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Degree of Economics and Applied Finance (1 Viewer)
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The open day was great
Yeah it is at Macq.
I thought it would get more responses here
The course looks really fun and I wanted to see if everyone loves it/
I'm not doing either of these degrees but I was thinking of adding the Applied Finance to my current degree (Commerce - Professional Accounting). It seems to be extremely interesting and there also seems to be a bit of math work (econometrics etc).
I'm not sure if you've done this but I always recommend one to jump onto the "what you will study section" and to copy and paste the unit codes into google so you can browse through the unit outlines and see what topics you learn on a week by week basis. You'll also be able to see the assignment structure.
I've gone ahead and moved this to the right section. Hopefully you'll get more replies there, especially since the MQ forum has been more active than usual lately.
I'm not sure if you've done this but I always recommend one to jump onto the "what you will study section" and to copy and paste the unit codes into google so you can browse through the unit outlines and see what topics you learn on a week by week basis. You'll also be able to see the assignment structure.
I've gone ahead and moved this to the right section. Hopefully you'll get more replies there, especially since the MQ forum has been more active than usual lately.
Is the maths hard?I'm not doing either of these degrees but I was thinking of adding the Applied Finance to my current degree (Commerce - Professional Accounting). It seems to be extremely interesting and there also seems to be a bit of math work (econometrics etc).
I'm not sure if you've done this but I always recommend one to jump onto the "what you will study section" and to copy and paste the unit codes into google so you can browse through the unit outlines and see what topics you learn on a week by week basis. You'll also be able to see the assignment structure.
I've gone ahead and moved this to the right section. Hopefully you'll get more replies there, especially since the MQ forum has been more active than usual lately.
I'd say it's harder than accounting maths (which is pretty simple), especially since maths extension one is assumed knowledge for the course. I don't know how difficult it is but I know there are lots of maths units you can take to help prepare you.
Hopefully someone doing the degree can provide their input.
Edit: Extension maths is recommended knowledge, not assumed. ***
Hopefully someone doing the degree can provide their input.
Edit: Extension maths is recommended knowledge, not assumed. ***
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That is good.
My sister is doing a Medical Degree at Macq uni and she is doing maths and I can do some/majority of it so that raises my ego a little.
I'm currently doing a B Comm - Accounting + B Applied Finance and am quite liking it. I think your average finance student would find the maths in finance subjects to be tough, but for me its not so bad considering my circumstances (did 4u maths in high school, and a number of math/stat subjects at uni). Either way theres nothing really that they assume you already should know (except for simple algebra and maybe calculus) its just that those who have a stronger background in maths would generally pick it up quicker. e.g. I have a friend who did 2u maths for the hsc and is doing quite well in an actuarial studies degree (which is more than i can say for myself...)
So are you in Yr 12 and thinking of doing Eco/Fin at uni next year? What level maths are you doing?
So are you in Yr 12 and thinking of doing Eco/Fin at uni next year? What level maths are you doing?
I am in year 11,
Yeah, I want to do Eco and Appfin.
I do 2U maths but do very well. I am not worried how hard it will be I am just curious what I will learn, how people like it and how Uni life is for everyone
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Just following up on what Azure recommended before - you can click on the unit code listed here to get to a short description of each unit - this will give you a better idea of what you will learn in the degree.
I didn't personally do the degree, but have a couple of friends who did the degree, they weren't big fans of math so they didn't particularly like the finance units but they did enjoy the theory and knowledge about how markets work and seeing the link between what they were studying and the financial news in real life.
As for uni life - there's a really good vibe about the Macquarie campus, all in all, everyone is very friendly, there's a lot of events and activity on campus, so you won't be bored
I'm doing a double of Applied Finance/Economics and I love it. I chose it over Commerce at Usyd and haven't regretted it one bit. The maths is challenging but if you put your head down it's nothing amazingly difficult, I did 2u maths at high school and was pretty average but I haven't had a lot of trouble so far with the maths. You can do what i did and do Econ131 which contains a lot of mathematical concepts that you will see in second year and beyond, it's a great way to ease into the course. Overall, love the uni and love the course.