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[Bored Of Fail 3]

or you could just do engineering/commerce double degree , takes a bit longer but thats what the smart ones do , can literally get you any job in the world, much better job opportunities than just pure maths.

You have the maths/science knowledge from the engineering side ( and engineering students are usually better at maths than just stand alone commerce students ) combined with the business knowledge and abilitiy to write reports and understand financial documentation from the commerce side of things

 

[Shadowdude]

I wish I could take all three areas of maths... THEY'RE ALL SO INTERESTING =(

And I found Comm/Sci plans at the Maths at UNSW website. http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/students/current/program3523.html

 

[Trebla]

or you could just do engineering/commerce double degree , takes a bit longer but thats what the smart ones do , can literally get you any job in the world, much better job opportunities than just pure maths.

You have the maths/science knowledge from the engineering side ( and engineering students are usually better at maths than just stand alone commerce students ) combined with the business knowledge and abilitiy to write reports and understand financial documentation from the commerce side of things

The amount of mathematics involved depends on what type of engineering you are studying. Many engineering areas (e.g. chemical) study little or no mathematics at all beyond first year.

Either way, the point is stick to what you are interested in. Don't simply choose a degree just because it offers 'more job opportunities'. You have no idea how many people I know chose accounting just for that very reason and hate their life to bits. Also, I know a lot of people who chose commerce/law just because their ATAR/UAI allows them to do so but they are really only interested in the commerce component and they absolutely loathe law. I mean, why be in a place you don't want to be in and deny this position to others who are actually interested in law?

The truth is that many employers out there don't really care what degree you end up doing as long as you have demonstrated that you have the skills they are looking for. In other words, unless you really want to do something specialised which requires actual qualifications (e.g. pharmacy or medicine) your degree does not define your career direction.

 

[nrlwinner]

I'm looking at Discrete Maths 1081 and I was wondering whether or not I have to go to all the lectures.

 

[Shadowdude]

You don't have to - but why wouldn't you?

 

[owenzou]

what about quantitative risk? is it a good major to study compare to the other three?

 

[Mature Lamb]

what about quantitative risk? is it a good major to study compare to the other three?

According to studentleader who seems reputable, quant risk won't get you a job unless you have a PhD or something.

 

[Studentleader]

According to studentleader who seems reputable, quant risk won't get you a job unless you have a PhD or something.

Have a look at this http://www.markjoshi.com/downloads/advice.pdf
Depends on what you want to do as a job - if you read the first 20 pages of The Biggest Short and still want to finance go do quant risk.

Also I just got an email from CSIRO saying they are going to talk to their team about integrating me

 

[migoi]

what about quantitative risk? is it a good major to study compare to the other three?

According to studentleader who seems reputable, quant risk won't get you a job unless you have a PhD or something.

The quantitative risk major is a more of a gimmick major. You can replicate the major by doing a B Commerce/Science double degree with majors in Finance and Mathematics. Although doing the quant risk major will save you a year. (if you don't count the honours years of the B Adv Maths degree.)

To get into a quant risk role, it really depends on what you define quant. If you define quant as just using low level of mathematics to apply to your daily risk role than a Bachelors will get you in - but they will most likely get you to do a masters.

If you referring to the typically quant definition, as in analysing hedging strategies, pricing, etc of financial instruments. Then the minimum requirement is usually a masters level at least. The UTS Master in Quantitative Finance is regarded quite well in the industry. But as student leader pointed out, PHD is more the norm.