{"id":135,"date":"2021-04-01T22:31:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T02:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2021-04-01T22:31:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T02:31:23","slug":"how-kilachand-and-questrom-have-shaped-my-bu-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/2021\/04\/01\/how-kilachand-and-questrom-have-shaped-my-bu-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"How Kilachand and Questrom Have Shaped My BU Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rebecca Sarkisian (Questrom\u201923)<\/p>\n

While there are many factors that influence each BU student\u2019s unique college experience, there\u2019s no doubt that which BU college you\u2019re in has a major impact. For me, being a student in the Questrom School of Business and Kilachand Honors College has been a cornerstone of my time at BU. Questrom and Kilachand courses are different from each other, but being a student in both colleges has helped me in a few ways.<\/p>\n

1. Exploring My Business Courses from Different Perspectives (and my Kilachand Courses from a Business Perspective)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Questrom and Kilachand courses are definitely distinct from one another! But that just means that there\u2019s more opportunities to expand your thinking about different subjects. I personally like the way that Kilachand, with its focus on the global community, complements my business education. Kilachand encourages students to bring their knowledge from their major to their Kilachand classes. For example, for my Kilachand class on climate change, I wrote my final paper on mandating corporate environmental reporting standards similar to financial reporting standards. I\u2019ve also definitely applied my Kilachand experiences to my Questrom courses as well.<\/p>\n

2. Having a Plan to Fulfill Hub Requirements
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One of the first things I did when I decided to attend BU was start making a spreadsheet of the courses I wanted to take throughout my four years here. I started with my required Questrom courses, then my Kilachand courses, and finally the courses for my Accounting concentration within Questrom. Then, I figured out which Hub units each required course satisfies. The BU Hub is essentially BU\u2019s general education requirement, and can be fulfilled by courses both in and out of your major. When I planned it all out, I found out that my required Questrom and Kilachand courses will fulfill nearly all of my requirements, and I was able to fulfill the rest through my first-year Kilachand seminar selections. Obviously this will not be the same for everyone, but working with your advisors can help to determine your path through the Hub and how your major works with Kilachand.<\/p>\n

3. Flexibility of the Kilachand Curriculum and Working with Advisors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both Questrom and Kilachand have their own dedicated advisors, which has greatly helped me around course registration time. Being able to quickly go to Questrom drop-in advising, and then to an appointment with my Kilachand advisor has made the registration process so much smoother. All of the advisors do their very best to guide students\u2019 unique academic paths. For example, working with my Kilachand advisor helped me realize that I could rearrange my Kilachand course load so that I\u2019m not taking a 4-credit Kilachand course on top of the intensive 16-credit Questrom Core courses and additional Questrom Honors Program class I\u2019m taking this semester. It\u2019s also just reassuring to have a group of people to go to with questions throughout the year.<\/p>\n

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One of the best parts of being in Questrom is walking into this building every day. Credit: Rebecca S.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/em>That\u2019s just a little bit about my personal experience as a student in both Questrom and Kilachand. But no matter what you\u2019re majoring in, you\u2019ll find the support in Kilachand to shape whatever path you decide to take.<\/p>\n

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By Rebecca Sarkisian (Questrom\u201923) While there are many factors that influence each BU student\u2019s unique college experience, there\u2019s no doubt that which BU college you\u2019re in has a major impact. For me, being a student in the Questrom School of Business and Kilachand Honors College has been a cornerstone of my time at BU. Questrom … Continue reading How Kilachand and Questrom Have Shaped My BU Experience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[7,78,79,17,80,61,77,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/khcblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}