best commerce breadth subject?

[ferrsal]

(when i say 'best commerce breadth' i mean a breadth from the commerce category, im actually doing a bachelor of science)

Im having trouble picking a breadth from this area and was wondering whether people can suggest which ones they enjoy or find interesting/beneficial.

thanks

[simonhu81292]

-Introductory Microeconomics
-Finance 1
Those 2 are the major useful ones from my point of view

[Gloamglozer]

-Introductory Microeconomics
-Finance 1
Those 2 are the major useful from my point of view

I second those two as well.  And both are introductory and very easy to do well in.

[Hancock]

Does anyone know if Intro Macro is better than Finance 1? Apparently Finance 1 is boring as shit, and I kinda liked Intro Micro last year.

[jaydee]

im also thinking about doing intro macro. does anyone know what intermediate micro and macro are like? how about level 3 micro and macro? are they worth doing or will they harm my gpa?

[Hancock]

You'd have to do Intro Micro before Intro Macro. From what I've heard, Intermediate economics gets calculus-y, so if you're into that sort of thing and you like eco, it'd be a good subject.

[jaydee]

ive already picked intro micro for semester 1 and ill probably pick intro macro. im just interested to see what the workload of intermediate and level 3 micro/macro are

[simonhu81292]

Does anyone know if Intro Macro is better than Finance 1? Apparently Finance 1 is boring as shit, and I kinda liked Intro Micro last year.

yes, like Hancock said, economics involve more mathematics at higher levels and it's formulas kind of gets to a different level compare to Intro micro, unless you really like numbers and see how things come about.

Despite the fact that I got was higher for Finance 1 than Intro micro,
Finance 1 has a bit of calculation, very simple and logical, the basis of Finance and the principle, time value of money! The rest about each market, such as bond, equity, cash.
What financial instruments we have, treasury bills, bonds. How each market works, such as Over-the-counter, how they place bids....settlement of the cash flows between banks...etc
I think that's about it..LOL

[Hancock]

Would you recommend Finance 1 or Intro Macro? I'm thinking of taking Finance after that description haha

[simonhu81292]

A lot of biomed friends asked me that question as well...
however, Finance exams are more tricky than economics exam in my opinion.
Also, doing going in Finance 1 depends on the lecture because their exam structure will be different...
but the Intro macro lecturer is really good...(still Nills Olekalns?)
what do you enjoy most? knowing more about financial markets or how the economy work?(such as dealing with GDP, growth, unemployment....but macro was fun

[Hancock]

I'm kinda tossing up between Intro Macro, Finance 1 and Business Law (just so I can continue Law breadths because I'm looking at doing the JD). I liked Microeconomics but that was just because it all made sense and wasn't too hard. I think I may give a shot at Finance 1 because financial markets interest me a bit more than economies I think. But PBL is a prereq for all other law breadths like corporate law. Hmmm.

[Greatness]

Would you recommend Finance 1 or Intro Macro? I'm thinking of taking Finance after that description haha

Definitely finance 1. The exam is like 55-45 calculations to theory. You get a formula sheet and most calculation question you just need to extract numbers and plug it into the formula or rearrange the formula. The theory isn't too bad, some of it's interesting if you enjoy finance, otherwise it'll be a bore lol
Intro macro is alright, what you learn is more stimulating and interesting than micro. Most of the questions in the exam are based on conceptual understanding with very limited basic algebra, expect a lot of writing, analysis and explanations...
In terms of maximizing your grade I reckon finance, for interest it would depend on what you find interesting.

[simonhu81292]

Definitely finance 1. The exam is like 55-45 calculations to theory. You get a formula sheet and most calculation question you just need to extract numbers and plug it into the formula or rearrange the formula. The theory isn't too bad, some of it's interesting if you enjoy finance, otherwise it'll be a bore lol
Intro macro is alright, what you learn is more stimulating and interesting than micro. Most of the questions in the exam are based on conceptual understanding with very limited basic algebra, expect a lot of writing, analysis and explanations...
In terms of maximizing your grade I reckon finance, for interest it would depend on what you find interesting.

Swarley, when did you do Finance 1? apparently my friend did it last sem and It had a lot of theory questions....
Hancock, not doing Law subjects won't disadvantage you from getting into JD and the Law stuff you learn is more inclined towards the business side...business law...if you are willing to study, H1 is definitely attainable but Corp law is a tough one even for commerce studens.

[Hancock]

I was wondering if you've taken PBL / Corp Law and what you thought of it. Does it give you a taste of law education or is it basically a commerce subject? I was just gonna take it to decide whether to go for the JD or stick with M.Eng like I originally planned.

[Tashi]

I think it's more personal preference... not any different in terms of difficulty. I did quite a bit better in micro than finance 1 because I hated finance basically. Maybe read the newspaper and figure out which subject you might like better? The assignments when I did finance 1 were ridiculous too but they were better the semester after.

Also intermediate micro only has algebra but I think inter macro uses calculus concepts... not sure though.