dint think they're time killers especially since the reason you go to post bacc studies is because you were lacking something gpa wise in undergrad and may néed or want to make up for it. I think the NYU is decently priced for what you get but I think Columbia and Fordham are pricey for what you get def
Continuing Education - Couple of courses at a continuing education program (Originally Posted: 08/19/2009)
If I took a couple of courses at a continuing education program (i.e. something like this: http://www.scps.nyu.edu/academic-programs/continuing-education/) would you bother mentioning it on a resume? Obviously, it's easier than actually going to the school for undergrad/grad since they let anyone in, but the courses taught are pretty decent and you get grades. Worth writing on a resume (obviously in addition to mentioning gpa from my real undergrad)?
Are you working towards a certificate?
It would look better if you were going for some kind of tangible end-product for your experience.
Where are you going to school currently?
Speaking of Continuing Education certificates, is NYU's IB Certificate worthwhile at all? More specifically, is it worthwhile for someone with a non-MBA advanced degree who wishes to break into the industry? I would think it holds little value but wanted to get some opionions. Thanks in advance.
I would say it depends on how much networking and interaction you get with current industry professionals throughout the program.
I'm not in the program, so I can't say, but if you're going to spend money on a CE certificate, make sure you've got a network built in place at the end to make it truly worthwhile. It may be helpful mostly if you have zero finance coursework or experience, but what you do with it in terms of networking and job-hunting is really up to you.
Yes, it'll probably be towards a certificate. And I go to an ivy league.
Then I suppose you can add it under your "Education" section to show that you've supplemented your core university coursework. If you're not majoring in finance/economics, it can be seen as a plus as you're demonstrating interest in the industry.
Definitely include any courses that are relevant to the jobs you're interested in on your resume. This is particularly helpful if you go to an Ivy and are limited to liberal arts courses. Finance, Accounting, Real Estate courses from that list would make a lot of sense to have on your resume as those are not options for you at your school, and as sofib09 said, they illustrate initiative in developing more knowledge/skills in an area you're interested in. More people should do this.
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Continuing Education - Recently accepted to a top 5 MBA program (Originally Posted: 12/20/2010)
I have recently been accepted to a top 5 MBA program and plan to recruit this fall for an investment banking job/internship. Since I'll probably spend all my time at school recruiting/student club/FOMOing instead of learning, I figure I'd better do the learning now. What are some good continuing education opportunities I can take advantage of?
I've passed CFA LIII, so that's probably not a worthwhile suggestion one way or another. I was thinking perhaps learning C++/Java/VB/C# or something. I looked into NYU's SCPS, but most of that looks to be on-site classes and I'm not in NYC. Maybe take a WSP program or something?
What do you guys think is the best thing from an educational standpoint to prepare me for investment banking? Please note that I'm not looking really to pad the resume -- I probably wouldn't even mention this -- but I'm really looking to tangibly improve my skill set.
Let me know your thoughts!
Continuing Education Programs (Originally Posted: 04/10/2013)
Are there any continuing education programs or courses any of you can recommend? I've completed 2 at NYU (credit analysis and RE finance) because my company offered to pay for the entire thing. Now they offered to pay for another course of my choosing. Would love to hear any high quality ones that may prove to be useful. Thanks
Non-degree classes (Originally Posted: 03/20/2010)
What's the consensus on taking evening classes while working? I really like some of the courses offered by the Courant Institiute. They have a non-degree program where they let you take up-to 4 classes which Full-time Math Fin students take. I'm thinking of taking 1 class/semester till my 2yr analyst stint finishes. The time commitment is 2hrs/week in class and maybe 2hrs of studying, which isn't an awful lot. Do companies usually reimburse analysts for tuition for such programs (varies from firm to firm, but if anyone has any specific knowledge, please do share)?
I also realize that even-though I think I'll be able to manage it all, the equation will change completely once I really do start. I don't want to do something dumb like sign-up and then have to withdraw, so would really appreciate comments on the feasibility of this from people who are working.
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I meant during the weekdays purely for studying; sorry about that. I'm not in IBD, so I'm hoping I'll have a day to myself during the week to catch up on HW.
Are you in trading? if not don't do it. Take classes that are applicable to future goals. I've taken classes at courant (combinatorics, PDE) its a very rigorous program and i would recommend not taking it especially if you don't already have a quant undergrad background. Also what the hell are you going to do if you need office hours? and the problem sets i had took at least 3 to 4 hours
Thoughts on the Continuing Education Aspect (Originally Posted: 08/05/2014)
I wanted to hear some thoughts on how do companies go about with their "continuing education" pitch.
-How long does it take to have the opportunity to take that perk? What/if there is a list of schools to choose from? Which ones in particular would benefit the most? Does it have to be an MBA (even thought it may be expensive) or a CFP,etc.? Do I even need to have any weight to that pitch when considering a number of companies?
Thanks.
Most places will give you $X,XXX a years to take relevant outside classes. Just have to go through the line of managers to get approval, which can be tough sometimes.
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