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Diploma or Cross-Faculty Major?
excal:
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--- Quote from: bturville on November 06, 2008, 09:48:12 pm ---Just do it full time for a start. You said you want to do things and not have a full load, but studying over summer would suck unless you HAD to. One extra unit won't make that much of a difference.
If your really keen on doing Japanese, consider (this is a pretty out there option, and may just be UoM fanboyism...but worth considering) transferring to Melb Uni?! You can still do a major + accounting w/accred., and keep Jap as your 'breadth'. Also you can get credit for your monash subjects, so it won't take any longer.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, you can get a concurrent diploma if you take 2 extra lang. subjects, either overloaded or after the end of your commerce degree. Bonus, THE LAST 4 SUBJECTS OF THE DIPLOMA ARE HECS FREE :D
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My scholarship is worth more than the $4000 in HECS fees that I'd save.
I had originally intended 2g2 UoM, but Monash is better @ the fine art of bribery.
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Yeah, they're good at that aren't they?
*hugs my $36,000 scholarship*
Noblesse:
--- Quote from: Fyrefly on November 06, 2008, 10:23:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jamison on November 06, 2008, 09:27:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: Fyrefly on November 06, 2008, 09:42:32 am ---
Ok... useless post right there.
Not even random.
Just useless.
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Hi Firefly, I'm sorry if I am hijacking your thread, but do you by any chance know much about the BCom - Accounting and Finance degree(this one http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/2015.html)?
I'm not sure you if you complete a major in both accounting and finance, or if you just pick one. And if you only pick one, do you know how it is different from the normal BCom single major program? It was listed separately to the regular BCom in VTAC. Sorry to ask all these questions :P
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Hey, nps... I'm glad some1's got something useful 2 ask.
@ Monash, Accounting and Finance is a single department of the BusEco faculty (eg. economics department, management department, acc & finance department, etc).
(jst FYI... relevant Acc & Finance department course codes = AFC### or Clayton-based AFX### units).
As I understand it, a straight accounting major u *have* 2 take particular units from the accounting side of the units offered by the department.
Same with finance, u *have* 2 pick units from a given 'finance' list.
Accounting and Finance u can satisfy the major by doing whichever 10 units from the department u like (note tho that a major is usually 8 units, not 10).
Wot that page is saying is that if u want an 'accounting' BCom (acc + finance) degree then u have 2 do units that count 2wards the accounting side, if u wanna do the 'finance' side of it then u'll have 2 do the finance units, or if u want a generalist 'no-frills' BCom (A & F) then u can pick whichever 10 units u want (provided they comply with normal rules eg. no more than 10 1st year units in ur degree, must have @ least 2 3rd year units, etc).
Some1 could probably explain it better than me... but basically, no... it's a single major with 2 extra units, not a double major.
A double major in Accounting and Finance is possible, but u'll only end up with 2 free electives (or only 1 if u want CPA accreditation).
EDIT: So... jst 2 clarify... ultimately, if u can get in2 straight BCom with no forced major, then do it. The main difference b/w BCom and BCom (A&F) is that ur major must come from the A&F department (which u may eventually decide u don't want, so u don't wanna b locked in2 it if u don't have 2 b).
Any1 got anything 2 add?
I suck @ explaining 2nite...
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Sorry for late reply, been busy with exams. Thank you for this explanation Fyrefly, makes much more sense now :D
Right now I am fairly positive I want my major to be in Acc or Finance (preferably both), so if I do both, is lack of electives a bad thing? What do people usually do with their electives? Pursue interest subjects?
Fyrefly:
--- Quote from: Jamison on November 16, 2008, 12:41:43 pm ---Sorry for late reply, been busy with exams. Thank you for this explanation Fyrefly, makes much more sense now :D
Right now I am fairly positive I want my major to be in Acc or Finance (preferably both), so if I do both, is lack of electives a bad thing? What do people usually do with their electives? Pursue interest subjects?
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Yeah, I guess.
It's all good if u're sure bout ur major.
The problems arise if ppl aren't so sure, coz lack of electives can leave little flexibility.
Some1 else can probably explain better than me... XD
There's probably something I've missed.
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