Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist)/Bachelor of Commerce ANU (1 Viewer)

[shuning]

the idea came to me recently that i want to have something like an interpretor to go with my eco degree... i did a search and only UWS and ANU offers bachelor of Translation. obviously UWS is shit... so i did some more research about ANU's couse. and found that bachelor of Translation falls under Bachelor of Asain studies.

i look thru their course list and this 1 looks pretty good for me. Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist)/Bachelor of Commerce.

but the UAI requirement is only 85... so i suppose its not a very popular course...

nothing much about it can be found apart from the ANU website....

so im just wondering... any1 here knows anything about bach of translation or that course in ANU? is it really worth doing?

btw doing machelor of Asain study makes me feel more Asain ^^ xD

 

[Sammy-Blue]

Commerce is not economics, so that's not exactly the right degree (the requirements are that same). ANU's UAIs are NOT DECIDED BY POPULARITY. This has been repeated enough times now that you shouldn't need to comment on it. Asians studies courses are generally quite good, and the economics school is also very well regarded. Don't let the UAI put you off, very worthwhile considering it (especially over UWS).

 

[shuning]

回复: Re: Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist)/Bachelor of Commerce ANU

i know eco is not commerce.... but atm i cant decide eco or commerce to go with my asain study degree......

 

[bettina44]

actually, asian studies and translation are completely separate degrees. i wouldn't recommend doing translation in anu cause it not an actual translation qualification. your way better off doing it at uws where 1) its acrredited 2) its for 3 years opposed to anu 4 years 3) lower uai/atar

 

[neo o]

The first thing that needs to be said is that even though other universities don't offer asian studies degrees, they generally offer many of the same courses under the umbrella of their arts faculties. I really suggest that you have a look at the courses offered by the University of Sydney to see whether that may be a better fit for you.

I can't help but think that commerce may be a better fit with asian studies. Economics is notorious for being one of, if not the hardest degree at ANU. Combined with the pressure of learning a language (or even two languages) on top of that and I think that you're going to get sick of it after second year.

My suggestion would be to enrol in a straight asian studies/commerce degree. If you're set on doing economics, commerce students do similar units of study in the first year so you can transfer later without losing much time. I'm generally not a fan of 'specialised' arts and asian studies degrees like the b. translation, since generally all they do is restrict your choice in courses without offering any additional content. My suggestion would be to do a B Asian Studies (Spec) and then work for the year in Asia.

Regarding your choice of university, as long as you're cool with moving to Canberra, ANU seems like a no brainer. You don't know whether you're actually going to wind up as a translater, so practical qualifications don't particularly mean much. ANU has a better campus, in a better area, with at least a fairly good commerce degree and one of the best economics degrees in the country.

I should add though, that even though other universities don't offer asian studies degrees, they generally offer many of the same courses under the umbrella of their arts faculties. I really suggest that you have a look at the courses offered by the University of Sydney to see whether that may be a better fit for you.

 

[Sammy-Blue]

I can't help but think that commerce may be a better fit with asian studies. Economics is notorious for being one of, if not the hardest degree at ANU.

:jaw:

 

[Studentleader]

ANU is in Canberra thus lower enterances

 

[Sammy-Blue]

Incorrect

 

[neo o]

:jaw:

They have fail-rates over 50% in some of the later year courses, and the class size drops off from 800 in first year to 100 in third year. If that isn't brutal I don't know what is.

 

[Sammy-Blue]

I'm fairly confident most 3000 level stat/math courses will walk over econ in terms of difficulty.

 

[shuning]

回复: Re: Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist)/Bachelor of Commerce ANU

im not really learning a new language tho.... ( finished yr 4 in China and due to my current school condition i only use eng in class and chinese rest of the time, even most of my sms's r in chinese. )

i think i'll try commerce 1st yr then.

 

[Crestwood's_G]

Re: 回复: Re: Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist)/Bachelor of Commerce ANU

im not really learning a new language tho.... ( finished yr 4 in China and due to my current school condition i only use eng in class and chinese rest of the time, even most of my sms's r in chinese. )

i think i'll try commerce 1st yr then.

why do u only use english in class? assimilate much

 

[Sammy-Blue]

Re: 回复: Re: Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist)/Bachelor of Commerce ANU

im not really learning a new language tho.... ( finished yr 4 in China and due to my current school condition i only use eng in class and chinese rest of the time, even most of my sms's r in chinese. )

i think i'll try commerce 1st yr then.

You sit a placement test to determine where you start. So you could get put in the advanced classes straight away.

 

[Tonthat]

He does 4u maths but he's unable to integrate.

har har har.

 

[shuning]

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why do u only use english in class? assimilate much

cant help it when half of my yr came to aus in yr 11 LOL

 

[shuning]

回复: Re: Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist)/Bachelor of Commerce ANU

He does 4u maths but he's unable to integrate.

har har har.

i thought i did pretty well in terms of integration LOL..... im in like pretty much every group there is @ school :rofl:

 

[sdfx]

They have fail-rates over 50% in some of the later year courses, and the class size drops off from 800 in first year to 100 in third year. If that isn't brutal I don't know what is.

Does this mean there were ~800 students were enrolled in the Economics program or there were that many in Micro 1/Macro 1 . Because Micro 1/Macro 1 is taken by a whole host of students from degrees other than Economics due to it being a requirement.

Where did you get these numbers from? Is there a document? If so can you source it, I think it would be interesting.

I always thought Maths or Engineering would be the hardest.

 

[Sammy-Blue]

Does this mean there were ~800 students were enrolled in the Economics program or there were that many in Micro 1/Macro 1 . Because Micro 1/Macro 1 is taken by a whole host of students from degrees other than Economics due to it being a requirement.

Where did you get these numbers from? Is there a document? If so can you source it, I think it would be interesting.

I always thought Maths or Engineering would be the hardest.

Commerce/Eco/Act Stud/Finance all need first year eco courses. And although it's subjective, I think the theoretical sciences would have the most challenging work.

 

[sdfx]

Commerce/Eco/Act Stud/Finance all need first year eco courses. And although it's subjective, I think the theoretical sciences would have the most challenging work.

Well that's what I was getting at he said 800 students to 100 students by later year courses, which I think is a misrepresentation since not all of them are doing Eco.

And yes I agree it's subjective, a lot of factors come into play of course i.e. interest in subject, abilities, tenacity etc.

 

[humphdogg]

Does this mean there were ~800 students were enrolled in the Economics program or there were that many in Micro 1/Macro 1 . Because Micro 1/Macro 1 is taken by a whole host of students from degrees other than Economics due to it being a requirement.

Where did you get these numbers from? Is there a document? If so can you source it, I think it would be interesting.

I always thought Maths or Engineering would be the hardest.

Maths may be pretty hard, but in some third year maths classes I'm sure the average mark would be an HD. Granted, that'd be because there'd only be 10 people in the class, all of whom are maths geniuses, but still...
Moral of the story: difficulty of the subject can't really be measured by the average class mark.