College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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New Course for
MBAs & Graduate Engineering Students

Product and Market Development
For Subsistence Marketplaces Fall 06-Spring 07

Get Course Credit and Change the World!

This exciting new course is a joint initiative between the College of Business and the College of Engineering. This course is targeted toward second year MBAs and Masters Students in Engineering.

In this course you will develop Real World Business Skills in:

  • Product development
  • Marketing
  • Cost accounting
  • Project finance
  • Engineering development
  • Manufacturing development

You will have the opportunity to:

  • Travel to INDIA to learn about your market first hand
  • Gain real world business experience in developing new products and services
  • Interact extensively with corporations and leading faculty in engineering and business
  • Learn how to segment, target, and position new products in subsistence marketplaces
  • Learn how to work effectively on cross-functional teams

You can get all this while benefiting the four billion people in the world living in subsistence marketplaces!!

Info Sessions:

  • March 8, 5:00 pm in 245 Wohlers Hall
  • March 9, 5:00 pm in 106B1 Engineering Hall

PIZZA WILL BE SERVED!!

Application Deadline:
March 17th (Friday) at noon
@ Prof. Madhu Viswanathan's mailbox in 339 Wohlers Hall or his office at 61 Wholers Hall

Application Checklist:
     1) Application
     2) Resume
     3) One-page short essay answers

For more information, contact:

UIUC College of Business