Jeff O

The Econ 6100 class was honestly one of the most applicable classes I've had in 5 years of college. A lot of people know what a spreadsheet is and can create simple financial statements, but not very many know how to effectively, efficiently, and correctly format an actual decision model - which is where spreadsheets really get useful and you begin to see how powerful a tool they really are. I would even go so far as to recommend that this be a required class for Business Graduate students (both MAcc and MBA). The big complaint many employers have about hiring recent college graduates (from what I've read) is their inability to translate difficult concepts into language, models, or any other communication form that people (usually management) can actually understand and use. That's the core concept of this class - sorting through the barrage of data you are given to find what you actually need to perform a specific objective, using that data and tools of the spreadsheet to create simulations about what is happening or what could happen, and then putting all that information in a format that people understand and effectively use. Everyone needs that. Two thumbs up for this class.