As both a Biology and Comparative Literature major, I understand the value a business background adds to a science degree and to a humanities degree. I consider myself a well-rounded person, but one thing I’ve always been interested in was business but could never take any courses. UNC Business Essentials is truly business for the non-business major and adds to my resume greatly. Now that I’m a graduating senior, I feel so much more confident that not only can I add the UNC Kenan-Flagler name to my list of accomplishments, but I truly have the business background to navigate a business-related career whether it be related to accounting, marketing, or economics. And no matter what field I find myself in, Read More
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Getting Interviews at Goldman Sachs
03/04/2012 – 6:54 pm
I am a non-business major, and I applied exclusively to business internships, specifically investment banking internships because I thought that would be the best fit for me long term. My top choice was to do investment research, but having very little finance experience, I wasn’t sure I would get an offer. I think having Business Essentials on my resume helped to show employers that though I was not a business major and lacked substantial finance coursework, I was still very interested in business. This helped me to get the interview. During the interview I was asked to talk about the three financial statements and how they worked together. This was a section that the Business Essentials program did an amazing Read More
Gaining Comprehensive Knowledge
22/11/2011 – 2:23 pm
When I first heard of the UNC Business Essentials program, I immediately thought that it would be a great opportunity for me. Being a communications major doesn’t really offer me the best insight into the business realm and practices of the world. I thought the program would present useful information that I could use in my future endeavors, as well as offer an awesome boost to the ol’ resume. The UNC Business Essentials program itself was much different than I expected. While I knew the program was online, I was picturing slides of people dressed in business attire sitting around a conference table. I was pleasantly surprised when I found that the program actually offered a variety of information on Read More
A View from Bloomsbury
11/10/2011 – 2:07 pm
I completed the majority of the UNC Business Essentials program on the fourth floor of the Senate House library in the Bloomsbury neighborhood of London, England. I especially liked this location because it was quiet (in relation to my noisy flat) and had a full tech lab with wide, flat computer screens, large headphones, and comfy chairs – perfect for watching slides from each UBE lecture. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect before starting. I was a bit worried that it would be a huge time commitment. I had this fear that I’d be spending a lot of time cooped up in London trying to learn about supply chains. However, this turned out not to be the case, largely Read More
Exceeded my expectations
15/03/2011 – 4:54 pm
Having now completed the first two modules of the business essentials program, I must say that the content has exceeded my expectations. These are not lessons that you can skim through and toggle windows for the final exam, as much of my past online-learning experience has demonstrated. The curriculum has been designed in such a way that engages you deeply with the material – even financial accounting, which I would have said was not possible. I would recommend dedicating a journal to the purpose of note-taking, and setting aside time each day to work through the units. It is possible to complete a module in a single day; however, it requires at least six hours of uninterrupted time and more Read More