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Post  Bettyisonfire Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:56 pm

Hmm..

Unless I do Eco AND Business Studies?
Is anyone doing both ? =S
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Post  jonochan Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:16 pm

Bettyisonfire wrote:Hmm..

Unless I do Eco AND Business Studies?
Is anyone doing both ? =S

i think jimmy and jono wang (was short) are doing both, but im not sure...

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Post  RUNESCAPEgoldplox Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:17 pm

Economics by far is much more fun (I believe) than Business Studies, however they are both great subjects that you really can't compare.
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Post  khfreakau Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:36 pm

^Wait, how did you get your sig to work? Something dodgy is going on here hmmmm

Commerce is probably a good insight into these subjects, but I wouldn't know, because I do that other subject. From what I remember in year 8, they're both good, but I really don't fancy drawing graphs in extended responses for eco. In which subject do you learn about the share market etc?
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Post  RUNESCAPEgoldplox Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:39 pm

I know for a fact that you learn about the share market in Economics in one chapter. I don't know about business studies but I assume so.

Kek, my signature works. + 1 Lvl in Defense woot!
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Post  chrisk Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:00 pm

Bettyisonfire wrote:Hmm..

Unless I do Eco AND Business Studies?
Is anyone doing both ? =S

Eco and Business both complement each other well, so it's not a problem at all.

In fact, a lot of the stuff we learn in eco is applicable to stuff in business
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Post  jaydon.zhao Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:51 pm

Ill do both eco+business =)
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Post  Sharon den Adel Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:00 pm

jaydon.zhao wrote:Ill do both eco+business =)

Ohh nice. I'm just taking eco (no units left)
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Post  d3st1nyliang Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:10 pm

what do you mean no units left? ..unless your taking sac
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Post  Sharon den Adel Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:13 pm

d3st1nyliang wrote:what do you mean no units left? ..unless your taking sac

Well that's better than business studies imo. (I don't want more eco-related stuff)
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Post  d3st1nyliang Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:14 pm

well, your certainly going to get the same "stuff" with paix + exclusive notes
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Post  Sharon den Adel Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:17 pm

d3st1nyliang wrote:well, your certainly going to get the same "stuff" with paix + exclusive notes

I wonder what kind of exclusive notes we can get in sac o_O
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Post  khfreakau Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:21 pm

Thai doesn't want to do any more eco related subjects cause he'll just keep getting 17/20 for every extended response.
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Post  Sharon den Adel Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:22 pm

khfreakau wrote:Thai doesn't want to do any more eco related subjects cause he'll just keep getting 17/20 for every extended response.

Yeah, I reckon. I haven't improved one bit since commerce accelerated in year 9.
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Post  d3st1nyliang Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:23 pm

oh well, u have a love-hate relationship with paix
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Post  MCROMANCER Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:08 pm

I don't see the damage in doing both eco and business. I'm probs gonna do business too.
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Post  skaiwalker Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:28 pm

Oh yes, on topic, I will probably be doing business studies as well (as acc. eco). Still not sure though.
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Post  chrisk Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:43 am

Bettyisonfire wrote:Hmm..

Unless I do Eco AND Business Studies?
Is anyone doing both ? =S

If you wanted to do commerce/arts, Business Studies would be good, as it gives you some background knowledge.
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Post  CheckYesJimmy Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:54 am

jonochan wrote:
Bettyisonfire wrote:Hmm..

Unless I do Eco AND Business Studies?
Is anyone doing both ? =S

i think jimmy and jono wang (was short) are doing both, but im not sure...

Yep Smile

I do alright at the social sciences and the description of Business Studies sounds pretty interesting.

If you're interested in marketing, business is probably the way to go.

'The HSC course focuses on business management and the tasks involved in strategic planning, finance, and marketing.'
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Post  d3st1nyliang Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:32 am

also you get to do young achievers
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Post  khfreakau Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:52 am

mmmm yeah Jimmy, 20/20 is allllriiighhtttt, I guess. ;D

Anthony, what exactly is young achievers? I've heard the term tossed around, but I never knew exactly what it was.
I'm now suddenly reminded of that thing where you get to design your own products in business, and market it to the younger grades. I kinda want to do that, it's like making what you want with a group of people, seems fun.

Also, anyone know if there are graphs involved in business? I still find the idea of drawing graphs in extended responses for eco quite a weird approach, and I don't like it.
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Post  d3st1nyliang Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:01 am

well, you just make your own business, market a product etc etc and submit your plans
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Post  I_C_E Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:24 pm

Hahaha, i don't even get the difference so I'm doing both (Y)
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Post  Sharon den Adel Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:03 pm

I_C_E wrote:Hahaha, i don't even get the difference so I'm doing both (Y)

One's oriented in comparing economies and involves all the stats of different countries (economics)

The other is pretty self-explanatory (business studies)
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Post  Angela. Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:54 am

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

So I was reading this aloud to my brother and he started gesticulating wildly.

He says that Business Studies is basically writing business plans for two years, and nothing there actually helped him in his marketing elective, which he's taking with an Economics course at UNSW. He's also ranting about a terrible syllabus and terrible examinations which you can only do well in if you invest a good chunk of your waking hours into memorising various textbooks.

He's class of '08, btw, so maybe things have changed?

But honestly, he's very against it. Apparently the entire class came to the conslusion that its repetitive, time consuming and boring as hell. It was so bad, the twenty odd students in the class got together the day after the HSC and burned all their books in like a massive bonfire.

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