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inc0gnito

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General questions about Commerce.
« on: August 07, 2012, 01:41:13 pm »
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Hey guys, just wanted to ask a few general questions about the Commerce course at Melbourne Uni.

- How much maths is actually involved in commerce ?
- In general, is it relatively difficult ?
- Would you recommend a humanities student using Commerce as a stepping stone for JD ?
- Is it enjoyable ?


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Re: General questions about Commerce.
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2012, 06:12:05 pm »
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Have a look at my reply to your other post in the "general discussion" thread. Just summarising:

2 statistics/maths subjects that are compulsory - not easy but nothing like the maths done in a B.science.
Don't complete an economics/finance/actiay major and you can avoid most of the more advanced maths/statistics (commerce mostly deals with statistics) subjects.
It is probably one of the more useful degrees in terms of obtaining multiple skillsets for future employment in any industry (including law - since corporate law/contracts takes a large chunk of thefinds flowing into the legal community).

And the answer to your question of enjoyment. Overall for me - a big yes. There will always be subjects that you will absolutely loathe (bloody macro 2 :rant) but I do actually enjoy the majority of what I am learning. But do take any of these comments with a grain of salt. Your enjoyment does not necessarily equate to my enjoyment.

One other thing is that, if you do plan to do an undergrad degree at melbourne - the new melb model will allow you to take several subjects outside your faculty - as such, you can pick up a couple of law subjects and see if you can picture yourself doing it for the rest of your career (law is a heavy heavy course and most high school kids do not appreciate how much work is required (not ecause its hard but because of the enormous amount of information you have to learn), thus getting a nasty shock when they start their law degree. I did corporate law (as part of my accounting major) last semester and I spent the equivelant amount of time studying and taking notes for the subject as 2 and half of my commerce subjects (not exagereating).