Double degree advice. (1 Viewer)

[mitchy_boy]

Sup d00dz, and d00detz, I'm doing Commerce, and I'm majoring in Actuarial studies. I wonna do a double degree with it, but not sure what I should pick up as the second degree...

I have it down to;

Science, and do a major in maths or stats.

Computer science.

Economics, and do Financial economics, and/or econometrics.

I want to do them all equally, so if you have an opinion on any of the degrees, plz share it

Or just ignore me/post useless shit

 

[muzeikchun852]

maths would be a complementary subject for actuarial.

 

[gurmies]

The ones that'll provide most leverage in terms of job offers are science/computer science. Have you considered advanced maths?

 

[mitchy_boy]

That's what I was thinking, especially as I was looking at a lot of jobs, for actuaries, and quant finance jobs, and lots requested knowledge of databases, which would fall under computer science.

I'm not sure if I have the marks to transfer to advanced maths (atar 92, first semester wam 72), but i've considered it. Not sure if I want to do the whole honours year thing.

 

[deterministic]

A common misconception is that maths complements actuarial studies. In reality, actuarial studies is more like statistics than like maths. So if you were going to do a major purely to complement actuarial studies, then do a stats major if you want to complement actuarial. If you want to learn more about maths, then do a maths major. Don't get suckered into doing advanced maths if you aren't keen on honours, as it is nearly the same as a normal science degree with an extra honours year.

Computer science is a great degree as it teaches efficient programming skills which are more vital in the industry imo. You will probably learn the most from this degree, however, it is probably by far the most difficult and time consuming of the 3 choices. At the very least, do some first year computer science electives if you aren't doing computer science major.

If you want an easy road and 12 hour weeks, then do Financial economics or econometrics.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

A common misconception is that maths complements actuarial studies. In reality, actuarial studies is more like statistics than like maths. So if you were going to do a major purely to complement actuarial studies, then do a stats major if you want to complement actuarial. If you want to learn more about maths, then do a maths major. Don't get suckered into doing advanced maths if you aren't keen on honours, as it is nearly the same as a normal science degree with an extra honours year.

Computer science is a great degree as it teaches efficient programming skills which are more vital in the industry imo. You will probably learn the most from this degree, however, it is probably by far the most difficult and time consuming of the 3 choices. At the very least, do some first year computer science electives if you aren't doing computer science major.

If you want an easy road and 12 hour weeks, then do Financial economics or econometrics.

best advice ever

 

[Shadowdude]

You'd also have to do SCIF if you transferred to Adv. Maths. I hear there won't be a camp next year due to the infamous '17 year old who somehow managed to get enough alcohol into him that he threw him chunks for 5 minutes' incident - so... probably don't do that.

 

[mitchy_boy]

A common misconception is that maths complements actuarial studies. In reality, actuarial studies is more like statistics than like maths. So if you were going to do a major purely to complement actuarial studies, then do a stats major if you want to complement actuarial. If you want to learn more about maths, then do a maths major. Don't get suckered into doing advanced maths if you aren't keen on honours, as it is nearly the same as a normal science degree with an extra honours year.

Computer science is a great degree as it teaches efficient programming skills which are more vital in the industry imo. You will probably learn the most from this degree, however, it is probably by far the most difficult and time consuming of the 3 choices. At the very least, do some first year computer science electives if you aren't doing computer science major.

If you want an easy road and 12 hour weeks, then do Financial economics or econometrics.

cheers for this response, it was nice and logical. and yeh i figured that advanced math was pretty much the same as normal math. i'm really liking the idea of comp science, so it's good to hear that it holds some relevance to getting a job at the end of it all.

 

[Shadowdude]

You better guide me through COMP1917 next next sem if you're gonna do comp science. I have a feeling I might epic fail it =P

 

[mitchy_boy]

You better guide me through COMP1917 next next sem if you're gonna do comp science. I have a feeling I might epic fail it =P

Lol I think you should just stick with 1911.

 

[Shadowdude]

Lol I think you should just stick with 1911.

Seriously, I'll see how I go with Discrete. Apparently discrete helps with computing stuff.

 

[aya-chan]

You'd also have to do SCIF if you transferred to Adv. Maths. I hear there won't be a camp next year due to the infamous '17 year old who somehow managed to get enough alcohol into him that he threw him chunks for 5 minutes' incident - so... probably don't do that.

What? That's ridiculous. Just because one idiot decided he'd have one goon bag to himself ...

You better guide me through COMP1917 next next sem if you're gonna do comp science. I have a feeling I might epic fail it =P

Are you kidding? I'm doing COMP1917 next sem ...

EDIT: My bad. You said next next sem.

 

[Shadowdude]

What? That's ridiculous. Just because one idiot decided he'd have one goon bag to himself ...

Well, there was that - plus the other two or three people who may or may not have been underage but still drank enough to throw up. And then of course there was that person who dislocated his knee after someone decided to jump off the stage into people.

There may not be a camp also due to the fact that most people hated it and a very right observation was made: "We could've done like 99% of these 'team building' things on campus". The cheese tasting, the trivia, the 'toxic waste' exercise, the sports, etc.