Economics/Law or Commerce major in Eco/Law? (1 Viewer)

[cutiebabyforeva]

Im planning to do an Applied Finance/Law dougree but I think I would be more interested in doing an Eco/Law degree. Thing is... does that really exist?

This guy at the Macquarie Open day said he did a double Economics/Law degree and my teacher's son is apparently in his 4th year of an Eco/Law degree.

But just plain Eco/Law doesn't exist anymore right....? When did they get rid of it?

OR... are these guys talking about a Commerce/Law degree majoring in Eco? Cause I asked someone at the open day if there was an Eco/Law and she said I could do Commerce/Law majoring in Eco.

So was there ever just an Eco/Law degree or was it always Commerce/Law majoring in Eco?

Annnd would any of you guys recommend doing Commerce/Law majoring in Eco. Is there really a focus on Eco? Coz I don't really want to do all that other commerce crap but I want to focus on Economics dammn it!

And yess I tend to bladder on sorry if its not making proper sense

 

[Luke!]

Economics; really interesting, really challenging, but kinda useless.

Stick to Applied Finance/Law, you'll still have plenty of electives that you can fill with ECON units, that's what I'm doing. Plus, finance is still way interesting and challenging... just wait until you do ACCG329, haha.

Finance has better job prospects, economics is for people that want to work at the RBA or for trade unions or for the govt. in policy-making, etc. Finance will get you into investing, share-trading, financial advisory, and all that interesting securities and derivatives stuff.

I'd only do economics if you think you can pull a GPA of 3.5 or better, and that will be difficult. Besides, eventually the stress of economics kills anything interesting about it. I still like it, but most people I know hate it.

 

[cutiebabyforeva]

Yeah I think Im gonna do Applied Finance/Law simply because I wanna use my maths, which I'm terribly good at. However if I dont like it I can always transfer... coz Im not sure if I really like securities, derivatives or whatever other stuff you learn about. Right now, Im more interested in pure economics stuff like macroec policies etc...

The problem is for Applied Finance/Law there's no electives at all. So if I wanna do subjects non-related to finance or law I gotta take those outta my own time and money.

 

[cutiebabyforeva]

Btw I figured out that these guys are doing Commerce/Law majoring in Eco so no need to answer my question!

 

[dracover]

if u want to apply some of ur maf skills y not do actuary/law? applied finance is not something i would call maths orientated (dont attack me for saying this) to me its just a bunch of theory and formula memorisation which i dont count as maths.


my real concern is y combined with law? wat do u want to go into? i know numerous pplz who start of with some sort of com/business related course combined with law and then they either drop one or the other. the 2 just arent related and imho one will be a waste of time especially since law will make it 5 yrs which u think is short but believe me its a long time. betta to make up ur mind wat u want to go into now.

i also hope ur not going into law cause of a high uai i also know pplz who pick courses with high uai cause they think anything less wil waste their uai. i think picking the wrong course will waste ur life. just something for u to ponder.

 

[Supra]

combined commerce law/finance law leads to mergers and acquisitions within investment banking, a highly lucrative career. The double is an advantage for any future career.

Actuarial can be a bit specific and specialised for one's tastes, but it does teach you essential modelling skills, which will put you ahead of the rest when going for more analytical positions.