The fall semester is almost here, and the nation's top business colleges are serving up courses on the exciting world of information technology. But isn't there a cheaper way to learn some of those big-buck B-school concepts? Compare and save.
| School
| Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
| Course Name
| OPIM 660: Survey of Information Technologies and Systems
| From the Catalog/Syllabus
| "Student teams will become familiar with important information technologies, including databases and the Internet."
| Cost
| $43,036
| Cheaper Alternative
| Purchase Microsoft Office 2000 for $429.95.
| School
| Stanford Graduate School of Business
| Course Name
| S556: Evaluating Entrepreneurial Opportunities
| From the Catalog/Syllabus
| "This course is organized around a project and a presentation to a panel of faculty, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs."
| Cost
| $41,148
| Cheaper Alternative
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| School
| Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
| Course Name
| BA 383.11: Computer Skills
| From the Catalog/Syllabus
| "Provides students with the exposure required to achieve functional literacy with the core set of business software tools."
| Cost
| $39,838
| Cheaper Alternative
| Take Intro to Excel course at the Learning Annex for $159.
| School
| Tuck School, Dartmouth College
| Course Name
| Managing Internet Content Ventures
| From the Catalog/Syllabus
| "This is a seminar on creating revenue-generating content delivered via the Internet."
| Cost
| $42,000
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| School
| Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon
| Course Name
| 45-874: Programming for Web Business
| From the Catalog/Syllabus
| "In a step-by-step fashion, I will take you from creating a static home page to implementing a fully functional interactive business. "
| Cost
| $25,000
| Cheaper Alternative
| For $29.99, purchase HTML for Dummies.
| School
| Sloan School of Management, MIT
| Course Name
| 15.564: Information Technology I
| From the Catalog/Syllabus
| "Helps students understand technical concepts underlying current and future developments in information technology. No knowledge of how computers work is assumed."
| Cost
| $46,000
| Cheaper Alternative
| Buy one-year subscription to Wired for $12. Some knowledge of how computers work is assumed.
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