3rd BComm Subjects

TomBComm

Hi everyone,

I'm going into 3rd BComm next yesr but don't really know a lot about the elective subjects.

Are there any subjects which are easy to do well in (ie get an A if possible) as I really need to bring my GPA up.

Any help would be appreciated.

Tom.

Umaro

Well it depend what you're specialising in. However there are two core subjects which everyone will be doing.

They are:

Ireland in Europe
Strategy Formulation and Implementation

Ireland in Europe is assessed as follows:
25% for a 5000 word essay, 75% in a final exam
It's pretty boring stuff but I got an A- in it, and I'm someone who really doesn't try that hard, so I'd guess people who put in real work got A+, very nice for the GPA.

Strategy is assessed as follows:
Class contribution 20%, Group work on a case analysis 30%, final exam 50%
Haven't got the results back yet, but again the stuff is mind-numbing but easy to comprehend. I'd imagine it's pretty easy to score high in.

Pro-tip: When choosing your two Horizons electives, choose something like Information Studies, as they give out A grades like crazy and it's a fantastic way to bump up your GPA. Don't be like me and choose stuff you're actually interested in, as these courses love to give B and C grades.

DaSchmo

OP I am B.Comm 2004 - pick

Financial Management

&

Reinsurance

As your two electives. Everybody gets a first (or "A") in these subjects, especially FM. Pretty much the whole year will pick FM, Reinsurance isnt that well known. I got 74% in Financial Management having only been to two lectures - the exams are the exact same every year, in fact I had actually done the exact question that came up in my exam roughly two hours before I sat the exam. I got 80% in Reinsurance, having only attended aprox 50% of the lectures.

I did not sit an elective in the first term of my 3rd year, and chose to pick two electives from the choices in term two instead. Not sure if you can still do this nowadays but you could in 2004. Hope this helps.

Stabshauptmann

DaSchmo wrote: »

OP I am B.Comm 2004 - pick

Financial Management

&

Reinsurance

As your two electives. Everybody gets a first (or "A") in these subjects, especially FM. Pretty much the whole year will pick FM, Reinsurance isnt that well known. I got 74% in Financial Management having only been to two lectures - the exams are the exact same every year, in fact I had actually done the exact question that came up in my exam roughly two hours before I sat the exam. I got 80% in Reinsurance, having only attended aprox 50% of the lectures.

I did not sit an elective in the first term of my 3rd year, and chose to pick two electives from the choices in term two instead. Not sure if you can still do this nowadays but you could in 2004. Hope this helps.

QFT

the evil lime

If you're any way technically inclined, IS programing & development was a good one. Not too tricky, introductory Java. A decent number of A's went out. Similarly my own two electives:

"Web Multimedia - An Overview" and "Intro to Computer Forensics", both CS courses. Neither of them were too tricky. The second one didn't even involve any code. I got an A in the first one (I think), and so far my provisional exam result for the second is an A+. Just don't miss the lectures in Forensics and you can pick up around 20% for a "learning journal", a hundred words or so on what you did in each lecture.

graduate

If you're any way technically inclined, IS programing & development was a good one. Not too tricky, introductory Java. A decent number of A's went out.

If this kind of things appeals then the MIS type stuff has a correct answer, so it is often more obvious how you get an A than in the essay type material.

kodmuffin

great thread....

im on erasmus coming back to having to chose subjects......

......kinda interested in management accounting.....but after that havnt a clue... any chance people can try make a list of the "easier subjects".....all above seems interesting.....except for that person with all the computer talk!(sorry!)as im an international student i can pick and chose alot(ie i dont have to do a core subject) so any advice would be great!

thanks for all your suggestions!

irish.rugby.fan

Do Financail Management, guaranteed an A and Antonys classes are by far the most enjoyable of your third year.

Goodluck2me

irish.rugby.fan wrote: »

Do Financail Management, guaranteed an A and Antonys classes are by far the most enjoyable of your third year.

the speech on the last day alone is worth it!

the evil lime

kodmuffin wrote: »

except for that person with all the computer talk!(sorry!)

There's a reason only five of us went for the MIS stream. It doesn't have wide appeal, but for those of us to whom it does appeal, it's great.

kodmuffin

the evil lime wrote: »

There's a reason only five of us went for the MIS stream. It doesn't have wide appeal, but for those of us to whom it does appeal, it's great.

thats understandable...........each to their own and that!


anyone have any suggestions about the accounting courses?!

redcar

A smidge off topic here but its BComm 3 and didnt wanna make a new thread.

But yea, I am doing accounting myself, whats timetable like with that, like last years one, hours and such?