Subject choice

paddyzk

Lads,bit of a dilemma here.
I chose applied maths as one of my subject but I've changed my mind,I want to do one of the business subjects.I'll be doing applied maths at home and one of the business subjects in school.

The question I have is if I don't get business and have to do economics or accounting would they be in any way useful if I were to do a business&german course ? The requirements say you don't need a business subject just a C1 in German
Thanks !

ChemHickey

paddyzk wrote: »

Lads,bit of a dilemma here.
I chose applied maths as one of my subject but I've changed my mind,I want to do one of the business subjects.I'll be doing applied maths at home and one of the business subjects in school.

The question I have is if I don't get business and have to do economics or accounting would they be in any way useful if I were to do a business&german course ? The requirements say you don't need a business subject just a C1 in German
Thanks !

Well, I don't do Business, but I do accounting and apparently there is some (not a lot) of overlap between the two. In business you do do some accounts and ratios which are major parts of the accounting course. There is also some break-even charts and general theory concepts which are similar. I can't advise you on economics but apparently it is a reasonable course and not too stressful (lot of choice on the paper I heard! :L ) Also, accounting is quite repetitive, but frustrating at times! Economics is relatively short and seems enjoyable!

If you have a look http://www.careersportal.ie/ed_training/ed_lc_subjects.php?ed_sub_cat_id=7 there might be some help in which subjects may appeal to you more. Sorry I can't be much help!

HeaneyBabe

Economics is definitely the most interesting out of the 3. Very topical and very easy to do well in. It is a business subject, so need to worry.

paddyzk

Sound lads.

ganon

paddyzk wrote: »

Lads,bit of a dilemma here.
I chose applied maths as one of my subject but I've changed my mind,I want to do one of the business subjects.I'll be doing applied maths at home and one of the business subjects in school.

The question I have is if I don't get business and have to do economics or accounting would they be in any way useful if I were to do a business&german course ? The requirements say you don't need a business subject just a C1 in German
Thanks !

'Business' in college will most likely involve a bit of business, economics and accounting

My advice, don't do business in school! Do accounting or economics (i did both for the leaving), they're more difficult but you're way better off to have a teacher in school explain them to you than to start in college, if you start them in first year in college they'll probably move quite quickly and they'll be harder to follow, from what i can gather 'business' is just a lot of information that you learn off, that would be much easier to pick up in college

Coeurdepirate

Do Applied Maths in school and Business/Economics outside school! Honestly, Applied Maths will probably be a nightmare to teach yourself!

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paddyzk wrote: »

Lads,bit of a dilemma here.
I chose applied maths as one of my subject but I've changed my mind,I want to do one of the business subjects.I'll be doing applied maths at home and one of the business subjects in school.

The question I have is if I don't get business and have to do economics or accounting would they be in any way useful if I were to do a business&german course ? The requirements say you don't need a business subject just a C1 in German
Thanks !

I did all 3 Business Subjects up until the end 5th year (then I dropped Accounting as I hated it), but I did Economics outside of school and self-taught it. It's a gorgeous subject and I would definitely recommend you do it if you can! It's not hard at all, and despite what people say, you don't need a Teacher to teach you the Micro. Just think about it rationally and you'll see it makes sense! I got an A2 in the Mock and am fairly confident of getting an A2 at least again. Go for it!

paddyzk

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

Do Applied Maths in school and Business/Economics outside school! Honestly, Applied Maths will probably be a nightmare to teach yourself!

I think I'd have trouble trying to teach myself business outside of school.I'd find it easier to teach myself applied maths.I have more of aptitude to maths/probem solving than I do rote learning.Maybe though,I'll keep it in mind.

PictureFrame wrote: »

I did all 3 Business Subjects up until the end 5th year (then I dropped Accounting as I hated it), but I did Economics outside of school and self-taught it. It's a gorgeous subject and I would definitely recommend you do it if you can! It's not hard at all, and despite what people say, you don't need a Teacher to teach you the Micro. Just think about it rationally and you'll see it makes sense! I got an A2 in the Mock and am fairly confident of getting an A2 at least again. Go for it!

How did you go about doing it ? did you get a book and exam papers and just work away at them ? Did you find it hard too motivate yourself to do it ?Tbh I think I'd be able for it but I might drop down to pass english to take some of the workload,crap at english anyway. :L

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paddyzk wrote: »

How did you go about doing it ? did you get a book and exam papers and just work away at them ? Did you find it hard too motivate yourself to do it ?Tbh I think I'd be able for it but I might drop down to pass english to take some of the workload,crap at english anyway. :L

I bought Rapid Revision Economics and the exam papers, picked the easiest topics and started learning them, after each chapter I would look at the exam questions on each topic and attempt to answer them. Marking schemes are essential in this subject though, I found choosing a topic, looking at all the questions that had ever come up for that topic, printing the marking schemes and learning from them was the best thing you could do. Economics is a precise subject, you need certain 'buzz' words to ensure you get your marks. It is extremely enjoyable and fairly predictable though! The exam has a great choice in itself also: it's laid out as follows:

Short Questions- 100 marks

You do 6/9 shorts

Long Questions (3 parts to each question) 75 each (300 marks)

They give you 8, you have to do any 4. Every year you're almost guaranteed:

• Market Structure (has to be one every year)
• Supply/Demand & Elasticity
• Factors Of Production
• National Income
• International Trade

emmamurphy233

No matter how good you are at maths, you will definitely need a teacher. There'll be problems you won't be able to figure out and you'll need a teacher. You don't have this problem with business/economics. I really do not advise doing Applied Maths or Accounting outside of school. Just my opinion. Good luck with whatever you do.