Successful graduate students in American universities dedicate approximately three hours of preparation/study time for every hour spent in the face-to-face classroom. Thus, the following course requirements were developed on the assumption that students would be prepared to spend approximately 150 hours of their own time working on them. In an 8-week term, that is the equivalent of a half-time job. 

Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. 
 
Write graduate level papers or case studies: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC, UMUC-Europe or BSU), partially or in its entirety, is not acceptable in this course, without the written permission of the instructor, and will result in an automatic failure on the assignment.

Complete two written examinations: The examination process in this class will assist you in developing the writing and critical thinking skills necessary to successfully passing the comprehensive exam required of all graduate students. The questions used for this course will either be taken directly from past comprehensive exams or written as though to be included on a comprehensive exam.

Specifically in this class, you will be required to complete two exams and a theme paper. The mid-term exam will fall on Sunday of Weekend Two, and will consist of all readings and lectures to date. The Final exam will fall on the Sunday of Weekend Four, and will consist of all readings and lectures from the mid-term on.

In addition, all students are required to write a 15-20 page research paper on a current problem in Organizational Behavior. The object of this paper is to find a relevant problem facing a contemporary organization and show how the problem relates to the material of this course.

For example; you may wish to show how a specific organization is coping with the American's With Disabilities Act, Affirmative Action etc.; or you may choose a specific organization with problems of leadership or motivation. Whatever organization and problem you choose, you must give an analysis of the nature of the problem, if possible, an explaination of how the problem came to be, and an analysis, based on theory, as to how the problem might be addressed.

By the Saturday of Weekend Two, I expect to see from each student a topic sheet which gives me the basics of the case study one intends to make, as well as a very brief bibliography of intended sources to be used.