Academic Resources and Future of Work Bootcamps
Academic Workshops and Future of Work Bootcamps are offered several times throughout the year to provide MBA students with skills to complement their business education.
Spring 2021 Future of Work Bootcamp and Academic Workshop Schedule
- Financial Calculator Workshop (HP 12C)
- Monday, February 8th, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- The purpose of this workshop is to provide a discussion of the basic elements of the Time Value of Money and to demonstrate the calculations using the Hewlett Packard (HP) calculator. This workshop will focus on the HP 12C calculator. Students should bring their calculator to the session, as the class will be highly interactive.
- Monday, February 8th, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Financial Calculator Workshop (HP 17BII plus)
- Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- The purpose of this workshop is to provide a discussion of the basic elements of the Time Value of Money and to demonstrate the calculations using the Hewlett Packard (HP) calculator. This workshop will focus on the HP 17BII plus calculator. Students should bring their calculator to the session, as the class will be highly interactive.
- Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Storytelling Lab
- Saturday, February 20th, 2021, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- The Storytelling Lab is a place for you to learn how to connect with the hearts and minds of other people through stories. It is through personal connection and presence that you inspire others.
- This workshop has significant pre-work requirements that must be completed prior to the fully-interactive, face-to-face session.
- Saturday, February 20th, 2021, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Excel Bootcamp, Day 1 - 4
- Saturday, February 27th, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
- Sunday, February 28th, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
- Saturday, March 6th, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
- Sunday, March 7th, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
- The four part workshop taught by Professor Dan Gode will cover the use of Excel in building projections of financial statements, developing scenarios and what-if analysis, solving investments and corporate finance problems as well as data analysis. Please note later workshops build on previous topics.
- Excel I: Excel Basics for Business Applications
- Saturday, April 10th, 2021, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- This beginning Microsoft Excel Workshop is designed to offer students a strong introduction into the functions and capabilities of Microsoft Excel.
- Saturday, April 10th, 2021, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- Introduction to Private Equity
- Monday, April 12th, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
- What is private equity? Professor Gustavo Schwed will deliver an overview of private equity, including (i) discussing the role of private equity in a diversified portfolio, (ii) how this asset class differs from public equities, (iii) the private equity deal cycle, and (iv) its performance over time.
- Monday, April 12th, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
- Programming and Data Analytics: SQL
- Wednesday, April 14th, 2021, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday, April 21st, 2021, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday, April 28th, 2021, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- SQL is the lingua franca of all database systems and a necessity for anyone who needs to analyze data as part of their job.
- This workshop is designed for absolute beginners and teaches students how to write SQL queries that retrieve data from a database.
- This workshop has significant pre-work components that must be completed online and then three face-to-face virtual sessions.
- Excel II: Unleash the Power of Excel
- Saturday, April 24th, 2021, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- Designed in collaboration with NYU Stern Faculty, this workshop directly supports the skills needed in your NYU Stern classes. Please note that Excel II builds upon Excel I.
- Saturday, April 24th, 2021, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- Introduction to Cyber Security
- Friday, April 30th, 2021, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- Students are introduced to the basics of cyber security with emphasis on concepts relevant to business and industry. The course is arranged as a series of four one-hour lectures that cover the following: (1) An overview of cyber threats to business assets; (2) an introduction to challenges in modern enterprise architecture, (3) a tutorial on secure eCommerce protocols and infrastructure, and (4) an explanation of transition to cloud-hosted applications.
- Friday, April 30th, 2021, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Academic Workshops
- Academic Planning for Summer 2021 and MAP Workshop
- Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- Presented by Academic Affairs and Advising, this workshop will assist students in planning their upcoming semester courses and utilizing the My Academic Progress tool to track and manage their MBA Program Progress.
- Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- Academic Planning for Summer 2021 and MAP Workshop
- Friday, March 5th, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- Presented by Academic Affairs and Advising, this workshop will assist students in planning their upcoming semester courses and utilizing the My Academic Progress tool to track and manage their MBA Program Progress.
- Friday, March 5th, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- Planning for your Specializations
- Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- Presented by Academic Affairs and Advising, this workshop will review specialization requirements and best practices for planning your elective courses.
- Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Academic Affairs and Advising understands that students would like to expand their skillset in addition to attending our academic workshops and bootcamps. Below are a number of additional resources we believe will be useful to Stern students during their MBA program and beyond.
Bobst Library Resources
NYU Virtual Business Library: Journals/NewspapersNYU Libraries' Bloomberg Guide
NYU Libraries' Free Courses Calendar
Coding and Web Design
Code Academy - an on line interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 11 different programming languages including Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS), Ruby, SQL, and Sass, as well as markup languages HTML and CSSWordpress Lessons - guides, tutorials and how-to's for students interested in the popular Wordpress website platform
Google Analytics Academy- offers free, online courses on Analytics and other data analysis tools.
Search Marketing and SEO - Level up your online marketing game with search optimization skills via Moz
Microsoft Office
Excel Training
PowerPoint
Access
Word
Language Learning Tools
Duolingo - is a free language-learning platform that includes a language learning website and app, aswell as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. Duolingo offers all its language courses free of charge.
Memrise - is an online learning tool with courses created by its community. Its courses are mainly used to teach languages, but are also used for other academic and non-academic subjects
Financial and Graphing Calculators
Financial Calculator Tutorials - Learn about using financial calculators for applications in finance, accounting, economics, investment, statistics, and more.
Online Graphing Calculator - Graph functions, plot tables of data, evaluate equations, explore transformations, and much more – for free!