Dr. David A. Larson, Sr.

Dr. Larson is a lecturer in the Mitchell College of Business. He received his B.A. (Honors College) and M.A. (Economics) degrees at Michigan State University and obtained his Ph.D. (Economics) at the University of Maryland.  He is currently teaching Quantitative Methods (MBA) and Business Statistics (undergraduate).  Selected journal articles published include the following journals:  Review of Economics and Statistics, The American Statistician, Observations (the Technical Journal of SAS Institute), and The Journal of Law and Economics (Ph.D. thesis).

Dr. Larson has been teaching online using eCompanion in Management 540: Operations Research, an MBA level course. For two years he has been using the Syllabus, Dropbox, E-mail, Examinations, Lectures, and Assignments features provided in the eCompanion Course Management System. Dr. Larson also uses Excel’s Solver and Data Analysis Tools with his online class participants. Most interestingly, these students are in Germany! Dr. Larson commented, “The online course that I teach is restricted to students in Germany. Online courses enable us to attract international students.  I also teach the same course on campus. The available technology enables me to deliver the same course content to students in Europe. In addition, the staff of the online learning lab provide excellent support for web courses, and, therefore, make teaching online an enjoyable experience!  I would like to see more business courses offered online. Statistics online, for example, would enable us to attract more students (or better serve existing students) who, for instance, reside in Mississippi.”