So I am planning to under-load my first semester of next year by taking only 3 subjects, but 3 really hard level 2 subjects, I am just wondering for anyone who has done both corporate financial decision making and econometrics 1, which one do you reckon is harder? I am trying to decide which one to take in semester 1... Also, financial accounting theory versus taxation law 1, which one do you guys reckon is easier for a 2nd year commerce student? Thanks !
Hi there!
I did CFDM and Econometrics 1 in semester 1 this year, got H1 in both. I'd say that econometrics is a bit harder. With CFDM, it's just 10% tute marks and a 20% mid-sem; it's easier in semester 1 from what I've heard (mid-sem average in my cohort was 85%, but below 60% in the semester 2 cohort). With ECOM20001, the assignments can be a bit tricky, but they're not too bad - scoring above 90% on them should be a formality. The exam for CFDM is easier to score well in than the econometrics one. I'd personally take both in semester 1.
Regarding your second question: first, the handbook states IFA2 (ACCT20002) as a prerequisite for FAT (ACCT30001), so you should take care of that first. Second, the difficulty of taxation law depends on if you do corporate law (BLAW20001) prior or after it; the IRAC writing method took me a while to master. I did corporate law before taxation law, and corporate law is my equal worst final grade in my whole BCom so far; however, I did manage to scrape an H1 in taxation law. I'd probably leave FAT for your 3rd year and do tax law straight after corp law, in your 2nd year - there are a lot of 2nd-year students doing tax law in my cohort.
Hope that helps