Qma/qmb (1 Viewer)

[Arithela]

Can these can avoided by combining commerce with science/engineering (because its 4 core courses in 1st year instead o 6 according to the handbook)? Would I need these 2 courses for major in accounting/finance?

 

[wrong_turn]

im pretty sure you can only do one major in com if you combine it with science or engineering.

but i think you can avoid qma, not too sure about qmb. but you would be doing maths in science.

 

[Casmira]

dont do science just to avoid qma/qmb they're not that hard

 

[Arithela]

pretty much i want to have a decent gpa in 1st year to transfer. is it possible to get distinctions in qma/qmb? ive talked to friends who've done them but it seems very hard to get even credits.

also, since theres 6 core courses in 1st year, and we need 42 units, do we need to pick up 2 more courses?

 

[Jago]

pretty much i want to have a decent gpa in 1st year to transfer. is it possible to get distinctions in qma/qmb?

yes

ive talked to friends who've done them but it seems very hard to get even credits.

because no one put in the required effort

also, since theres 6 core courses in 1st year, and we need 42 units, do we need to pick up 2 more courses?

yes


and if you try to avoid qma/qmb you'll end up doing much hard work in MATH1181 or whatever the corresponding course is

 

[shinji]

agreed.

QMA is pretty easy. If you've done 3u maths, then it'll be pretty easy. The only problem comes at the end with the 3-dimensional graph thingy.lol.

i got DN in QMA and i'm not the smartest person in the world. ANd yes, you would require to do QMA&QMB for any commerce major (except if you're doing Maths from a 2nd degree).

subject selection first year:
1st sem:
QMA
ACCT1501
ECON1101
Elective

2nd sem:
QMB
Acct1511
ECON1102
Elective.

And you would need to do QMB (or an equivalent statistics course) which would help greatly if you were to do certain Finance courses which require background knowledge of statistics.

 

[beentherdunthat]

qmb suks
i showed up to one tutorial htis semester

i think thats more than enough

 

[wrong_turn]

i think you need an 80% attendence rate for tutorials anyway

 

[shinji]

i think you need an 80% attendence rate for tutorials anyway

lol yeah. If not, gg on failing qmb beentherdunthat.
=]

 

[uhawww]

qmb suks
i showed up to one tutorial htis semester

i think thats more than enough

There's been two in-class quizzes, both worth 10%.

 

[Loz_metalhead]

My QMB tutor was hopeless so I only attended about 3 tutes and my friend ticked my name off ...then the tutor stopped even doing the roll for some reason.

I tried pretty hard for QMA and only got a credit. Hardly tried at all for QMB but got a DN.

I only did 2U math, so I struggled with the calculus in QMA

 

[jessi90]

but calculus is in the 2u maths course... unless you mean some insane calculus work

 

[Loz_metalhead]

The last 2 lectures covered calculus that I had never seen before. Maybe it was new for everyone...It was never my strong point.

 

[wrong_turn]

i did 3u and it was complete rofl with half derivatives

 

[Arithela]

Would it be a wiser choice to do commerce at USYD then (considering travel times are the same)? Because maths isn't really my forte (I do 2U)

 

[uhawww]

QMA isn't hard if you keep up.

I found partial derivs easy and I only did 2U. I actually found lagrange as a whole a fairly "ok" process, but I had trouble with a lot of other stuff in the subject. It's not hard to pass at all though.

 

[Arithela]

yeah I think i'd still be a hard course - even a pass could prove detrimental lol. i know my uai wont be the greatest so i have to rely on uni results more i guess

I just had a quick look at usyd's 1st year commerce plan and only found one subject (or area of study) which seems to replace unsw's qma and qmb

http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/subject/ECMT1010.html
does anyone know more?

 

[uhawww]

Suck it up, a pass isn't too bad. You could even just not do QMA/B in your first year if you are going for a transfer (I'm guessing econ to comm or something?).

 

[wrong_turn]

LOL you need to qma still in commerce.

and if she is wishing to do finance...she may as well do qma since a lot of finance is based on dcf or similar calculations.

 

[uhawww]

LOL you need to qma still in commerce.

and if she is wishing to do finance...she may as well do qma since a lot of finance is based on dcf or similar calculations.

Yeah I just meant she could do it later on if she wants an artifically high WAM for her first year to transfer. But tbh if people can't get a solid pass for QMA they don't deserve to be doing Commerce (I used to hear people say this and grind my teeth, but it's true really...).