One of highest failure in economics subject (1 Viewer)

[L1onHeart]

Well economics is Macquarie Uni is not easy especially 2nd year onward and I think you will have tough time too if you major in Economics cos one of core subject is under Prof Abelson and read this:

"Professor Peter Abelson (Economics): said around 120 of the 300 students enrolled in his second-year course in 2002 had failed, mainly because they were unable to cope with ordinary concepts including terms such as 'arbitrary' and 'subjective', Courier Mail , 19 February; his comments were referred to in a letter to the editor, with the writer saying he finds it remarkable that Professor Abelson is allowed to fail 120 of 300 second year students, Courier Mail , 20 February "

it is about 40% failure =)

 

[~ForAGoodCause~]

glad i dont have to do any econ above 100level

 

[Grizzly]

Hmmm yay for me .. i just looked at my timetabling...

ECON200
ECON335
ECON360

...including 110,111,141

 

[flyin']

Originally posted by L1onHeart
"Professor Peter Abelson (Economics): said around 120 of the 300 students enrolled in his second-year course in 2002 had failed, mainly because they were unable to cope with ordinary concepts including terms such as 'arbitrary' and 'subjective', Courier Mail , 19 February; his comments were referred to in a letter to the editor, with the writer saying he finds it remarkable that Professor Abelson is allowed to fail 120 of 300 second year students, Courier Mail , 20 February "

They weren't referring to 201 were they?

 

[orangeguy]

Abelson teaches ECON210, Public Economics. You wont do that unless your major is Economics.

 

[flyin']

*Phew* Well, good luck to ECON210 people then

 

[toisthbe]

yeh about 40% fail..so wat?

 

[jlh]

your kidding me right? i'm planning on doing:
econ200, econ201, econ 210 econ 232, econ235, econ 240
and
econ309, econ311, econ303, econ360, econ335, econ350, econ361....

does he lecture any of those others besides from econ210??

Originally posted by toisthbe
yeh about 40% fail..so wat?

i take it your not doing any economics units?

 

[Rahul]

only econ110 and econ111 for me.
possibly econ141 as well.

i'm 'safe'

 

[orangeguy]

i can tell you right now that econ141 is way easier than econ110 and econ111

 

[jlh]

Originally posted by orangeguy
i can tell you right now that econ141 is way easier than econ110 and econ111

really? but its metrics and has math in it...

 

[Majesty]

Originally posted by jlh
really? but its metrics and has math in it...

Someone wanna tell me how BBA103 compares to rest of the ECONs?

 

[toisthbe]

Originally posted by jlh
i take it your not doing any economics units?

nah im doing ECON101..
go macro.

 

[jlh]

Originally posted by Majesty
Someone wanna tell me how BBA103 compares to rest of the ECONs?

i've haven't done either at macq uni, but i suspect that bba103 isn't as in depth as the other econ units..

Originally posted by toisthbe
nah im doing ECON101..
go macro.

macro is fun.. LOL.. well compared to micro it is!!

 

[orangeguy]

i personally prefer micro over macro.

 

[Grizzly]

Originally posted by jlh
your kidding me right? i'm planning on doing:
econ200, econ201, econ 210 econ 232, econ235, econ 240
and
econ309, econ311, econ303, econ360, econ335, econ350, econ361....

does he lecture any of those others besides from econ210??



i take it your not doing any economics units?

wow! - are those CORE ECON subs for your degree?
Why so many

 

[*hopeful*]

Originally posted by jlh
your kidding me right? i'm planning on doing:
econ200, econ201, econ 210 econ 232, econ235, econ 240
and
econ309, econ311, econ303, econ360, econ335, econ350, econ361....

does he lecture any of those others besides from econ210??



i take it your not doing any economics units?

lollz i think u just might get sick of economics

 

[Rahul]

Originally posted by Grizzly
wow! - are those CORE ECON subs for your degree?
Why so many

BEc maybe?

 

[doe]

i wouldnt be surprised if 30-40% of people failed COMP subjects

id like to see official pass/fail rates for COMP238 & COMP225

i wouldnt worry about it, it sounds like hes whinging about all round low standards (ie people not knowing what 'arbitrary' and 'subjective' mean, not saying that the subj is really hard and he's very hard marking it

 

[flyin']

lol, all we can conclude is that Macq has high standards, esp in Economics =p