University of North Carolina Wilmington - UNCW

Student feedbacks of the school : http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/campusRatings.jsp?sid=3995

The university is organized into seven colleges:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Cameron School of Business
• College of Health and Human Services (School of Health and Applied Human Sciences; School of Nursing; School of Social Work)
• Watson College of Education
• Graduate School
• Honors College
• University College

It is part of the 17-campus University of North Carolina System.

Student Success
Graduation Rate	79.7%
Retention Rate	83.2%

Estimated Student Expenses
In-State
Tuition & Fees	$7,048
Room & Board	$10,686
Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$21,064
Room & Board	$10,686

Demographics:

Professor:

Being active in class is not only expected, but highly appreciated by teachers. What’s more your activity during class will be a part of your final grade. You will be stimulated to think independently, engage in active conversations, and argument your ideas. University classes in the U.S. focus on applied and creative learning. American university classes include peer-instruction. Students are encouraged to study more outside the classroom, giving them the possibility to ask questions and discuss the most important and relevant topics during lectures. The American education system is about project-based learning. In the U.S., students are challenged either during lectures, or for home projects to answer a question, solve a problem or explore an issue, usually related to a topic that inspires them or that is related to their personal interests and career aspirations.

When you attend a lecture in an American college, you don’t just sit in class and take notes as the teacher tells ‘a story’. You don’t make an assignment and receive a grade. What give the U.S. educational system a great rep are:

• feedback,
• constructive criticism,
• after class study groups,
• practical and research oriented activities.

Students:


Greek life: 16 social fraternities and 10 social sororities

UNCW students LOVE to help out international students navigate their way around campus and around town.


As an international student, you can be assigned a student mentor who will be available to answer any questions you may have about arriving, food, campus, etc.  You will also  have permission to move in to your om-campus housing two days earlier than other students, so you can attend international student orientation.



Cheating

Cheating is deception implying that work in fulfillment of course or degree requirements representsa student’s own level of knowledge when it actually does not. Common examples of cheatinginclude:
a. Any conduct during a program, course, quiz or examination which involves the unauthorized use of written or oral information, or information obtained by any other means of communication. Students are expected to consult with their instructors for clarification on whether assignments may be conducted jointly with other students. In the absence of approval for joint work, the expectation is that students will conduct their own work and research both outside and within the classroom environment (not including authorized assistance and sanctioned university resources such as the University Learning Center). Students must

receive approval by their instructor(s) in advance for submitting a paper previously written
and submitted by the student for another class.

2. The unauthorized acquisition, buying, selling, trading or theft of any examination, quiz, term
   paper or project.
3. The unauthorized use of any electronic or mechanical device during any program, course,
   quiz or examination, or in connection with laboratory reports or other materials related to
   academic performance.
4. The unauthorized use of laboratory reports, term reports, theses, or written materials in whole
   or in part.
5. The unauthorized assistance or collaboration on any test, assignment, or project.
6. The unauthorized use by a student of another person’s work, or the falsification of any other
   person’s work, or writing another person’s work for them to submit.
7. Bribery, including but not limited to the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of any consideration in order to obtain a grade or other treatment not otherwise earned by the student
   through his/her own academic performance.
8. Any form of lying or furnishing false information to a professor, administrator or staff
   member acting in performance of their duties (including taking an exam for another student). 

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the copying of language, phrasing, structure, or specific ideas of another and presentingany of these as one’s own work, including information found on the internet. Common examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:

1. Reproducing someone else’s work without quotation marks or proper attribution andsubmitting it as your own.
2. Paraphrasing or summarizing another’s work without attribution or acknowledgement of thesource and submitting it as your own.
3. Deliberate attribution to a source from which the referenced material was not in fact derived.
4. Failing to cite a source for ideas or information.

Facilities: 

• The Aquatics Facility includes an Indoor Pool, an Outdoor Pool, and Patio Deck.
• Fitness Center
• Multipurpose Courts
• Climbing Wall
• Racquetball Courts
• Table Tennis & Lounge
• Locker Room
• Walking/Jogging Track

          Dining halls:

• Wagnor Hall
• Dubs Cafe

          Teal Meal:

• Hawk’s Nest
• Subway
• Chick-Fil-A
• Dunkin’ Donuts
• Port City Java
• The Landing
• Einstein Bros Bagels
• MooYah

        Other options:

• Starbucks
• Courtside
• EBB Tide

        Convenience stores:

• Pod Market at Fisher Student Union
• Pod Market at Shops at Crossing
• Fair Trade
• Market Place

North Carolina:

Southern State

Swing state (Politics)

Largest city is Charlotte with population of 731,424

Borders of Virginia to the North, South Carolina to the South, Tennessee to the west and Atlantic Ocean to the East

Coastal Plan makes up 45%

Piedmont Region makes up 35%

Appalachian Mountains and foothills

Demographics:

White: 68.5%

African American: 21.5%

Hispanic or Latino: 8.4%

Asian: 2.2%

School Website & Other useful links for exchange students:

• http://csb.uncw.edu/ 
• http://www.uncw.edu/international/ (exchange students link) 
• http://catalogue.uncw.edu/content.php?catoid=16&navoid=961 (Academic calendar) 
• https://csb.uncw.edu/Global/tabsa-admission.html

Accreditation: AACSB

Information about the agreement: Double Degree Agreement for IBBA 3 (TABSA program) : http://www.tabsanetwork.org/

Offered programme & field of expertise: 

Degree prepared at UNCW: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Undergraduate degree) 

This is a two-year program including a four to six-month internship in the USA 

Students will be offered to choose between different majors (specialization) : 

- Entrepreneurship & Business Development 

- Finance 

- Human Resource Management 

- Information system 

- Management & Leadership 

- Sales Marketing or Marketing Strategy 

- Supply chain Management 

Some courses are mandatory to get their degree like (BUS 292: Business preparation), Principles of Operation Management, Business Essentials, Commercial Law or Legal Environment of Business, Competitive Strategy, Intro to Business Analytics. 

Starting semester 6 AT UNCW, you will have to choose some electives courses depending on your major (7 courses for the major). 

The Bachelor thesis and the internship (in Semester 8) will be supervised by UNCW. 

Course information: 
http://catalogue.uncw.edu/
To find course information for the upcoming semester, go to SeaNet
(https://seanet.uncw.edu/) , select “Detailed Class Schedule”, and then choose the
upcoming term. Choose the subject you are searching for in the “Subject” box. Then
scroll to the bottom of the screen and click “Class Search”.
Course workload : Students will be required to take about 18 US credits each semester (usual workload at UNCW being 12-15 US credits).


Ressourceful website about the NC culture :
https://www.interexchange.org/american-culture/north-carolina/