09/14/2023 - User Interviews JSOM
Poornima Thanikai Velu
Grad/Undergrad: Grad , grad date - Decemeber’24
Major: Business Analytics
Do you plan your degree?
No
What do you do when it comes time to register for classes?
I am a cohort student where courses are offered to us by Program Director by mail.
Can you change your courses. When and how? Yes we can go on website and change the course or mail the Prog Director before Census day
What is the hardest thing about planning your degree? → Figuring out when to take which subject
When was the last time encountered this problem? → every semester before deciding the course
Why was this hard? → Because we do not have any prior knowledge on the subject and not sure whether its good for the career.
What have you done to solve this problem? → Spoke to Program Director and seeked guidance form seniors.
What don’t you love about problems you already tried? → Absence of platform to directly approach someone while planning your semester
showed her planner, its not much of the use for her degree but she provided suggestion
Suggestion
Grad perspective - gather Info on career related courses so that they don’t have to go through same kind of courses and check all the semesters.