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COURSE MATCH

Your personal scheduling agent

Course Match In Three Terms:

BudgetA predetermined number of tokens used to purchase sections

Clearing Prices ‘Prices’ assigned to sections based on supply and demand

UtilitiesYour relative desire for specific sections

Course Match in three terms…

Students report their section utilities

…and three steps

Course Match establishes clearing prices for eachcourse and buys schedules for each student

A drop/add period allows final adjustments to schedules

Course RegistrationCourse Match will pre-register you in all the Fixed Core classes you have not waived.

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Fixed CoreMGEC 611 & 612

MKTG 611

STAT 613/621

Flex CoreMKTG 612 or 613

OIDD 611, 612, 613, 614 or 615

ACCT 611, 613 or 612

FNCE 611, 614 or 612

FNCE 613 or 615

MGMT 611 or 612

LGST 611 or 612

Use Course Match to register Fixed CoreWHCP 611

WHCP 612 or 615Course Match will prevent you from assigning Utilities to course sections that meet at the same time as your pre-registered Fixed Core classes.

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Reporting UtilitiesTake the time to rank all courses you would like to take. There is no limit to the number of courses.

Students may assign a Utility value from 0-100 or 0-10. Utilities are relative! Either form of ranking is identical.

Sections assigned “0” utility cannot be added to a schedule.

(Remember, you can use any rating scale, but be consistent)

Student A10090807060500

Student B10987650

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Utilities are weighted by a course’s credit unit value.

• For a 1 CU course…

• For a 0.5 CU course…

(100 x 1) = 100

(100 x 0.5) = 50

Reporting Utilities

Assign Utilities across multiple sections of the same course

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and across multiple courses offered at the same time.

2x rule – assign utilities to twice the number of unique courses that you want the system to acquire for you

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Reporting Utilities

Course Registration: Blocked Combinations

Course Match knows which core classes you cannot take together.

If you assigned Utilities to both MGMT611 and MGMT612, Course Match will know not to give you both.

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Course Course Course

ACCT ACCT611 ACCT612 ACCT613

FNCE (Corp Fin) FNCE611 FNCE612 FNCE614

FNCE (Macro) FNCE613 FNCE615

LGST LGST611 LGST612

MGMT MGMT611 MGMT612

WHCP WHCP612 WHCP615

Course Registration: Unblocked Combinations

However, Course Match will allow you to take multiple iterations of the OIDD or MKTG flex core requirements.

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Course Course Course Course Course

MKTG MKTG 612 MKTG 613

OIDD OIDD 611 OIDD 612 OIDD 613 OIDD 614 OIDD 615

2300.00

2.25

2.50 credits fixed core+ 2.25 credits flex core/electives

4.75 credits+ 0.50 MGMT610 (Pre-Term)____________________________________________

5.25 credits (Fall 2019)

2.50

2300.00

2.25

10010025225

2.50

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE INTERFACE…

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Schedule: Non-Traditional Student

• Warren has never studied business before and does not have a strong quant background

• Plans to recruit in Real Estate

• Would prefer a lighter course load for Fall at 4.75CU

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AUGUST QUARTER 1 QUARTER 2

MGMT610Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership

MKTG611Marketing Management

MGEC611Microeconomics for Managers

STAT613Regression Analysis


LGST 612Responsibility in Global Management

MGMT 611Managing the Established Enterprise

Fall

WHCP 611 Management Comm(.25 cu)

Fall Schedule: Technology

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AUGUST QUARTER 1 QUARTER 2

Fall

MGMT610Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership

MKTG611Marketing Management


STAT621Accelerated Regression Analysis


WHCP 611 Management Comm(.25 cu)

CIT 590Programming Languages and Techniques

MGMT 611 Managing the Established Enterprise

FNCE 612Acc. Corp Finance

• Sundar wants to major in OIDD and Business Analytics

• Plans to recruit in in tech

• Changing careers from Chemical Engineering

• Has an undergraduate degree in Engineering

• Total CU: 5.25

STEP 2:

Course clearing prices are established

Schedules are created

You will be assigned your best possible schedule

given your relative preferences, budget, credit unit max

and course clearing prices

STEP 2:

Course clearing prices are established

Budgets First-year = 4,000 tokens

Fixed Core deduction =

Second year = 5,000 tokens

Budget is valid for 1 semester only. Tokens do not carry over!

Fixed CU Deduction Final Tokens

2.5 1700 2300

2.0 1300 2700

1.5 950 3050

1.0 600 3400

0.5 300 3700

0.0 0 4000

Elon’s Schedule: Course Match at Work

• Elon is recruiting for fintechstartup

• Wants to major in FNCE• Plans to enroll in 4.5 Wharton CU

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QUARTER 3 QUARTER 4

ACCT 706 Cost Management

ACCT 742 Financial Reporting and Business Analysis

Spring

BEPP 805 Risk Management

OIDD690 Managerial Decision Making

FNCE 738 Capital Markets

Weighted Utility Clearing Price Schedule

100

100

90

90

40

40

70

70

60

60

30

30

Top Schedule Value:360


100 1300.13

100 1842.51 X

90 0

90 0 X

40 0 X

40 0

70 2204.86

70 1713.09 X

60 1213.01 X

60 1576.9

30 1483.61

30 2318.4


100 1300.13

100 1842.51 X

90 0

90 0 X

40 0 X

40 0

70 2204.86

70 1713.09 X

60 1213.01 X

60 1576.9 ?

30 1483.61

30 2318.4

Schedule Cost:5132.5


100 1300.13

100 1842.51 X

90 0

90 0 X

40 0 X

40 0

70 2204.86

70 1713.09 X

60 1213.01 X

60 1576.9

30 1483.61

30 2318.4

STRATEGIC ADVICE

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Don’t be strategic!

But… here are some friendly tips!

• Ensure that your Maximum Credit Unit Setting is accurately set

• Follow the 2X rule• View the My Utility Distribution section to

see weighted utilities • Run the My Top Schedules Tool to see

schedule options and adjust utilities accordingly

Create your Academic Plan

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MEET YOUR ADVISOR

What’s Next?

Sunday, August 11 - noonCourse Match opens for first-year students.

Monday, August 19 Last day for students to make changes to their Utilities. Course Match will close at 12pm (noon) ET.

Drop/Add Period

Friday, August 23Course schedules are released to students. Drop/Add “buffer period” begins.

Monday, August 26Drop/Add “buffer period” ends at 12pm (noon) ET. Schedules released later that day.Drop/Add resumes on first-come/first-served basis per deadlines as listed in academic calendar.

Tuesday, August 27: Classes begin

Welcome toCOURSE MATCHSimple Optimal Fair Innovative

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Non-Wharton Courses

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TO REGISTER: email [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

https://pennintouch.apps.upenn.edu/

CREATE YOUR ACADEMIC PLANSign up for an advising session!

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