Economics through Arts or Commerce?

[gummo]

Hi, could anyone tell me if Economics offered through Arts is exactly the same as Economics offered through Commerce? Will Economics students in the Commerce stream share classes with Economics students in the Arts stream?

I was initially considering BComm but I've decided that the only things I'm really interested in for Commerce are Economics and Marketing (sort of/not really) and Arts is much more suited to my interests, so I'm wondering if I can do Economics through Arts in the same way.

Thanks!

[Greatness]

Yes it would be the same as an Eco major in Commerce You will be in lectures and classes with Commerce and any other students who take the subjects!
Here is a link: http://ba.unimelb.edu.au/about/course-structure.html
Scroll down and you will see some course structures with an Economics major

[sluu001]

Im not sure about an economics through arts, but an economics major through a b.comm gets very mathematical in 2nd and 3rd year. You deal with quite a lot of regressional analysis/statistics (econometrics modelling) and calculus work (ie IS/LM curve, salow swan models etc).

I would hazard a guess that an economics major through arts would deal more with the qualitative side of economics (ie. the socio-economic impact of policy changes etc.). This is purely based on the fact that a b.arts does not req methods and as such, would most likely not be too quantitative; so i could be totally wrong in this aspect.

Best way to find out is to look at the subjects (and subject codes) requires for a major in economics in each course and see if they match up. If they do, then there will be no difference in the subjects taken.

[mark_alec]

An economics major in Arts requires methods and the subjects are exactly the same as through a BCom  - https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2013/!B-ARTS-MAJ%2B1013

[gummo]

Wow, thank you for all your responses! You've all been exceptionally helpful. I hadn't thought of checking all the subject codes - good idea. Thanks again.