Sample Weekend

EMTM students attend classes on campus on alternate weekends during the nine-month academic year (September — May). Courses are typically 3-hour class sessions, with one class in the morning and one in the afternoon. Several courses are offered in each time slot. The sample weekend below reflects a representative mix of technology and management courses. (See also Sample Curriculum and Courses).

EMTM Sample Weekend
Thursday evening
6:00-9:00pm Arrival:
Full-time students arrive at the hotel the night before class so they can work together on team projects.
Friday
7:00-9:00am Breakfast:
The day begins with students having breakfast together at the hotel.
9:00-12:00 noon Accounting:
In this week's session, Prof. Stanley Baiman, the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting and Chairperson of the Accounting Department at the Wharton School, introduces engineering and technical managers to finanacial and managerial accounting, enabling them to understand, critique, and direct project evaluation.
12:00-1:30pm Lunch:
At lunch in Houston Hall, students catch up with each other.
1:30-4:30pm Marketing Models:
Led by Wharton Professor of Marketing Jehoshua Eliashberg, student teams use computer-based models to solve marketing strategy problems.
6:00-9:00pm Half-time (Saturdays only) students arrive.
6:00-7:00pm Dinner:
Students meet for an informal dinner.
7:00-9:00pm Politics & Networking Workshop:
Students in this optional workshop led by Victor McCrary, PhD, EMTM&’95, learn the networking and professional relationship skills needed to shift gears from engineer to executive.
9:00pm Late Evening:
Work on team projects, individual study and socializing round out the day.
Saturday
7:00-8:15am Breakfast:
Students eat breakfast together.
8:15-11:15am Decision Models:
This week's session covers strategic network restructuring decisions and portfolio selection problems — risk/reward tradeoffs.
11:15-1:15pm Lunch:
Students pick up lunch, confer classmates and faculty, and attend an ETS seminar (one of 12 offered throughout the year).

Emerging Technologies Seminar:
In this 90-minute lunchtime seminar, Mechanical Engineering Professor Haim Bau explains lab-on-a-chip technology, covering its current, emerging and future applications.
1:15-4:15pm Telecommunications:
Penn Engineering Professor Saleem Kassam, Director of Penn's Telecommunications and Networking Program, reviews local area networks (LANs) — Ethernet and wireless LANS and Layer 2 switching — and their business applications.
4:15pm Weekend Ends:
Students return home to family and to work, but continue to collaborate on the phone, via e-mail and through access to Penn Internet tools.

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