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Defs avoid financial economics if you're not mathematically inclined. I'd instead recommend business economics, which is also under the commerce stream.

FINS1613 I think Rob Tumarkin is still the LIC for 1613. If so, then definitely try to attend all lectures as his explanations are very clear and easy to understand. Also, I found that the lecture slides comprehensively covered all points, which made the textbook redundant.

ECON2101 - I used only the lecture slides and completed the tute questions for practise. You really don't require anything else (assuming the course content and assessment structure remain unchanged). ECON2206 - Certainly get the textbook - its comprehensive without being overly complex...

Relax - I have plenty of mates working in Big 4 (Accounting and Banking) who finished in the mid 60's. You need a selling point that could come from your work experience and/or extra curricular activities.

T2 ECON2101 Microeconomics 2.................96 HD T2 ECON2206 Introductory Econometrics........90 HD T2 FINS3616 International Business Finance...88 HD T2 FINS3630 Bank Financial Management........85 HD Decent overall - just annoyed about BFM

lol'd at the troll, but yeah - nothing for me yet :(

Does anyone know if the WAM glitch is working this semester?

ECON2101 Ease: 8.5/10 - I personally found this course fairly simple. Some of the concepts can be moderately difficult, but both the mid-sem and final are problem based, meaning that having a thorough understanding of the concepts is not necessary. Content: 7/10 - There's quite a bit of...

FINS3630 Ease: 7.5/10 - Quite an easy course; most concepts, such as duration and immunisation, have been introduced in earlier Finance courses. Content: 6.5/10 - The first half of the course is exceptionally boring, while the second half is fairly decent as the content is more concept...

Difficulty wise, I really don't think the assessments get much harder, at least for the corp. finance subjects like 3616 and ACF. Of course: a) Rob gave out free marks in 1613 - other lecturers won't be as kind; and b) for electives like Options, having a decent mathematical background will go...

hmmm, maybe you should do 1613 before making the swap to Finance. If you can handle 1613, then you'll be fine with most corp. finance electives.

IMO a minor in Finance would expand your career options, so definitely do it if you can. And the math in finance isn't hard at all if you stay away from the quantitative-based courses like Interest Rate Risk Management.

If you're in the Commerce stream, I'd recommend Business Economics as that way you can avoid the econometrics-based subjects.

Macro 2 (ECON2102)

UNSW certainly has good diversity; the idea that there are too many Asians is a misconception.

ACCT1A has no Perdisco this sem ... so what are you guys doing Perdisco for?

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015. Joakim is excellent, but not sure if he's still with the uni. Henry Yip no longer takes 2624, so you don't need to worry about him just yet. (The difficulty of Henry's tests are overrated btw.) I personally found 2624 quite easy ... the math is simple if you...

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015. The two courses actually complement each other (to an extent), so it would be beneficial to take both courses in the same sem. Re Jason Zein (sem 1 LIC), he's quite good. Don't know about Natalie Oh.

I got 96 in the course, so may be able to assist depending on what you are seeking.

ECON1101 and ECON1203 - the easiest Commerce courses you could take (assuming you're decent at maths for the latter). Would also recommend PHYS1160 - workload is relatively high (at least for Comm subjects), but the free marks are aplenty.