Commerce!!!

[elaine]

hmm im hoping to do chinese alongside my degree... but if they r making me compete against the china IS students im so not doing it! if it takes up all my breadth subjects tho, i cant do any other subj =( *leaning towards double degree right now though will prob change my mind in 3 secs*

theres 3different chinese language course streams, for beginners, for people who did chinese 2nd language in vce, and for background speakers

i really want to do chinese as a breadth too, but i'm probably in between the beginners and vce students. i've been taking chinese lessons every week for a couple of years, so i'm not a complete beginner, but it's not vce standard. which one should i take?

[Odette]

No more commerce for me next year I'll hopefully get into teaching first then do a commerce degree =)

[Collin Li]

Most people who major in Accounting would prefer to get CPA professional accreditation.

I believe this limits you from majoring in another stream of subjects. You can easily major Economics and Finance though, which is what I may do.

[sheepz]

do we get to choose which chinese stream we take? im like in between vce 2nd language n background speakers! hence my chinese as a second language (advanced) lol! wonder if they'll force me into 1... ill prob do the vce 1 if i get to choose =)

elaine, where do u learn chinese from and what year level are you at now?

[Collin Li]

do we get to choose which chinese stream we take? im like in between vce 2nd language n background speakers! hence my chinese as a second language (advanced) lol! wonder if they'll force me into 1... ill prob do the vce 1 if i get to choose =)

There's not much forcing that goes on in university. There may be pre-requisites imposed on higher levels of Chinese, but if you are on the borderline of those pre-requisites, usually you can get exemptions from those pre-requisites

[sheepz]

thats cool =D i wonder if it would be better to do the vce one and aim for all HDs or do the background speaker one and aim to pass lol >.< probably the vce one would look better XP

[joechan521]

do we get to choose which chinese stream we take? im like in between vce 2nd language n background speakers! hence my chinese as a second language (advanced) lol! wonder if they'll force me into 1... ill prob do the vce 1 if i get to choose =)

elaine, where do u learn chinese from and what year level are you at now?

hey, you will have an interview, and the person will decide on which course suit your chinese level.
and i want to do chinese for breadth too, but still deciding from bus law or maths

[joechan521]

Double majors
It is possible to complete a double major in the BCom. Students are able to combine:

accounting (including full accreditation) with finance OR management OR marketing
finance with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR management OR marketing
economics with finance OR management OR marketing
management with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR finance OR marketing
marketing with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR finance OR management.
Actuarial studies cannot be combined with any other major.

A double major requires the completion of six level-3 subjects, i.e. third year subjects, in two disciplines (three subjects per discipline).

im going to do finance+accounting, but dunno if i still have room for breadth subjects.
also for accounting you must do Principles of Business Law, Corporate Law and Taxation Law for breadth which sux

[joechan521]

hmm im hoping to do chinese alongside my degree... but if they r making me compete against the china IS students im so not doing it! if it takes up all my breadth subjects tho, i cant do any other subj =( *leaning towards double degree right now though will prob change my mind in 3 secs*

theres 3different chinese language course streams, for beginners, for people who did chinese 2nd language in vce, and for background speakers

i really want to do chinese as a breadth too, but i'm probably in between the beginners and vce students. i've been taking chinese lessons every week for a couple of years, so i'm not a complete beginner, but it's not vce standard. which one should i take?

definately the 2nd one, cos the beginner is for people with no knowledge at all,
heres the describtion i copied from http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/programs/chinese.html

110-143 Introductory Chinese 1A
This is an introductory course in Chinese for students with no previous knowledge of the language. By the end of this subject students should be familiar with the Pinyin system of romanisation and be able to read and write approximately 300 Chinese characters.

110-180 Standard Chinese 1A
This subject is an accelerated course for students who speak a dialect of Chinese but who cannot read or write Chinese characters or speak Mandarin. By the conclusion of this subject students should have reached approximately the same level as 110-145 Introductory Chinese 1B. They should be able to speak with acceptable standard pronunciation and read and write at least 600 characters, and write essays.

110-160 Chinese 1A
This subject is for students who have completed a course of study in Chinese at secondary school level. In building on the knowledge students already have, particular attention will be paid to expanding vocabulary, ensuring a good grasp of the basic grammar of spoken Chinese, and developing reading, writing and oral/aural skills.

[elaine]

elaine, where do u learn chinese from and what year level are you at now?

A tutor/teacher person comes to my house every week, I'm not sure what level I'm at now. But it's not very high. When I left chinese school 5 years ago :S, I was doing Grade 5! lol...so I'm not very good haha.

[Kopite]

elaine, where do u learn chinese from and what year level are you at now?

A tutor/teacher person comes to my house every week, I'm not sure what level I'm at now. But it's not very high. When I left chinese school 5 years ago :S, I was doing Grade 5! lol...so I'm not very good haha.

i used to go to Waverley Christian College!!!!!!!!!

Do you go to Citylife / Epic??

Edit-soz should prob have pm'ed lol

[sheepz]

OMG interview! i thought i was done with chinese like... forever! >.<

elaine, why don't you ask your tutor around what level you are? n since theres going to be an interview theres probably guidelines as to which stream you should go in. btw i also saw ur name in the papers n found out u go to WCC lol! n i was going to ask bout the epic/citylife thing!! kopite do u go there? coz i do ^^ (uhoh going off topic)

[brendan]

Double majors
It is possible to complete a double major in the BCom. Students are able to combine:

accounting (including full accreditation) with finance OR management OR marketing
finance with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR management OR marketing
economics with finance OR management OR marketing
management with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR finance OR marketing
marketing with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR finance OR management.
Actuarial studies cannot be combined with any other major.

A double major requires the completion of six level-3 subjects, i.e. third year subjects, in two disciplines (three subjects per discipline).

im going to do finance+accounting, but dunno if i still have room for breadth subjects.
also for accounting you must do Principles of Business Law, Corporate Law and Taxation Law for breadth which sux

you would need to do those subjects anyway

[Kopite]

Double majors
It is possible to complete a double major in the BCom. Students are able to combine:

accounting (including full accreditation) with finance OR management OR marketing
finance with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR management OR marketing
economics with finance OR management OR marketing
management with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR finance OR marketing
marketing with accounting (including full accreditation) OR economics OR finance OR management.
Actuarial studies cannot be combined with any other major.

A double major requires the completion of six level-3 subjects, i.e. third year subjects, in two disciplines (three subjects per discipline).

im going to do finance+accounting, but dunno if i still have room for breadth subjects.
also for accounting you must do Principles of Business Law, Corporate Law and Taxation Law for breadth which sux

you would need to do those subjects anyway

so they won't take up our breadth subjects @ melbourne???

[melanie.dee]

Does anyone know how it works doing a Dip of Modern Languages alongside a commerce degree? Do they take part of it out of breadth, or what? I'm trying to work out if theres anyway I can do 2 languages.. Gar I should've gone to the open day so I could ask these questions!