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Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) Test Preparation
(12.0 hours)

Introduction to the structure, content, and logic of the Graduate Management Admission Test/GMAT for graduate school applicants preparing to take the GMAT. Knowledge, skills and anxieties will be shared. Primary objectives of test- and testing-process analysis, content review, study guidelines, practice questions, and anxiety reduction will be addressed. Secondary objective is to facilitate the graduate school applicant's creation of a study plan to enable the student to perform competitively on the GMAT.

Required textbook: Cracking the GMAT 2009 with DVD, published by the Princeton Review (Cost approx. $37.99).

Instructor Class meets Location Fee Credit/Contact hours
Sheri Gietzen & Richard Olszewski Mondays & Wednesdays,
11/16, 11/18, 11/23, 11/30, 12/2, & 12/7/2009 (no class on 11/25)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
UW Tacoma: DOU 270 $231 + book 12 contact hours & 1.2 CEUs
Course information  
Course number 09FTGMAT0101 Regsiter for this course

 

Instructor Class meets Location Fee Credit/Contact hours
Sheri Gietzen & Richard Olszewski

Saturdays,
2/20, 2/27, & 3/06/2010 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

UW Tacoma: DOU 270 $231 + book 12 contact hours & 1.2 CEUs
Course information Course Outline  
Course number 10WTGMAT00101 Regsiter for this course

 

Instructor Class meets Location Fee Credit/Contact hours
Sheri Gietzen & Richard Olszewski

Saturdays,
5/01, 5/15, & 5/22/2010 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

UW Tacoma: TBA $231 + book 12 contact hours & 1.2 CEUs
Course information Course Outline  
Course number 10STGMAT00101 Regsiter for this course

 

 

Instructors and courses are subject to change.


About the Instructors

Sheri Gietzen, M.A., Interdiscipliary Studies, B.A., Humanities (minor in Environmental Studies), University of Washington Tacoma, AAS, Tacoma Community College

Gietzen was a writing consultant for upper division and Masters students at the University of Washington Tacoma, for five years and currently teaches English classes at Tacoma Community College. She taught in Alaska before moving to Washington in 1989. Gietzen is a founding board member and Vice President of the Board for the non-profit organization Solutions for Humanity, Community, and the Environment, an organization dedicated empowering individuals and groups within the Puget Sound bioregion through intellectual exchange, research, networking, and publication.  She received the Outstanding English Student of the Year award while at Tacoma Community College.

Richard Nathanael Olszewski, B.S., University of Washington, Statistics

Olszewski was the Information Services Manager for 32 years for Peninsula Light Company (retired); throughout this same time, he has been a math tutor for students from middle school through college. He has served on the Vocational Advisory Committee for the Peninsula School District. Olszewski is a retired Commander in the Naval Reserve. He was president of the Gig Harbor Lions Club and currently serves on the Board of Directors.


Registering for the Test

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KeyBank Professional Development Center
University of Washington Tacoma
(253) 692-4618, uwtpdctr@u.washington.edu