When I first heard about UNC Business Essentials, I was a little nervous. The girl who told me about it said that I had my work cut out for me, and because I chose to do it over the summer, I was really scared. I was enrolled in Maymester, Summer Session I, Summer Session II, I had work study, and I had an internship; so it was safe to say that I was afraid that I had signed up for an impossible task. However, the program surprised me. For me, the Economics & Finance and the Financial Accounting sections were the hardest. Financial Accounting surprised me the most because it was the one that I struggled with the most, but Read More
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Pleasantly Surprised
24/01/2012 – 4:55 pm
I was surprised how different accounting was from the other sections. Going into it I thought accounting would be pretty straightforward but it was the most challenging section for me. I’m glad I had this experience with UNC Business Essentials because otherwise I would have been pretty clueless in this area. I was surprised with how problem-free the system worked as well, because I have a slower internet connection than most. Despite this, I never had any problems with the website version. It also turned out to be less of a time commitment than I thought. I was prepared to work the 10 hours for each course, but if you really focus and try to complete each section in one Read More
What Surprised Me About Business Essentials
17/01/2012 – 4:36 pm
Going into the UNC Business Essentials program, I didn’t have many preconceived notions. I knew about the six modules that the program focused on, but beyond that I didn’t have much of an idea about what to expect. As I began the program, the biggest part of the curriculum that surprised me was the activities involved with each unit. Each of the activities was excellent real world examples of the business techniques and fundamentals that were covered in the accompanying section. I worked through examples that made connections to real world companies such as Dell. These activities truly helped me as the student to better understand the concepts in the lesson. Looking back, I was also somewhat surprised by how Read More
From “Finance” in France to “Segmentation” in Santorini
03/01/2012 – 4:23 pm
What surprised me most about the UBE program was the extensiveness of the accessibility of the program. The program itself can be completed either online or off. To work offline, there is a program that you can download onto your computer at anytime during the coursework (the only current flaw being that the software will only work on Microsoft computers for now). They also already have PDF printouts optimized and available for pen-to-paper note-taking during the PowerPoint lectures in each Module, as well as PDF printouts of the Unit Summaries and Glossary of Terms within each of the 6 Modules, all of which I found very helpful “on-the-go.” I don’t know who all has completed UBE or where they were Read More