Do you think ETC1000 is really that hard? Is it a good idea to change it to marketing or is it not really much of a difference? Keeping in mind my other subjects as well
Marketing is easier and less work, yes. However it does have an assignment, while ETC1000 doesn't. MKC1200 is also incredibly boring. Much more than accounting or stats imo. If you're worried about stats being too hard, I'd personally go for ECC1000 over MKC1200. More interesting than marketing, no assignment, and less mathsy than stats. But that's just me.
Honestly though, I don't think it really matters. All level one commerce units (apart from accounting and business law) aren't too intense in terms or workload or difficulty. Pick units you think you'll enjoy the most and you'll probably find that your marks are better, and that you enjoy uni more. If you think that stats sounds horrible but marketing looks interesting, go for marketing. So try not to worry about the workload, especially for first year commerce units.
But ETC1000 isn't all that hard. You're given comprehensive notes and plenty of past exams too. Try having a look at the past exams database for ETC1000 to give you some sort of idea of what stuff is covered.
- Do you guys recommend attending lectures for commerce subjects? Will I miss out on much by just attending tutorials?
All down to the individual. I generally like going to my lectures, but others don't go to any and do fine. I find it easier to keep up to date if I attend the lectures. For specific commerce units though:
ACC1000: I recommend going to help keep you up to date.. Can sometimes be tough learning the stuff from the textbook/lecture slides only. Also I don't think the lectures are recorded. It's best if you've done the weekly questions before the tute too, and the lectures can help you to do these.
ETC1000: You get given the actual content lecture videos on a cd at the start of the semester, so all the lectures do is go over examples and Brett's entertaining stories. So you can skip these if you want. Usually are recorded. If you've watched the cd lecture (or just read the notes) then you'll be prepared for the labs.
MKC1200: I stopped going after the second week. Aren't recorded. Just about pointless I found. Tutes alone was fine for me.
- Is it ok to put a tutorial (or computer lab session if I do ETC1000) before a lecture or inbetween part 1 and 2 of a unit's lectures?
What slothpomba said. Put your tutes/labs at the time that suits you best. Sure, there may be ever so slight advantages or disadvantages to a particular tute time, but they will make no difference in the grand scheme of things. The same content will be covered in a tute at 8am monday as at 4pm on Friday.