Has anyone ever asked you for something you threw out years ago thinking you would never need? Well, it just happend to me. I have gone back to school to receive another masters degree. I already have a Masters in MIS so, I figured an MBA in Finance would be useful, especially since I will be looking for a job soon. (read www.wrisleyfamily.com/merger)
So, I go and apply and sign up for a class. Since I already have one masters, some regular old 500 level courses like Managerial Accounting and Financial Accounting and Business Statistics and about 3 others should be waived since I took similar classes several years ago and an accredited university. Well, they asked me to get my transcript, which I did. All A's except for 2 B's. They askedme for course descriptions and credit hours. I found that and gave it to them. They asked me for the original text books. Okay, believe it or not, I had those. I copied the cover and the table of contents and gave that to the school. Now, they want me to locate the syllabus for each class I wish to transfer? Are they nuts? Back when I took the classes I probably did not have the syllabus. Like I have them now 8 years later.
I am working with the director of admissions and he's like "See if you can get the current syllabus for the current classes. Sure the instructors may not be the same and the book may not be the same but it's probably not too far off". This guy is really helpful but, does not make the decision whether or not i can get credit for these classes. Someone else does that.
So, I contacted my former college and am now hunting down this professor and that one, trying to locate a current or old syllabus.
Geez.. what a hassle. It is worth it I suppose. I need 16 courses for this MBA and if I can get out of 6 of them, I can finish faster. Speed is important here because my current employer pays for all tuition but, I am supposed to be let go at the end of December 2004. Any classes after that I may have to pay for unless my new employer (if there is one) will pick it up. The fewer classes I have to take the less money out of my pocket.