Bachelor of Commerce majors

[teexo]

Those doing the Bachelor of Commerce degree, could you please let me know which majors are the most or least popular. And also which ones in your opinion/experience is the best in terms of employment prospects? I'm just curious as I might choose to do this course, thanks in advance

[sluu001]

Most employable - Accounting/Finance dbl
Most useful - Economics/Finance dbl
Most rigorous - Actuarial Studies

Marketing or Management/IB would be a good compliment to either accounting or finance.

[clueless123]

I think the most common one is the accounting & finance double major. They are everywhereeee

[sluu001]

Definitely not unfortunately.

Accounting and finance is by far the most popular majors. Followed by economics.

Marketing and mgmt come in distant last.

[gummo]

Most employable - Accounting/Finance dbl
Most useful - Economics/Finance dbl

Just wondering, why do you think Economics/Finance is the most useful?

[sluu001]

The 2 majors teaches you the ability to think critically and logically (accounting/marketing/mgmt are IMO all about menorisatipn ot soft-skill learning). Plus the quantitative skills it teaches you (compared to the other majors) are highly looke upon by employers.

[Gloamglozer]

Definitely not unfortunately.

Accounting and finance is by far the most popular majors. Followed by economics.

Marketing and mgmt come in distant last.

I think the "Business" major would be last, wouldn't it?  The one everyone forgets and doesn't care about?

[sluu001]

I did indeed forget about that major; haven't met one person doing it. But srsly, who wants to be familiar with everything but adept at nothing.

[Gloamglozer]

I did indeed forget about that major; haven't met one person doing it. But srsly, who wants to be familiar with everything but adept at nothing.

Same.  It sounds like the most airy-fairy major in B.Com.  But haven't met anyone doing it so I haven't heard any opinions of it.

[sluu001]

Dont do something because it has "better prospects" - because if you dont enjoy it - you will do badly in it. And nothing screws up employment prospects more than bad marks.

But yes, there are a lot more finance positions than marketing positions. However, accounting corner the employment market anyway - so if you study hard; a job wont be hard to find.

[clueless123]

You don't have to pick your major right away. In first year you can do marketing, finance and accounting subjects to see what you will enjoy more / find easier.

[Greatness]

The thing is, I'm not sure what ill enjoy more out of marketing and finance yet. Do you know which is easier?

It depends what you like. If you're good with numbers and like learning about the markets etc then you'll like finance and will probably find it easier. If you enjoy the marketing and advertising side of things then you'll probably find marketing easier.
You can choose a variety of different subjects in first year which will help you decide what major you want to take. You're only restricted in your subject choices if you're going for one of the more rigid course structures such as Finance/Acct, Actuarial, Engingeering Stream, Business majors.

[sluu001]

You have on average 12 contact hours at uni per semester. For every contact hour you should spend at least another 2 outside to consolidate/research the facts presented in lectures/tutorials. So 36 hours should be fine.

Some subjects require more time (ie. if you take up any business law subjects) and some require less (ie. business finance, some of the economics subjects) - so 36 is the average you should spend on all subjects a week.

[jtvg]

I was thinking of doing a double major with accounting and marketing, but would it be better for my employment prospects if I did accounting and finance instead?
Thanks for all your replies so far!

Accounting and Marketing - t's quite an uncommon mix, both left and right sides of the brain involved. The advantage would be that you can choose to work in either professional services (as a CA/CPA) or the consumer goods industry. Apparently, companies like their marketing managers to have a good background in accounting/finance so they can understand the financial side of their brand (that's probably why I was considered to intern in a marketing role despite being an accounting & finance major). Also, consider Finance & Marketing. You should take into account first what you really want to do instead of employment prospects

[jtvg]

was it hard to find an internship, did you get help from the uni or did you find it yourself? and I know everyone asks this but how much do employers care about which uni you went to?

I found the internship role myself. It's hard to make yourself stand out above all the other applicants - some of which are equally or even better than you. From the start of your uni life you should already consider how to brand yourself. Also, I don't know if it applies to all industries, but I think being from Melbourne Uni helped me - but not a lot.