I am currently enrolled in Actuarial however I want to finish with a BCom (Finance) because I am lazy, do not study hard enough and have thus under-achieved.
Here are some facts, after my extensive research and way too much spare time (which I should have spent studying):
1. Cannot be done as a double. It is a single degree. If you want a double degree, do AppFin + Eco or AppFin + Accg.
2. The subjects in BCom(Fin) are extremely flexible. Only real requirement is:
"At least 12 credit points chosen from ACCG329 or ACST305, ACCG350, ACCG352, ACCG353, ACST300, ECON335, ECON350, ECON360"
3. There is a "disadvantage" with this degree. Well yeah, sort of.
You will not be permitted to do ACCG323 (only for students who are enrolled in accounting MAJOR degrees) nor FIN310(only allowed to be done by BAppFin students). FIN310 seems to be a fun, interesting unit, but not necessarily essential. However, ACCG323 is ESSENTIAL for CA/CPA requirements.
4. BCom(Fin) allows you to get the best of both Accounting and Finance worlds, without the extra year inherent with double degrees. You seem to be like me, mixed up and caught in two minds whether to go into accounting (guaranteed jobs) or finance (working with securities, lots of fun
)
Conclusion:
I still believe this degree is worthwhile, if your GPA is less than 2.25 and you cant be fukd putting the effort to raise it
Seriously though, if you want to do CA/CPA, you can do ACCG323 as some sort of bridging course after uni, so its not like your completely banned from those programs. Even fkn engineering students can now do CA/CPA. 323 will be the only prerequisite unit you will miss out on (assuming that you choose mostly the accounting units in your degree mixed with some finance)
For FINSIA/CFA/yada yada, there are no real requirements.
In the end, undegraduate doesn't mean too much if you pull out a nice post-grad qualification.
