Commerce!!!

[sheepz]

haha thats prob coz all the smart ppl who wants to do commerce studies at melbourne or monash probably >.<

any1 has any clue bout the monash 'bachelor of acct'? its mainly work placements i heard, is it true? n also, do u get to study much of the other parts in commerce eg economics etc?

[costargh]

Lol. I doubt any Uni degree is "mainly" work placements.

[Odette]

hey you change your prefs an unlimited amount of times right? im changing mynow haha, but ill probs change my mind again.

ps whats commerce like at monash anyone?

Yeah you can change them an unlimited amount of times =)
As for commerce at monash i'm not too sure, but monash does seem to have quite a few commerce courses which seem to be alright =)

[AppleXY]

I bet Odette will do all Management subjects in her Com Degree lol

[melanie.dee]

i wouldnt know whaat to major in.. what kind of job does a management major lead to?

shit this is a silly idea, what am i doing! i need to change prefs back again haha

[Odette]

I bet Odette will do all Management subjects in her Com Degree lol

How'd you guess?
Nah not all management subjects

[brendan]

what kind of job does a management major lead to?

management jobs

[costargh]

Lol. What would major in Odette?

Haha Nah Mel Com is a very interesting course imo and can leas to many career paths. You don't have to choose your major first year do you? So you would find out what interests you through the compulsory subs?

Did you check out the subjects on the link I provided above?

[brendan]

I bet Odette will do all Management subjects in her Com Degree lol

How'd you guess?
Nah not all management subjects

of course it can't all be management cos there are some compulsory subjects and those breadth subjects you have to do as well.

You don't have to choose your major first year do you?

i would say that you effectively have to. by the beginning of first year you should know what you want to specialize in because things like acturial studies, you need to do certain first year subjects that you cannot skip. To become a CA or CPA you need to do certain first year subjects. Majors require you to do certain 3rd year subjects, and those 3rd year subjects have 2nd year prepreqs and those 2nd year prereqs have 1st year prereqs, and thus you have to have a good idea of what you want from your commerce degree at the beginning.

Furthermore a word of warning is that if you plan to specialize in Actuarial Studies you need at least a 37 or 38 (can't remember which one) in Specialist Mathematics. Also, if you plan to specialize Economics or Finance, quantitative skills are really important. I would recommend taking all the math subjects that you can handle if you do Economics or Finance.

[Odette]

I bet Odette will do all Management subjects in her Com Degree lol

How'd you guess?
Nah not all management subjects

of course it can't all be management cos there are some compulsory subjects and those breadth subjects you have to do as well.

Exactly =) hehe
I'm thinking of choosing psychology and possibly philosophy ^_^ (Psychology will help me with teaching) ...

[costargh]

Ahk. Yep. Good exaplanation. =)

[Fyrefly]

Japanese for me, costargh. My bestie's done it all through high skool as part of her IB, so she's pretty good. I know having some1 to practice with like that would spur me on, otherwise I'd do Chinese as (to me) it seems to be a more 'useful' language than Jap. However, I'm not sure if I'll have to do a dip of modern languages alongside my commerce degree, as me wanting to major in accounting = some compulsory law breadth subjects (if I should want to seek CPA endorsement), which may not leave enough space left for a language. I read something about the possibility of doing the last 50 points of a dip in mod lang HECS free, but I have no idea how any of it works...

[sheepz]

i tot most of the first year subjects r compulsory? like u study subjects in all the commerce disciplines?

[brendan]

I bet Odette will do all Management subjects in her Com Degree lol

How'd you guess?
Nah not all management subjects

of course it can't all be management cos there are some compulsory subjects and those breadth subjects you have to do as well.

Exactly =) hehe
I'm thinking of choosing psychology and possibly philosophy ^_^ (Psychology will help me with teaching) ...

yup psychology has some interesting applications in Marketing and Economics. The economics department even have a subject on Behavioral Economics - the intersection of market economics and psychology.

[costargh]

Yeh seems like people are interested in studying lagnauges as breadth subjects. =)
Makes me feel better lol. I wish they offered Greek at Melb thou, not having to travel to LaTrobe. (if I was to get in lol)