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 2020 Future of Work Bootcamp and Academic Workshop Schedule 

• Financial Calculator Workshop (HP 12C)
  • Monday, February 10th, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, KMC 2-65
    • 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.
    • Lunch will be provided.
• Financial Calculator Workshop (HP 17BII plus)
  • Tuesday, February 11th, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, KMC 2-65
    • 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.
    • Lunch will be provided.
• Excel Bootcamp, Day 1 & 2
  • Saturday, February 29th, 2020, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, KMC 2-60 
  • Saturday, March 7th, 2020, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, KMC 2-60
    • The two day 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 that Day 2 builds upon Day 1.
    • Lunch will be provided.
• Programming and Data Analytics: SQL
  • The workshop has a significant online component and two practice face-to-face sessions.
  • Saturday, March 28th, 2020, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Saturday, April 4th, 2020, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    • 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.
• Excel I: Excel Basics for Business Applications
  • Saturday, March 28th, 2020, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • This Beginning Microsoft Excel Workshop is designed to offer students a strong introduction into the functions and capabilities of Microsoft Excel.
• Programming and Data Analytics: Python
  • The workshop has a significant online component and then two practice face-to-face sessions.
  • Sunday, April 26th, 2020, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Saturday, May 2nd, 2020, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    • The first part of the Python tutorial gives a brief introduction to programming using Python, using online materials. The second part of the Python tutorial builds upon the knowledge from the first part. We will examine how to use the Python Pandas library, a modern-day replacement for Excel, and analyze various datasets and create compelling visualizations.
• Excel II: Unleash the Power of Excel
  • Saturday, April 25th, 2020, 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. 
• Introduction to Cyber Security
  • Friday, May 1st, 2020, 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. 

Academic Workshops

• Academic Planning for Summer 2020 and MAP Workshop
  • Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Webinar (Langone Part-time)
    • Presented by Academic Affairs and Advising, this on-line workshop will assist students in planning their upcoming semester courses and utilizing the My Academic Progress tool to track and manage your MBA Program Progress.
• Academic Planning for Summer 2020 and MAP Workshop
  • Thursday, March 5th, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Webinar (Langone Part-time)
    • Presented by Academic Affairs and Advising, this on-line workshop will assist students in planning their upcoming semester courses and utilizing the My Academic Progress tool to track and manage your MBA Program Progress.
• Planning for your Specializations
  • Wednesday, April 29th, 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. 
    • Food and beverages will be provided.

Bobst Library Resources

Coding and Web Design

Microsoft Office

Language Learning Tools

Financial and Graphing Calculators 

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