What to DO at ANU? (2 Viewers)

[khing]

There are some required courses in commerce which requires some understanding of maths, although nothing major.

You'd have to do one statistics course which isn't too hard, there's not much assumed knowledge in it. The later year statistics courses feature more advanced mathematics, but you don't have to do them unless it is a major requirement

There will also be a finance course, which would only require some basic algebra, but the emphasis is more on remembering formulae.

Some higher level economics courses have some higher level maths (econometrics for example)

As for accounting, there are no complex maths involved.

Beyond some mandatory first year courses, which feature easy maths anyway, you can complete a commerce degree without much maths.

 

[jas0nt]

you can get by doing finance/commerce/accounting/marketing with math methods i reckon. not even that, maths applications (if they still have it... it's one level below methods) could get you by.

 

[chooette]

If you can't decide between these, why wouldn't you just do law? (I don't know anything about it, it just seems if you're so set on law but not on the others, why bother doing a degree in them, just do some electives)

 

[rlmck]

hi i also want to go to ANU
iam sitting my HSC this year. Iam thinking of doing a double degree at ANU .
I study :
Chem, Bio , mathemaics 2unit, Adv english, Geography and Physics
iam thinking of doing bachelor of Law/ Medical Science]
A science major is always handy

 

[Davo1111]

Why wouldn't you choose something that runs along with your subjects like 'biology/environmental science' or 'geophysics', environmental chemistry, bio/geology etc etc.

law/med seems like a parental influence / social status thing.

 

[Sammy-Blue]

hi i also want to go to ANU
iam sitting my HSC this year. Iam thinking of doing a double degree at ANU .
I study :
Chem, Bio , mathemaics 2unit, Adv english, Geography and Physics
iam thinking of doing bachelor of Law/ Medical Science]
A science major is always handy

Yeah, I'm sure they'd be thrilled you know how to treat lab specimens properly when your client is charged with theft.

 

[Davo1111]

Yeah, I'm sure they'd be thrilled you know how to treat lab specimens properly when your client is charged with theft.

....
lame

 

[Sammy-Blue]

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lame

To put this in a way that you will understand

"fail troll is fail"

 

[SuperRen]

Someone correct me if I am wrong but I don't think that you can do a combined law and medical science degree at ANU but you can definitely do science and law.

 

[Davo1111]

the medicine has to be post graduate. (but i think you can do undergraduate med science?>) someone who knows more please correct me if im wrong.

 

[sparkerasp]

the medicine has to be post graduate. (but i think you can do undergraduate med science?>) someone who knows more please correct me if im wrong.

Correct. I asked the Medicine faculties a number of other things including Med science to Medicine (obviously not a prerequisite) and Medicine is postgraduate. I think they accept around 80 applicants per year (clarification on Faculty site).

There are exemptions however. If you get a UAI over 98 or something, you can apply for provisional admission (I think it means you have a guaranteed place in medicine AFTER you finish your first degree.

 

[ecokid101]

im leaning towards science/law

actually yea its probably going to be science/law... I just want to ask about contact hours, is it crazy contact hours in science/law and a lot more then commerce/law as someone suggested earlier?

 

[Davo1111]

contact hours won't mean much if you're keen on your subject.

 

[Sammy-Blue]

im leaning towards science/law

actually yea its probably going to be science/law... I just want to ask about contact hours, is it crazy contact hours in science/law and a lot more then commerce/law as someone suggested earlier?

Yes, science courses (generally) have more contact hours than commerce. Although the extra time is spent doing lab work as far as I can tell. Whether or not that is a negative is up to you. I find I can go over lecture material in about 1/3 the time it takes in a lecture if I sit down and do it myself, so if you're a good independant learner you can miss a lecture here and there.