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  • #52
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    No GMAT requirement but you did have to go through an interview process.


  • #53
    Sparkle2
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Sparkle2


    Hi godtabh,

    I'm planning to do DIT MBA this year. Im a civil design engineer with 10yrs experience. I think youre a civil engineer too. There's loads of qns in my mind about mba. So can you please shed some light on the following?
    what would be the career options for civil engineers with MBA?
    How do you find the finance & economics modules in the course?
    Is the course manageble with full time job & kids?
    How many hours of study per week that the course need realistically?


  • #54
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Sparkle2 wrote: »
    Hi godtabh,

    I'm planning to do DIT MBA this year. Im a civil design engineer with 10yrs experience. I think youre a civil engineer too. There's loads of qns in my mind about mba. So can you please shed some light on the following?
    what would be the career options for civil engineers with MBA?
    How do you find the finance & economics modules in the course?
    Is the course manageble with full time job & kids?
    How many hours of study per week that the course need realistically?

    Can you send me a PM with your email and I'll drop you a line later. I'm a but busy with the thesis deadline of next week. If I see it in email I'll have a better chance of remembering!

    Will post it here later (if I remember!)


  • #55
    lg123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭lg123


    Sparkle2 wrote: »
    Hi godtabh,

    I'm planning to do DIT MBA this year. Im a civil design engineer with 10yrs experience. I think youre a civil engineer too. There's loads of qns in my mind about mba. So can you please shed some light on the following?
    what would be the career options for civil engineers with MBA?
    How do you find the finance & economics modules in the course?
    Is the course manageble with full time job & kids?
    How many hours of study per week that the course need realistically?

    Im 3 subjects out of 12 down in mine. I'm mech eng. with the career options for a Civ eng, its really a 'how long is a piece of string?' question. if you stick in the engineering game, I'd guess it will open more opportunities to progress into leadership positions. but outside of engineering, from what I have seen so far, the degree opens up a lot of avenues you may have never thought of.
    with the finance and economics, coming from an engineering background - they will be your friend. I am finding the fluffy stuff more challenging than the numbers/logic stuff I am more used to.
    It's going to be tough with kids, I have only one woman to keep happy and thats enough for me. A few of the guys on the course have kids and they are managing ok.
    Re the hours per week, again that will vary a huge amount from person to person. last term i took on two units and I was flat out for that term - every evening and all weekends doing the pre-reading and assignments. wont do two again, too much for me.


  • #56
    Sparkle2
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Sparkle2


    Ig123, Thanks much for sharing your thoughts. I will be glad if it opens door for more exciting carreer opportunities.


  • #57
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    what would be the career options for civil engineers with MBA? Management or a change of career. For me at the moment I am thinking of a change of career or a change of company.

    How do you find the finance & economics modules in the course? Basic maths. You will walk it. The hardest subjects are the subjective ones. Marketing was the worst for me.

    Is the course manageble with full time job & kids? I worked full time. A toddler when started. A baby half way through. Lots of stuff going on but managed everything and kept active. Worked a couple of hours a night every night, through lunches etc etc. Kept the weekends free.
    How many hours of study per week that the course need realistically? At a minimum you would need 10 hours a week at the very least. It goes up and down. Your PM skills will improve!


  • #58
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Project work is a lot of work. I got stuck with a few social loafers. That was hard work.


  • #59
    lg123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭lg123


    godtabh wrote: »
    what would be the career options for civil engineers with MBA? Management or a change of career. For me at the moment I am thinking of a change of career or a change of company.

    hey godtabh, many of your cohort change jobs early on?

    I'm struggling to think of many who are in the same job from when they started, and I am only in the first year.


  • #60
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    i know one did for sure. not 100% sure about others

    Are you doing the DIT one?


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  • #61
    lg123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭lg123


    na, Uni of Sydney.


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