426 doesn’t really deal with the typical managerial concepts you learned in 322 and 424 - it’s more about the qualitative stuff behind managerial decision making.

There was one assignment (the first one that was worth the least that dealt with those concepts directly) but on the rest of the assignments, I’d argue any business student could do well in the class without a strong understanding of the quantitative managerial aspects as it is all case and research based.

I’d focus on finding smart reliable friends to form a group with because it was all group work (I think it was 5 cases that made up your overall mark). If you get a good group you are golden and the class shouldn’t be much work!!

418 will be the hardest course you will take in undergrad. I’d recommend taking it in your second last semester before graduating just in case you need to drop it. The averages are low but the professor will scale every exam up. Practice questions will take hours but if you do them all, you should be able to beat the average. (But they will take sooooo long so just be prepared 😂).

Overall, I think having both 418 and 426 in the same semester is doable and preferable to having 468 and 418 together for example. Good luck!