{"id":3826,"date":"2007-08-01T14:20:54","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T18:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:02:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:02:34","slug":"graduate-programs-expand-schedules-and-locations-to-meet-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2007\/08\/graduate-programs-expand-schedules-and-locations-to-meet-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate programs expand schedules and locations to meet demand."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nSharon Lassar<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The popularity of programs in the College of Business Administration has prompted the business school to devise more opportunities to accommodate student interest. Among new delivery options for programs in the Chapman Graduate School: the Master of Accounting (MACC) and the Master of Science in Finance (MSF).<\/p>\n

MACC moves to weekdays.<\/em><\/p>\n

The MACC program, well-established as a convenient, ten-month, lockstep, Saturday program, began a new weekday schedule this summer.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had many requests from prospective students for a program held during the week, especially for religious reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Sharon Lassar<\/strong>, director of the School of Accounting<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had many requests from prospective students for a program held during the week, especially for religious reasons,\u201d said Sharon Lassar<\/strong>, director of the School of Accounting. \u201cIn addition, demand for the program has been increasing over time. As a result of that growing interest, we felt we could admit more students while maintaining the program\u2019s high quality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nWilliam Welch<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Students in the new group meet at Modesto A. Maidique Campus in the MARC Building, which Lassar describes as \u201ca wonderful facility with the state-of-the-art classrooms such a high-caliber program needs.\u201d Like their counterparts in the Saturday program, students take two classes a week. One takes place on Monday evening, the other on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new structure also differs from the Saturday MACC program by putting greater emphasis on IT, which we achieved by replacing Environment of Accounting and Auditing<\/em> with a course on information security,\u201d Lassar said.<\/p>\n

The School of Accounting added new faculty to handle the additional teaching load.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hired six new faculty members, two of them specifically to free other professors for the weekday program,\u201d Lassar said. \u201cWe will continue to evaluate student demand to determine the next time to begin a new group.\u201d<\/p>\n

MSF grows in its new Downtown Center home.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nEmmanuel N. Roussakis<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u201cIntroduced in January, 2001, the MSF-Fast Track (FT) has been structured as a lockstep, eleven-course, twelve-month executive program, enabling participants to benefit from its cohesive and progressive design and from sharing their unique perspectives and experiences with each other,\u201d said Emmanuel N. <\/strong>Roussakis<\/strong>, director, MSF Downtown program and graduate certificate programs in banking.<\/p>\n

He actively promoted the reorganization of the graduate program and implemented the MSF-FT when he served as chair of the Finance Department from 2000-2003.<\/p>\n

In the past, the college admitted two groups yearly, with different concentrations at two campuses: financial management and corporate finance at Modesto A. Maidique Campus, and investment at the FIU Pembroke Pines Center. Because of Miami\u2019s importance as an international financial center, international banking and commercial bank management became the focus of the MSF program at the college\u2019s \u00a0Downtown Center.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith the opening of the Downtown Center and the creation of an advisory board for our program in October, 2006, we saw the possibility of expanding the MSF.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Isabel Lopez<\/strong> (MIB \u201906, BBA \u201903), MSF program manager<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith the opening of the Downtown Center and the creation of an advisory board for our program in October, 2006, we saw the possibility of expanding the MSF,\u201d said Isabel Lopez <\/strong>(MIB \u201906, BBA \u201903), MSF program manager. \u201cOne of Dr. Roussakis\u2019s strongest areas of expertise is international banking, which we knew he could promote to banks downtown. We also knew that our advisory board<\/a> members would help open doors for us to hold information sessions at their firms and help expand our enrollment.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the new location in the Downtown Center, another change has occurred: the MSF is simultaneously admitting students for the Modesto A. Maidique Campus and Downtown Center programs\u2014the first time two groups will start the program at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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