How bad is it to delay compulsory subjects? (1 Viewer)

[Astea]

Hi all so here's my dilemma:

I did Arts&Business last year and transferred into Economics/Arts this sem. On the economics side, I transferred what I could (for e.g. Accounting and microeconomics) and I have the following compulsory subjects remaining:

ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1
ECON1202 Quantitative Analysis (6 UOC)
ECON1203 Business & Economic Statistics (6 UOC)
ECON1401 Economic Analysis (6 UOC)
ECON2101 Microeconomics 2 (6 UOC)
ECON2206 Introductory Econometrics (6 UOC)

I can't choose microeconomics 2 and introductory econometrics because of pre-requisites. Right now I'm enrolled in Macroeconomics 1, economic analysis, quantitative analysis and an arts subject.

The thing is... I really don't like maths. It's not my forte and I instantly get turned off by a page full of numbers, symbols and formulas. Is it bad to delay the inevitable mathsy subjects? I only just realised that quantitative analysis is ALL MATHS, and I really don't want to do it, but seeing as it's a compulsory subject...

Am I digging a deeper hole for myself by studying economics? Because with regards to maths, my interest levels are close to zero -- I find Arts subjects much, much more interesting.

Thanks in advance :S

 

[isildurrrr1]

How did you not realize economics requires a lot of maths... you might as well drop econ.

 

[Astea]

I did microeconomics last semester and thought I could just major in economics... Because something like microeconomics mirrors HSC economics, and I'm fine with that. It's just econometrics and stuff that I really dislike

Also... everyone tells me going Arts alone is career suicide. And yet I can't find myself being genuinely invested and interested in the other fields of study... sigh.

 

[itoki228]

Brah, If you enjoy the business side of things that don't require as much math, you should have gone into commerce. Economics is a lot of maths and not just maths, a lot of application. Rethink pls

 

[HeyJes]

Please consider dropping econ if you do not enjoy math. U are essentially torturing yourself

 

[Jay123]

How much harder is the math in eco compared to the math in say engineering? I was kind of forced in engineering/commerce, but i really just wanted to do comm/eco. It's only week 1 and I am already dreading picking this course.

 

[JasonG123]

How much harder is the math in eco compared to the math in say engineering? I was kind of forced in engineering/commerce, but i really just wanted to do comm/eco. It's only week 1 and I am already dreading picking this course.

The math in engineering would be much, much harder I would think. No comparison really.

 

[Jay123]

Is it possible to swap my engineering subjects for business ones even though the handbook says complete engineering subjects first? Also how would wam work if I wanted to transfer?

 

[seremify007]

As others have mentioned if you don't like maths, don't do eco - it'll get more and more painful. Commerce would be a much better choice as you can do qualitative subjects (even in Finance).