by Baylee Dyer

While studying at UNCW I am enrolled in 5 subjects. This crosses over to be equivalent to 4 Waikato Subjects. I am fortunate enough that I was able to find subjects that had enough cross-over that Waikato University allowed it to count towards my degree. And all going well, if I pass all these papers, I will have completed my degree while studying in America.

The courses I take here are:

EDB 383: Corporate Entrepreneurship

• Learn how to apply entrepreneurial thinking in traditional companies to drive growth.
• Explore mechanisms for identifying and implementing new growth opportunities.

EBD 480: Managing Emerging Ventures

• Focus on sustaining high growth and profitability in entrepreneurial ventures.
• Emphasize strategies for managing growth effectively.

MGT455: Competitive Strategy

• Develop strategic planning skills for gaining a competitive advantage.
• Study industry and competitor analysis, globalisation, and effective communication.

SCM472: Project Management

• Explore project management fundamentals, from initiation to post-project review.
• Learn techniques for cost, schedule, risk, and technical management, as well as leadership.

SCM475: Supply Chain Management

• Gain insights into logistics and supply chain management.
• Cover topics like customer service, transportation, inventory, and network design.

They have a lot more classes you can choose from in their course catalogue. However, the ones above were approved by my Waikato Paper convenors as being beneficial for building on the knowledge I already had.

The subject’s content is easier than Waikato’s. However, the workload is more time-consuming with a lot of it being ‘busy work’. Such as lots of readings, small weekly assignments and quizzes. With grades starting to come out I am also now better able to understand the effort required… or rather how much effort not to put in. I have just finished up with the first lot of exams. They were all roughly an hour long and consisted mostly of multichoice. 

The class sizes are smaller with 20-30 students. There are no tutorials.