Economics vs Business Studies.

Which one is better ? Do you still learn about marketing and advertising in Economics?

Bettyisonfire wrote:Which one is better ?

I would say eco, there's more stuff I'm interested in. That said, it depends on what you like. Have you had a look at the syllabus?

Bettyisonfire wrote:Do you still learn about marketing and advertising in Economics?

No...well, apart from the effects of advertising on consumer spending/saving.

Bettyisonfire wrote:marketing and advertising in Economics?

For Marketing and Advertising Business is better

Bettyisonfire wrote:Which one is better ? Do you still learn about marketing and advertising in Economics?

No one can really say which is better since no one has done business studies.

But I can say that we don't learn about marketing strategies and advertising in economics other than how it effects different sectors of the economy. i.e. consumers, firms, financial institutions, governments and the overseas sector.

In economics basically learn about the economic problem and it branches down from there. The economic problem is the concept that people have unlimited wants but there are only limited resources to satisfy those wants. So economics is the study on how society attempts to solve this problem by making choices. "Economics is a study of choices"

Economics is awesome from what I've experienced so far. It's probably my favourite class this year. And is not nearly as stressful as most people from accel. make it seem.

Troll wrote: Economics is awesome from what I've experienced so far. It's probably my favourite class this year.

Same

I say you're biaaaasssseeddd chris D=

Eco is a good subject, yes, but a major advantage that business has over it is that it opens up a lot more career paths, and it helps if you plan to start a small business or smthn. But if you just loooovee scaling, go eco, business scales quite badly in comparison.

khfreakau wrote:I say you're biaaaasssseeddd chris D=

Eco is a good subject, yes, but a major advantage that business has over it is that it opens up a lot more career paths, and it helps if you plan to start a small business or smthn. But if you just loooovee scaling, go eco, business scales quite badly in comparison.

How is he biased? He enjoys economics the most this year. It's fact.

Just wondering...how does business studies open more career paths?
Also, how do you know economics scales well?

Even if you love scaling, it isn't a great reason to choose a subject.

chrisk wrote:

Troll wrote: Economics is awesome from what I've experienced so far. It's probably my favourite class this year.

Same

You serious? o_O

I like the subject but I despise the textbook. It is terrible.

tranquil1ty wrote:

chrisk wrote:

Troll wrote: Economics is awesome from what I've experienced so far. It's probably my favourite class this year.

Same

You serious? o_O

I like the subject but I despise the textbook. It is terrible.

Yeah, the textbook is dodgy. Riley Textbook FTW!

The best part about Economics is applying it to real life things or in casual conversations.

chrisk wrote:

tranquil1ty wrote:

chrisk wrote:

Troll wrote: Economics is awesome from what I've experienced so far. It's probably my favourite class this year.

Same

You serious? o_O

I like the subject but I despise the textbook. It is terrible.

Yeah, the textbook is dodgy. Riley Textbook FTW!

Errr... I don't use other textbooks so I have no idea. It's economics, 1 textbook will do.

tranquil1ty wrote:

chrisk wrote:

Troll wrote: Economics is awesome from what I've experienced so far. It's probably my favourite class this year.

Same

You serious? o_O

I like the subject but I despise the textbook. It is terrible.

- <3 morning class. Well I like having breakfast I guess. Normally I don't have enough time to digest my food properly.
- topic is very interesting
- teacher is win (Robinson -- I'm still not over Sathey's scissor throw....epic, just epic)

Have you seen him? If anyone asks him whether they should do eco, he says yes and strongly recommends it. His enjoying it naturally leads to bias, not everyone is going to enjoy eco.

How does business open more career paths..? I know I read it somewhere in careers, but I can't exactly remember where =S Anyone care to back me up here? In any case, I'm very sure that this is the case. OH YEAH, it was in the lesson with those circle target thingies. =D

I never said eco scales well, I said business scales badly in comparison to eco. Learn to read =S

khfreakau wrote:I say you're biaaaasssseeddd chris D=

Eco is a good subject, yes, but a major advantage that business has over it is that it opens up a lot more career paths, and it helps if you plan to start a small business or smthn. But if you just loooovee scaling, go eco, business scales quite badly in comparison.

Scaling is based upon the group that takes the subject. If you encourage people not to take a subject because it scales bad, then you will end up getting a weaker group, and so it will be scaled "badly in comparison".

It is what you call a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I will again stress;

• do not choose a subject because of how you perceive it will be scaled
  
• do not choose a subject because your friends are doing it
  
• do not choose a subject because of who you think the teacher will be
  
• CHOOSE a subject because you have an interest in it and want to do it.

khfreakau wrote:Have you seen him? If anyone asks him whether they should do eco, he says yes and strongly recommends it. His enjoying it naturally leads to bias, not everyone is going to enjoy eco.

I'm struggling to keep up in economics myself. I really need to get my stuff together next term or I'm gonna suffer.

tranquil1ty wrote:

khfreakau wrote:Have you seen him? If anyone asks him whether they should do eco, he says yes and strongly recommends it. His enjoying it naturally leads to bias, not everyone is going to enjoy eco.

I'm struggling to keep up in economics myself. I really need to get my stuff together next term or I'm gonna suffer.

Who are you? (I just wanna know to see which economics class you are in...I don't think people in our class are struggling...perhaps we are too lax in studying)

Aw I feel like I'm being shot down so bad here. D= I was just saying that eco generally scales better than business, this is helped by the fact that ruse doesn't offer legal or business. I myself am leaning towards eco (I BLAME YOU CHRIS), but I think business is still a good option regardless.

Troll wrote:

tranquil1ty wrote:

khfreakau wrote:Have you seen him? If anyone asks him whether they should do eco, he says yes and strongly recommends it. His enjoying it naturally leads to bias, not everyone is going to enjoy eco.

I'm struggling to keep up in economics myself. I really need to get my stuff together next term or I'm gonna suffer.

Who are you? (I just wanna know to see which economics class you are in...I don't think people in our class are struggling...perhaps we are too lax in studying)

Thai.

tranquil1ty wrote:Thai.

Then who is "khfreakau"?

khfreakau wrote:How does business open more career paths..? I know I read it somewhere in careers, but I can't exactly remember where =S Anyone care to back me up here? In any case, I'm very sure that this is the case. OH YEAH, it was in the lesson with those circle target thingies. =D

No subject really offers 'career paths', except for prerequisites, which you need to get into certain courses for uni. Employers really don't care about what subjects you did at high school.

Troll wrote: - teacher is win (Robinson -- I'm still not over Sathey's scissor throw....epic, just epic)

Very true

Troll wrote:

tranquil1ty wrote:Thai.

Then who is "khfreakau"?

Lenny
Kai beat me to it

Troll wrote:

tranquil1ty wrote:Thai.

Then who is "khfreakau"?

Lenny.

Upstaged by a sneaky edit chris q

Yeah chris that's true, but remember in careers how those circular target things said you need certain levels of study to do certain jobs? I'm sure there was more for business than eco. Argh now I'm tearing myself, I'm not sure which of eco legal and business I should do. =S

Lawrence you have my msn, how could you not know who I am? D=

khfreakau wrote:Lawrence you have my msn, how could you not know who I am? D=

For some reason I always think khfreakau is Thai. I get the two of you mixed up quite often.

woah, really... you can not love eco that much, most of the theory is not applicable in real life