My courses

Hey lovelies!  In the meantime it’s my second week attending classes here in New Orleans. Most of you probably know that decisions are sometimes giving me a hard time :0) So last week I tried to figure out which classes to take and finally I decided for these courses:

-Microeconomics (" An introduction to theory of prices and the allocation of resources. Topics include the pricing of goods and services, the determination of wages and returns to capital, market structure, and international trade")

-Macroeconomics ("An introduction to theory of aggregate income, employment, and the price level. Topics include unemployment, alternative monetary and fiscal policies, and economic growth")

-Social and Online Marketing ("In this course students will learn tools and framework to understand how companies can implement effective online and social media marketing campaigns")

-Organizational Behavior ("applies concepts from psychology and social psychology to organizational problems that managers face. Topics such as perception, communication, attitudes, motivation, influence, group dynamics, and organizational change are covered in a lecture, discussion, and problem-solving framework")

So far I can tell you that that I am quite pleased with my classes. The teaching-style is indeed different from WU. The courses seem to be much more lively here and the instructors are highly dynamic and commited. Very current topics are discussed. Also, class participation is very important and it seems that the amount of work is better distributed over the semester with midterm-tests, assignments, case studies, presentations etc. Instead the final exam should be rather easy (what I heard). Let’s see so far I am really happy and I hope everything runs smoothly at home as well!

Now I want to show you a really funny (and interesting) thing I learned in my Organizational Behavior class yesterday. The intention of our instructor was to demonstrate how different perspectives of people can be. First I thought he is kidding but the Americans really use this world map:

somehow not surprising at all, huh? ;)

And that's the world-map Australians use:

crazy perspective, huh?