Is this degree any good in terms of employment? And how heavy is the maths? I enjoy micro and macroeconomics but not really a fan of doing hardcore maths and consisting whether to transfer commerce/economics.
Also would it be worth it to triple major in accounting finance and economics if I wanted to work in the finance industry to distinguish myself? .
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As with any other degree, its good if you do well in it. I was talking to one of the economic lecturers about employment prospects and he told me that, in order to get the best jobs (such as work at the RBA), one should do honors. And, of course, you can only do honors if you do well in your first three years of studies.
I don't know which university you are going to but at usyd there is two compulsory mathematically based courses in the first year (ECMT1010 & ECMT1020). ECMT1010 requires a prerequisite of band 5 in 2U maths (while ECMT1020 requires you to pass ECMT1010)...if you don't have that, then they suggest you do a bridging course over in the maths center. Personally, I think they got the prerequisite right- you won't be doing anything extraordinarily difficult but you will be expected to know how to differentiate to the first/second degree right off the bat etc. Also, to do honors, you have to take maths units such as ECOS2903 over here which is linear regression. So yeah. Its not the end of the world if you aren't great at maths, but you should at least have a solid base.
Commerce, again at least at usyd, is also somewhat maths centric as well.
