Degree Plan Help: Customizing Order of Courses??

Hi Everyone,

I started my MBA journey on 3/1, and have officially complete my term one classes today (3/10)! I am on track to graduate (well within) the 1 term, and was hoping to customize the order to make sure I don’t burn out.

I scheduled a meeting with my program mentor for Wednesday because after some reading on this reddit, I thought I was able to customize the order of my courses for the rest of the program.

I work in HR/HCM, so the term 1 courses and a few of the upcoming courses would come naturally/easily to me. Also, other than algebra 1, I am not a math person, so I wanted to take the data/math/econ classes in one term to knock them out together and keep the info fresh.

This is the course proposal I sent to my mentor:

“Term 2” Projected TTC [time to complete] 3/11-3/27 (2.5 weeks)

C212: Marketing

C206: Ethical Leadership

C215: Operations Management

“Term 3” Projected TTC 4/11-6/8 (~8 weeks) (hardest classes)

C213: Accounting for Decision Makers

C214: Financial Management

C207: Data Driven Decision Making

“Term 4” Projected TTC 6/20-8/10 (~7 weeks)

C211: Global Economics for Managers

C216: MBA Capstone

She replied basically said no: (quotes below) - “The degree plans are not customizable, thus courses should be taken in the standard order with the exception of taking C213 and C214 back to back if you’d like. - Your next course will be marketing followed by accounting.” - We only accelerate courses one by one so once you complete C204, I will accelerate C212, and once you complete C212, as long as you have time left within your term we’ll continue to accelerate courses one by one”

I know the second point isn’t true, because all 3 courses in term 1 were available on 3/1 and although I didn’t work on all 3 at once, I was able to start reviewing for the next class as I waited for my evaluations on the previous class.

Is there any proof that degree plans are flexible/customizable? I see threads here where people were able to customize, but if I’m giving pushback I need to have receipts that it can be done, not just “I heard it was done before.”

I don’t want to dump her as a program mentor because I like her, but I have to put me first lol. We’ve only had one meeting, and although she was supportive, I need someone who is going to ensure I graduate within the term. Its not like I’m asking to take the capstone next, just moving the courses in term 2/3 around to make sure that they all flow together- not to toot my own horn, but I think my course plan makes more sense.

Any advice would be great! TYIA 😊