B Commerce without Economics? (1 Viewer)

[icecoffee]

I'm thinking about doing commerce/accounting for uni but I didn't do economics as a hsc course nor have i done any other commerce related subject in high school. So my question is, will i be disadvantaged and if so, by how much? And will it make it much harder to cope?

My subjects were: Mathematics, Mathematics Ext 1, English Advanced, English Ext 1, Physics, Chemistry and 1 unit SOR.
UAI: 98.5

 

[icecoffee]

Thank you very much for your input!

I have another question though; will it be a fast-paced course in that they skim over the high school basics? For example, how to analyse a business report?

 

[icecoffee]

Thanks again! It just worries me that i might be stuck in a course where i'll be at a complete loss.

Commerce is just one of the many options that i'm thinking about at the moment. Honestly, people ask me what i'm interested in and i struggle to answer; i can't see myself at any particular job in the future. So i figure, what am i relatively good at and what might be a good career for me?

Majors? uhh maybe marketing. I'm not even sure how many majors i'm suppose to choose. The whole process of university confuses me.

 

[icecoffee]

Wow, that was seriously very helpful and encouraging. I am definitely going to the info days, hopefully to gain some more insight and finally make a decision.
I am a very indecisive person and so your idea of a double degree is more than helpful! I never really considered that option, but having a degree to fall back on is a very appealing idea.
And just out of curiosity, are you an accountant now and do you enjoy it?

 

[icecoffee]

Bump - anyone else?

 

[Huy]

You will be fine. You're not severely disadvantaged. Just do the work and stay on top of it all. It's only some algebra anyway for Micro/Macro. And reading some supply/demand diagrams which is easy to pick up.

I have a B.Commerce at USYD and am majoring in Economics among others. I didn't do Economics at high school or any other business subject for the HSC.

p.s. I did all of your subjects at HSC level and some others on top, so it's not hard to pick up Economics as a major (or just meeting the core units).

 

[jas0nt]

they teach you from the ground up with 0 expectations other than you'll work/put in effort.

 

[icecoffee]

Hmm ok! Thanks you guys!

I'm pretty sure i've decided on commerce, so hopefully i'll be able to keep up.

 

[@matthew]

When I started my economics course we were specifically told that often students with no economics background perform better due to the fact that they haven't been taught incorrect/oversimplified things. Commerce at uni is really starting at the start.

 

[redruM]

commerce/engineering sounds like quite a good mix for you in my opinion - i might allow you to explore and enjoy your math/science background and have kickass opportinities - any accounting/finance role is easily within your grasp.

also, you dont need to worry about no business/economics in high school. I did very similar subjects to you. maths/phy/software/eng/sor and didnt find it a disadvantage to do the econ subjects at uni. i found that i just sucked at econ and gtfo out of uni with just a single commerce degree.

by the time you finish uni, we'll well and truly be back in an upswing in the markets which means jobs galore.

hey brogan - whats crackin mate? smashing up JET wkps?