haha correct, i'm already in yr 2 now.
taking commercial banking this sem.
so far so good hahaha

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Added on June 13, 2011, 9:07 pmfinished the paper already?
not that bad right? hehe

This post has been edited by janice17: Jun 13 2011, 09:07 PM

yeah haha,comm bank is hard?what it is about going to take next sem

Commercial banking is more theories based. So there're lotsa reading to do about banks, it's structure, system, regulations etc if I recall correctly.

There'll be some subject which are heavy on theories while some heavy on calculations. So you gotta be good at both.

thanks will take note of it

Hey guys,
Need some computer science students to give me some input here How's the quality of lecturers teaching Computer science in Monash university , Sunway campus? Might be going there for the July intake.

PS : doing a comparison between nottingham , taylors and this. So darn hard to make a decision

This post has been edited by ReaperOfSoul: Jun 13 2011, 11:17 PM

shit.. taking money and caps next sem... sounds scary... anybody wanna donate your notes to me? start studying now itself

also how hard is business law and introduction to financial accounting? it seems like the difficulty goes waaaaaaaaaaay up sem 2 onwards.

sem 1 seems so much tamer in comparison....

Biz Law is fun, but you gotta memorize lotsa cases.

Law subjects are generally an open book subjects, so it's easy to tell who's gonna fail during the exams, just look at the ones who flip through the notes/books the most lol.

The problem with law is, there's just not enough time to finish all the questions. So those who waste time flipping through their notes won't have time to do the last few questions. So it's best to memorize the cases instead, do not flip through your books during exams unless you reallyyyy have to.

Happy holidays people. semester one passed so fast.

Time to countdown to results release date.

i finish all the question though with quite a lot of flipping the book in exam

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Added on June 14, 2011, 9:54 amhappy holidays to you,enjoy your holiday.sadly i still got 1 last paper on 21th

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Added on June 14, 2011, 10:02 amBiz Law is not really hard but the contract part may make your head spin like it did to me.The agency,company,negligence part is quite ok
Intro to Financial accounting, quite a bit on theory and most of the thing like A Level Accounting.The thing is memorising 10+ accounting standards, to support your calculations.the last topics is agricultural accounting,where you will learn about cows,trees,sheeps,etc haha
In 1st moncap lecture,Dr Nicole said its not hard but there is too many things to remember

This post has been edited by ryan18: Jun 14 2011, 10:02 AM

financial accounting is not hard at all, believe me.
when you proceed to yr 2, start taking subjects like company reporting, cost info..
then u'll realize afw1002 = piece of cake

intro to financial accounting, is nothing more than form5 accounts. bus law is a trap, its those subjects u miss 2 classes in a row, no need come for the whole sem cause you'll be lost anyways.

after studying 1 sem of money and caps, i learned ntg bout money or capital or markets. however, i learned and mastered how to shit bricks.

hey guys, for BCom students what do you guys usually take up as electives?

This post has been edited by purplesmigs: Jun 18 2011, 01:30 AM

Just sharing it here.

Somebody created a Facebook page as a platform to sell/buy textbooks for Monash students.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monash-iMart/123799354371562

Identify the correct "ratio decidendi" and you are on the way. A lot of Bull S... without knowing the problem wont take you far.

It's just that most of the students do not know how to answer a real economics question and Alvin being horrendously strict is one of the reasons to why many people fail as well.

Tell that to Dr. Nicole. She will be really happy. I can tell her for you if you want since I am rather close with her.

To be honest, this semester's Commercial Banking paper is one of the easiest in Monash history. We are expecting a pretty high passing rate this semester.

It isn't hard if you grasp the concept. Besides, everything is very easy. If you find Money and Capital Markets easy, you are bound to find this a lot easier.

I'd like to tell you that you are the first student I have ever heard that Business Law is actually fun, considering the rather high failing rate that we have. You see, the key to an open book exam is to have your notes (summarized) as well as tags to enable you to reach to the part you want quickly wasting little to no time. The reason why the failing rate is one of the highest among the Year 1 subjects is because students tend to take it too lightly as it is an open book exam, treating it rather lightly which in reality, the structure, concept as well as understanding plays a huge role in getting an HD or at least a P in this subject.

This is because most of the year 1 subjects are to build your fundamentals before entering into year 2. Similarly, Financial Accounting, a year 1 subject is to build the fundamentals of those who are not from the Commerce or Art Stream before entering into a harder part of accounting, like Company Reporting and Audit Assurance. 90% of the things they are teaching in Money and Capital Markets are pretty much general knowledge and you should know it if you keep up with the financial world and news except some of the key terms. It's when you enter year 2 and year 3 when everything looks totally new to you. Either I am getting this wrong that, you aren't learning anything because you know everything already or you aren't learning anything due to the lecturer's quality, which I doubt is the one because as far as I know, Dr. Nicole is one of the highly rated lecturer in the university.

This post has been edited by Home Made Cookies: Jun 16 2011, 07:06 PM

hello just to ask when the exams is ending? i mean the latest one.

My Eng. exam ends on the 21st, iinm that is the last day for the other subjects too? Had to wait till the next friggin' week before I can get back home, damn...

At least I'm done with ENG1091...

ENG1091? Is that mathematics or physics? Can't remember.
Most of the engineering students will have their last paper on tuesday.
I have ECE2011 Signal Processing on tuesday morning =D

Last day will be on 22nd June.

But I finished on 13th.

i was so panic before exam, and was told by all the seniors that comm bank is not hard to score
and none of my friend failed that unit

so i assume the failing rate for past few years wasn't high also right?

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Added on June 17, 2011, 8:06 ameng1091, haih. me gg.com

This post has been edited by janice17: Jun 17 2011, 08:06 AM