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Study Abroad Program Review of Exchange: Sydney - University of New South Wales

Submitted by Beka (Corporate Finance,female,The University of Texas at Austin) on July 12th, 2010

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Start Date:

May 3, 2010

End Date:

Jun 29, 2010

International exposure prior to program?

None

Academics Overall

**Overall educational experience:

**Comment:

The teaching methods were quite different during one session a teacher might teach from the book and during another the teacher made up his own formulas and own methods so it was very hard trying to figure out what each teacher was going to test on during the test since they switched after your midsession exams.

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Course Title:

International Business Finance

Course Department and Number:

FINS3616

Instructor:

Dr Bohui Zhang; Dr Eliza Wu

Language of Instruction:

English

Please comment on the course:

The class was interesting. I learned more from the tutor than the instructors, one had such a thick accent you could hardly understand him.

Please rate the course overall:

Course

**Course Title:

STRE2010

**Course Department and Number:

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

**Instructor:

Mr. Martin Bliemel

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

Great course. The teacher is the best I had at UNSW.

**Please rate the course overall:

Course

**Course Title:

The Marine Enviroment

**Course Department and Number:

MSCI0501

**Instructor:

Professor Matthew England

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

Very informational class. The test are a harder than they let off them to be because they are all free response. The field trips are great because you get to see parts of Sydney you wouldn't usually go to.

**Please rate the course overall:

Course

**Course Title:

Applied Corportate Finance

**Course Department and Number:

FINS3625

**Instructor:

Dr. Kingsley Fong; Dr. Kyung Hwan Shim

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

This was the most challenging course I've ever taken. The first professor was ok but read off the slides the entire time and the second didn't even teach from the book just made up his own stuff. It was hard to prepare for the test because it was so unpredictable.

**Please rate the course overall:

Host Country Program Administration Overall

**On-site administration of your program:

**Please explain the program's strengths and weaknesses:

They were extremely helpful in the registering process and suggesting classes that could fit our schedule.

Housing Overall

Living arrangements? (all that apply):

Other (describe in comment field below)

Who did you live with?

Other (describe in comment field below)

If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition?

**Housing satisfaction:

**Comment:

It was a room inside possibly the best family in Australia's house. It was on 26 Carr St. basically a 2 min or less walk to the beach. Penny our landlady was the best, its a really nice house as well and the room had a big bed and a desk.

I found my housing from UNSW student housing office. My house was a min walk to the major bus stop and a 30 min ride to the city. It was also close to Coogee Bay hotel a popular nightclub.

Food Overall

**Food satisfaction:

**Comment:

It was good, there is a lot of asian Food everywhere.

Safety and Health Overall

**How well were health issues addressed through your program?

**Safety:

**Comment:

Australia was extremely safe I never heard of robberies around campus.

Money Overall

**How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?

General Assessment Overall

**Words of wisdom:

Other than the difficulty of the school work, living in Sydney (Coogee Beach) is amazing. There are many backpackers around so you meet people from all over the world its a great experience.

**If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same program?

Yes

**Overall satisfaction with your study abroad experience:

**Was your study abroad experience worthwhile?

Its made me want to do more with my life and see more of the world. I'm now considering peace corps and other options.

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