Commerce vs Business vs Finance vs Economics vs Accounting

[inc0gnito]

Hey guys, I've been going through the VTAC guide now for a number of months exploring options and finally decided on doing a law double degree and ended up narrowing it down to the degrees mentioned in the title.


I was wondering, what exactly are the differences/similarities/positives/negatives between Commerce, Business, Finance, Economics and Accounting.

[paulsterio]

Just based on what you've said on your other thread, that you haven't done any maths for two years, do not do Finance, you'd be crazy to do that!

Accounting I would also recommend against.

[TrueTears]

finance - don't do if you don't have a maths background

economics - similarly, depending on what type of economics, also don't do if you don't have maths background

commerce - too broad

business - too broad

accounting - it's okay, up to you to see how you like it

[TrueTears]

finance is a subset of commerce lol but anyways, you may want to look into marketing or management i think that'd suit your tastes

[JellyDonut]

Accounting is math heavy but not math intense

[mystikal]

commerce > business so if possible pick a degree in commerce and then pick your majors may it be finance/accounting/economics

You can also double major so you can fulfill most of your interests.

Reasons to do subjects are already covered in the posts above.