My second semester at Capilano University came after a successful first one and I remember mentally planning how I could improve my previous organization and work styles to perform at my best. I had chosen my courses in the previous semester, taking most of the other required business courses to put first year behind me once it was completed. The courses I took were as follows:<\/p>\n
CMNS 220 –\u00a0Advanced Business Writing and Editing\u00a0(Business Writing)<\/em><\/p>\n BFIN 141 –\u00a0Financial Accounting I\u00a0(Accounting)<\/em><\/p>\n ECON 111 –\u00a0Principles of Microeconomic Theory\u00a0(Economics)<\/em><\/p>\n BMKT 161 – Marketing<\/p>\n BADM 101 – Management<\/p>\n Advanced Business Writing and Editing had the greatest impact on my experiences at Capilano University. Not only has my writing improved, but my future opportunities and experiences have expanded. As can be seen in my CMNS 220 folder, I wrote an individual report based on an interview about ePortfolios, and their use and development. This project led me to be a participant in an explanatory video about the ePortfolios (not yet released) and has encouraged me to apply to become an ePortfolio ambassador. This course also had two required presentations and a group assignment, all of which helped improve my confidence in those areas. This was my most valued and appreciated course I have taken in university.<\/p>\n Financial Accounting I was entirely new content for me. The course relied heavily on the previous accounting course I had taken, which was expected with it being a prerequisite. I began the semester incredibly strong in this course, but gradually lost my flow and began to struggle with managing the workload I had in my courses. With my strong understanding of accounting I was quick to decide I would be able to succeed with the least time being put into this course and I was mistaken. Part of my understanding had come from my love of accounting and desire to do all the work I could to spend more time on it and without this practice I began to struggle more than I had previously. I still did well in the class, but I learned the most important lessons of university through it: everything is of equal importance and no matter how quickly you can pick something up you still need to give yourself time to practice.<\/p>\n My Principles of Microeconomic Theory course was another one that I would like to have spent more time on. At the time, I was choosing between courses and therefore neglecting to spend a desirable amount of time on all five. This was by far my worst decision yet, but I am simply going to use it as a reminder in the future that not putting in the time and work required will leave the result unsatisfying no matter how nice the letter is. The course itself covered a large variety of information that did all flow together well, but I struggled with remembering the differences between similar terms and how to find the associated numbers from charts and graphs. In the beginning the work was simple and straight forward, but as the course went on and topics began to link with each other they all blurred into one mess of terms and lines. Spending the extra time may have allowed me to decipher between them all better, however, so I will have to live with that choice and improve my work habits next semester.<\/p>\n Marketing was a course that ate up a lot of my time. We had large projects and lots of reading to do and that became a key focus as I fought to keep myself at my desired letter grade. I was successful in the end, but I could have split my time better between my courses. Our group project was a success (it can be viewed in my BMKT 161 folder), which greatly increased my grade and my confidence. We spent many hours researching, writing, editing, and presenting our paper; this contributed to the uneven distribution of my time, but was necessary for our group to get a mark we would be satisfied with. I was not unhappy with this course and its result, and I wish I could have put the same energy and time into all of my courses.<\/p>\n Management was, unfortunately, my least favourite course. While I enjoyed being in the class environment, the topic was quite drab and felt like a repeat of information I already had from other classes. Some extra vocabulary terms were added, but I had learned significant portions of the content from Law and Marketing. This frustrated me because the answers from one class would not translate directly to another despite being correct, as answers had to be from the class specifically. This led me to neglect creating as detailed summary sheets, which in turn likely led me to have a lower mark than I could have received. This is also a factor that may have led to our group’s struggles with the final project. The work was divided as evenly as possible between all members, but not all of it was done correctly. Review sheets would have allowed us to find the information we needed much quicker and we may have been able to avoid incorrectly completing a section of the assignment. We worked together in the end to correct the error to the best of our abilities with the professor’s knowledge, but still could have done better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My second semester at Capilano University came after a successful first one and I remember mentally planning how I could improve my previous organization and work styles to perform at my best. 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