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Any1 doing Bachelor of Commerce at Usyd or UNSW (1 Viewer)

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hi ppl!
i wanna ask ppl who are doing this course, or who know some 1 who is doing this course, about, like do they like it? wat majors are u doing? im thinking of:
accounting n human resource management.

if i dont do this course at Usyd or UNSW i'd take B.commerce/B Science at UNSW, where i would like to do Human Resource management and Psychology.

A friend was telling me that Human Resource mgmt is quite boring.
wat do u think about it?

I'm sorry if i sound really silly...cuz I am not sure about what i want to do, n if i take commerce would i like it?

Thanks :)
 

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Commerce is hell boring in 1st year - the core subjects that is.
Human Resource Mgmt should be quite interesting, since it'd be different from ur other compulsory subjects. I do International Business as a major and its not as mundane as the other subj's I do

Would u like commerce....did u do Business Studies/Economics in the HSC? did u like them? coz its basically that, but in greater depth
 

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yeah i did business studies this year. It was pretty ok. I did well throughout the year and knew my work well.

But i dont know if i love this subject!!!
n the thing im scared about is that, at school, i just had to do business as one subject but at uni i wud have it like as a whole thing!

i have 2 see now what im gunna do~

commerce is better at UNSW, right? well dats what i've heard.

Are there any good job opportunities for commerce?
Thanks:)
 

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no there are no good job opportunities for ppl with commerce degrees.....

HRM is apparantly pretty boring, thats what my friend who do it have said, at usyd u have to do industrial relations law and stuff with it which isnt the best ive heard
 

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If u do an accounting major, theres basically a 96% chance u'll get a job when u graduate. How good/well paid that job is depends on other things

At UNSW, HRM and Industrial Relations are two seperate majors...I dunno much bout them
 

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is it possible to take 2 things at the same time like HRM and Accounting, at UNSW?


UNSW is better 4 commerce...right? well, thats what I've heard, wat do u guys think?
 

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Yes, u can do a double major in Commerce, HRM & Accounting

And, trying not to be biased here, but UNSW does the have the reputation as being the best Faculty of Commerce and Economics in the South East Asian region
 

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how about B.commerce/B. Science..
i thought HRM and Psychology would be a good combination...
what do u think of this course???

But yeah, i also think that psychology mite not be good 4 a person like me, cuz its like quite Negative, its kind of depressing!
 

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Originally posted by perfectionist
how about B.commerce/B. Science..
i thought HRM and Psychology would be a good combination...
what do u think of this course???
I have no idea about psych
what kinda area do u want to eventually work in?
if its psych, then thats prolly a good combo, but if ur more inclined to work in a business related field, u'd be better off doing a more practical major, such as finance or accounting
 

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haha i kno i kno...gee~~
i know lots of ppl doing com/sci too~~ :p
 

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Originally posted by Minai
I have no idea about psych
what kinda area do u want to eventually work in?
if its psych, then thats prolly a good combo, but if ur more inclined to work in a business related field, u'd be better off doing a more practical major, such as finance or accounting

i want 2 work in business...
i thought bout psyc n HRM cuz it wud be a good combination as when u go into business n manage people..n psych is related 2 people's behaviours
i hope accounting is not boring...i did it at school...n found it pretty good.. :)
 

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Good idea
Also as a side note, u can probably do Accounting, HRM and Psych if u do Com/Sci, I'm not sure about this though, but I kno if u do Com/Arts u can do 3 majors.

Accounting...well if u've done it at school, u'll prolly find 1st semester pretty boring, since its the usual DR/CR journal entries and writing up financial statements, but it does get more interesting in 2nd semster with ethics, governance and managment accounting
 

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i looked thru da UAC book....Macquire(is dat how we spell it?:)) anyways, they offer b.commerce too...n lots of other business courses...i wanna put dat in my preferences too..cuz in case...i dont get in UNSW..and i wanna fill dat space, really...wats da reputation of this uni??
 

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Originally posted by perfectionist
i looked thru da UAC book....Macquire(is dat how we spell it?:)) anyways, they offer b.commerce too...n lots of other business courses...i wanna put dat in my preferences too..cuz in case...i dont get in UNSW..and i wanna fill dat space, really...wats da reputation of this uni??
not as good as Sydney and UNSW
they are renowned for their Actuarial Studies program though
 

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3 only if u do a combined degree

If u do 2 majors, its the same amount of work as 1 major - see if u do 1 major, u have to make up the extra subjects by doing lots more electives, but if u do 2 majors, ur electives will be taken up by your second major - so its basically the same
 

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