B Economics - Pure (1 Viewer)

[tehsky]

Hey umm just wondering that since i wanna become a stockbroker, and obviously economics is a must, what kinds of things am i expected to look forward to in economics at maq?
any current students have any opinions on the degree? =] will be much appreciated

alsoo, in what way is economics at Maq differnt to other unis?

 

[havy]

maybe you should also consider applied finance.

 

[tehsky]

ahh i dindt even see that one =D
is that similar to economics?
and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh higher uai =[
and silly maq doesnt offer bonus points ;(

 

[Monstar]

ey man, eco is different here at macquarie as you can't really major in anything else apart from economics/econometrics(handy for stockbroking but i also think you need a finance background). If you wanna go into stockbroking maybe look at the BAppfin/BEco combination or do a BEco at UNSW which lets you do economics/econometrics as a major with accounting/marketing etc.

 

[tehsky]

hey..thats not a bad ideaa =]
i shoulda reasearched more =o

btw whats ecnometrics? =x

 

[Monstar]

truth be told, i dont really know. the funny thing is, im doing econometrics now and i did a test on thursday for it...

 

[tehsky]

hahaha dont worry im like that in maths currently just goin along wit the floww n fudging ALOTTTTTT

 

[Supra]

Econometrics is essentially applying mathematical and statistical principles in economic situations. At least, that's what I thought it should be, 100 - level econometrics is crap and I didn't learn much

For stockbroking, or a lot of things for that matter, the degree you do doesn't really matter at all.

You can do a BCom, BEc, BAppFin, or a combination of the latter two, but in the end it is your marks, and work experience that will lead you into whatever you want to do. Most will not start off where they want to be (regardless of their degrees), however they work hard after uni and eventually reach it.

Aim high, the higher the better.

 

[dracover]

supra is pretty much on the money

econometrix is expressing economic theory using statistical models. so e.g. u learn about the price mechanism. the theory is price rise dmeand fall but how do they actually relate (its not actually linear in real life) and so u have a long complicated statistical formula that tries to address what infulences it.