My name is XX, born in XX. In academic and professional aspects of business management, I received the education from XXXX. My college days there enlightened me to explore the relationship between the theory and the practice of enterprise management. For I have a keen interest in the actual situation of Chinese enterprises, I devoted myself into the area of management consulting immediately after my graduation.
Now I’m working in a famous and professional management consulting company named XXX. During this period, I have accumulated lots of practical experience and been exposed to advanced ideas of enterprise management. For example, I have participated in the Management Accounting System Project for XX, which is on the domestic leading level of management accounting area. Through the decision-making support from the combination of finance and business we suggested, the implementation of this project helps XXX to comprehensively improve its operating condition. By applying management theory successfully into the practice, I began to realize my potential of enterprise development from this project.
Nevertheless, I also found the limitation that the management accounting system we built relies too much on the effective performance of outstanding management accountants. I believe in the future, the most effective way to build such system is by utilizing data mining and machine learning techniques, to analyze and achieve the useful result by computers automatically.
While discovering my potential to be a professional person, I understood my shortage is the current knowledge structure I have. To fulfill my dream of promoting the intelligent management system, I need to master dual disciplinary background of management and information technology. Therefore, I decide to have a second bachelor degree in computing science in Simon Fraser University (SFU).
Study Plan in SFU
Computing science is an unfamiliar field for me. The first step is to get to know its basic knowledge. I will make use of the period before entering SFU to prepare for the courses. I plan to subscribe several online classes relating to computing science and get an overall understanding firstly, which will help me quicker and better adapt school life.
SFU requires 45 units of upper class and accordingly pre-requisite course taken for students intending to complete the second bachelor degree in computing science. After discussion with the Course Advisor of SFU, I have 63 units to be completed and made my course planning as the following.
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SFU provides six concentrations for students majoring in computing science to choose. Based on my personal interest in the area of intelligent information systems, I plan to concentrate on database system and artificial intelligence besides my pre-requisite and breadth courses.
My primary learning goal is to have a broad solid foundation in computing science as well as considerable depth of understanding of artificial intelligence and information system. Meanwhile, through the SFU co-op education projects or the business intelligent lab seek chances for taking part in advanced intelligent information system researches which the SFU research term provided to the undergraduate students who are interested in research. After the completion of this program, I hope I could perform excellent in both intelligent information systems study and competitive projects experience. My first degree in management and second degree in computing science would increase my personal core competitiveness.
Future Planning after Graduation
During the last two semesters in SFU, I will purpose a PhD degree in the area of intelligent information systems from American universities. Influenced by my father who is an over-30-year teacher in a middle school, I have set up my dream to become a professor since my childhood. Moreover, the subject of intelligent information system is a valuable research filed with great potential. I believe my interdisciplinary background will be helpful for the development of this area. Furthermore, United States has rich research resources and a world-known mature PhD training system, which attract many undergraduate students with talents.
After my academics are complete, I will search for teaching opportunities in China, and devote myself to the research in intelligent information system. For my elder brother is disabled and could not bear the responsibility to take care our parents all by his own, I would like to share the responsibility with him. Meanwhile, the development of Chinese researches relating to intelligent information system needs ambitious young people and I hope I could make contributions to my motherland some day.
(The attachment is the SFU official website’s explanation of Computing Science Second Degree Major, includes program requirements, areas of concentrations graduation requirements and so on.)