HELP! subjects to enroll in for commerce/law??!! (1 Viewer)

[choke]

hey guys,

i'm super confused about the subjects that i have to enroll in to for commerce/law

the online handbook says:

Year 1
Semester 1

• ACCT1501 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1A (6 UOC)
• ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
• ECON1202 Quantitative Methods A (6 UOC)
• LAWS1052 Foundations of Law (6 UOC)

however, "quantitative methods A" is not even a core subejct for commerce and it sounds like a subject for an economics course.

does anyone have a clue? please help!

 

[jellybelly59]

http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/plans/2010/LAWSA14733.html

it's up to date and yes you have to do QMA - the reason why QMA is no longer a core subject for commerce is because the cores for commerce were recently changed whilst the plan for commerce/law remains relatively unchanged.

 

[choke]

it's up to date and yes you have to do QMA - the reason why QMA is no longer a core subject for commerce is because the cores for commerce were recently changed whilst the plan for commerce/law remains relatively unchanged.

oh ok thanks! so commerce as a course alone, is somewhat different to commerce as part of the com/law course?

 

[jellybelly59]

oh ok thanks! so commerce as a course alone, is somewhat different to commerce as part of the com/law course?

yes exactly - different course structures and cores.

edit: oh btw hi helen's friend.

 

[choke]

LoL, quote helen: what a small world!

oh thanks for your reply btw.

umm, do you know why the two courses have different core subjects?

excuse my confusion and constant questioning... but... do you happen to know whether QMA involves a lot of maths? difficult maths btw...? =/

 

[leoyh]

Not difficult maths. You do a bit of financial mathematics, which is sequences and series applications from HSC; linear programming which is like inequalities; a bit of differentation/integration, matricies (new stuff) and other stuff that i don't remember. It's nothing too tough though so dw

 

[choke]

Not difficult maths. You do a bit of financial mathematics, which is sequences and series applications from HSC; linear programming which is like inequalities; a bit of differentation/integration, matricies (new stuff) and other stuff that i don't remember. It's nothing too tough though so dw

oh ok thanks, but is QMA a compulsory subject for com/law?

 

[TehAzner]

oh ok thanks, but is QMA a compulsory subject for com/law?

From the looks of things, yes it seems like Com/Law still has QMA as a compulsory subject. It has changed for straight B.Com people and Com/Arts, but I'm not too sure why it's still the same for Com/Law.

QMA isn't too hard. It's quite straightforward, and all you need to do is just keep on doing practice questions and attempting past final papers.

You may find QMB in semester 2 a tad harder, but most people do relatively well in it. No need to worry!

Oh and welcome to UNSW

 

[JayJayz22]

I have encountered the same issue; however, the plan for commerce/law has actually changed in the 2010 handbook in the past few days.
It now reads:
Year 1
Semester 1

• One Commerce - 6 UOC
• One Commerce - 6 UOC
• One Commerce - 6 UOC

• LAWS1052 Foundations of Law (6 UOC)

Semester 2

• One Commerce - 6 UOC
• One Commerce - 6 UOC
• One Commerce - 6 UOC

• LAWS1061 Torts (6 UOC)

I am interested in whether these commerce subjects follow the same rules as per a straight B Commerce:

For a straight B Commerce:

Compulsory core courses account for 24 units of credit (4 courses)

• ACCT1501 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1A (6 UOC)
• ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
• ECON1203 Business & Economic Statistics (6 UOC)
• MGMT1001 Managing Organisations&People (6 UOC)

Flexible core courses account for 24 units of credit (4 courses). Students should choose four courses from the following list:

• ACCT1511 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1B (6 UOC)
• ACTL1001 Actuarial Studies and Commerce (6 UOC)
• ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
• FINS1613 Business Finance (6 UOC)
• INFS1602 Info Systems in Business (6 UOC)
• LEGT1710 Business and the Law (6 UOC)
• MARK1012 Marketing Fundamentals (6 UOC)

with only two of the flexible core courses rather than four,
or whether commerce/law students have more free reign in their commerce degree.

I am enrolled in ECON1202, but a little anxious about whether to swap into ECON1203?

 

[hodarrenkm]

http://www.secretariat.unsw.edu.au/...s_Documents/approved_2008/3502_B_Commerce.pdf

p18 for com/law

 

[the-derivative]

I have encountered the same issue; however, the plan for commerce/law has actually changed in the 2010 handbook in the past few days.
It now reads:
Year 1
Semester 1

• One Commerce - 6 UOC
• One Commerce - 6 UOC
• One Commerce - 6 UOC

• LAWS1052 Foundations of Law (6 UOC)

Semester 2

• One Commerce - 6 UOC
• One Commerce - 6 UOC
• One Commerce - 6 UOC

• LAWS1061 Torts (6 UOC)

I am interested in whether these commerce subjects follow the same rules as per a straight B Commerce:

For a straight B Commerce:

Compulsory core courses account for 24 units of credit (4 courses)

• ACCT1501 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1A (6 UOC)
• ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
• ECON1203 Business & Economic Statistics (6 UOC)
• MGMT1001 Managing Organisations&People (6 UOC)

Flexible core courses account for 24 units of credit (4 courses). Students should choose four courses from the following list:

• ACCT1511 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1B (6 UOC)
• ACTL1001 Actuarial Studies and Commerce (6 UOC)
• ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
• FINS1613 Business Finance (6 UOC)
• INFS1602 Info Systems in Business (6 UOC)
• LEGT1710 Business and the Law (6 UOC)
• MARK1012 Marketing Fundamentals (6 UOC)

with only two of the flexible core courses rather than four,
or whether commerce/law students have more free reign in their commerce degree.

I am enrolled in ECON1202, but a little anxious about whether to swap into ECON1203?

Well either way you're going to have to do ECON1203 - so it really depends on whether you want to do ECON1202 as one of your flexible cores, or if there's other cores you'd rather do.

 

[leoyh]

Oh the derivative you're doing comm/law, might see you in foundations