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The Bailout is ECOMS' rebranded guide for first year business school students. Inside you will find information on how to get through your first year through advice on units and life at UWA as a whole. If you want a hardcopy, come down to our tent on O'day, or pop into the office during semester. They're free for members!
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This!Fresher!handbook!was!put!together!by!the!Education!Sub!Committee!under!the!instruction!of!Vice!
Presidents!Rob!Purdew!and!Harrison!Sweeney,!as!well!as! the!Education!Officer!Christopher!Chesky,!and!
with!a!great!amount!of!help!from!the!broader!committee.!
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Education*Sub*Committee*George!Brown*Jacinta!Kotula!
Brendan!Storer!
Daniel!Randazzo!
Caryn!Tan!
Charli!Davies!
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Executive*President:!Justin!Bloomfield! ! ! ! ! ! [email protected]*Education*Vice7President:!Rob!Purdew! ! ! ! [email protected]*Business*Vice7President:!Elselynn!Leighton! ! ! ! [email protected]*Communications*Vice7President:!Harrison!Sweeney! ! [email protected]*Activities*Vice7President:!Julian!Rapattoni! ! ! ! [email protected]*Secretary:!Mitch!Lang!! ! ! ! ! ! [email protected]*Treasurer:!Leteesha!Stallard! ! ! ! ! ! [email protected]*
Officers*Education*Officer:!Chris!Chesky*Business*Officer:!James!O’Donnell*Communications*Officer:!Jeremy!Cole*Activities*Officer:!Michelle!Chern*Treasury*Officer:!Steph!Crews*Competitions*Officer:*Stephen!Ingram*Equity*Officer:!Kristina!TOChenko*Male*Sports*Representative:!Fraser!Hall*Female*Sports*Representative:*Georgia!Mann*!
**********Contact*Us*We!are!also!looking!for!first!year!students!to!represent!their!year!group’s!interests!on!each!of!our!Sub!
Committees.!If!you’re!interested,!send!our!Secretary!Mitch!Lang!an!email:[email protected]
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Welcome! to! the! first! edition!of!The7Bailout,! a! reObranded!and!much! fuller! version!of! the!
Economics!and!Commerce!Society’s!guide!for!first!year!students.!!
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In!this!handbook,!you’ll!find!some!information!on!who!we!are!and!what!we!do,!as!well!as!
useful!pointers!on!how!to!survive!your! first!year!at!UWA.!This! ranges! from!course!advice!
and!unit!guides,!to!general!tips!on!how!to!save!money!on!parking!and!food.!
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All! of! the! information! was! compiled! and! written! by! the!members! of! the! Education! Sub!
Committee,! while! the! formatting! and! design! was! done! by! Communications! VP! Harrison!
Sweeney.!Without! these! lovely!people,! this!handbook!would!not!have!been!possible! O! so!
massive! thanks!must!go! to! them!for!all! their!efforts.!Even!more! thanks!go! to!Pwc,!a! firm!
who!has!been!kind!enough!to!provide!sponsorship!for!this!publication.!
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We!hope!that!you!get!the!most!of!The7Bailout,!and!that!you!have!an!awesome!first!year!at!
university.!Get!involved,!meet!as!many!people!as!possible!O!and!join!ECOMS!!!
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Please!let!us!know!if!you!have!any!feedback!or!further!questions.!
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Best!of!luck,!
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Table*of*Contents*About&Us& 5&
What&We&Do& 6&Education* 6*Overview' 6'Representation' 6'Competitions' 7'Activities/Publications' 8'Equity'and'Diversity' 8'
Careers* 9*Social* 10*Overview' 10'Semester'1' 10'Semester'2' 11'
What&Every&First&Year&Should&Know& 12&
First&Year&Unit&Guide& 14&' '
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About*Us*ECOMS!was!established!as! a! student! society!way!back! in!1949.!Originally! the! ‘Economics!
Students!Club’,! it!was! strictly! an!educationObased! society,! focusing!on! the!discussion! and!
study!of!economic!theory!and!its!application!in!the!real!world.*!
While!still!retaining!this!core!focus!of!supporting!students’!education!and!helping!to!foster!
healthy! debate! and! analysis! of! economic! and! commerceObased! theories,! ECOMS! in! its!
presentOday!form!is!vastly!different!to!the!student!society!created!over!six!decades!ago.!The!
drastic!cultural!shift!that!was!the!exuberant!1970s!and!‘80s!became!the!foundation!of!our!
long!tradition!offering!great!times!at!fantastic!events.!
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These! foundations! have! been! substantially! built! on! by! constant! evolution! and! change! in!
ECOMS!and!the!scope!and!scale!of!its!events,!encompassing!every!aspect!of!a!Bachelor!of!
Commerce!student’s!life.!
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Whatever!your!needs!–!social!(eg:!Fresher!Camp!and!ECOMS!Ball),!educational!(like!The7Bull7and7the7Bear,!the!new!ECOMS!academic!journal),!or!professional!(such!as!the!Careers!Fairs,!
resumeOwriting!seminars!and!interview!workshops)!–!we!can!help!you!out.!We!also!offer!a!
number!of!new!competitions!as!well!as!events!based!on!improving!equity!and!diversity!in!
the!business!school.!
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Today,! the!Economics!and!Commerce!Students’!Society! is! renowned!(feel! free!to!pad!our!
egos!by!agreeing)!for!providing!its!members!with!the!best!social!events!(the!best;!not!even!joking!here),!great!educational!seminars!and!professional!networking!events!that!help!UWA!
students!connect! to!Western!Australia’s!business!community!and!prepare! for! life!beyond!
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*What*We*Do**
Education*
Education*overview*Firstly!Congratulations,!you!made!it!into!UWA,!by!far!Western!Australia’s!best!university!for!
Business!students.!The!good!times!that!you!will!have!at!university!and!the!people!you!will!
meet! along! the! way! will! be! remembered! long! into! the! future! O! no! one! can! take! these!
experiences!away!from!you.!However,!this!is!no!year!twelve,!there!is!no!one!making!you!do!
anything,!assessment!mechanisms!are!vividly!different!and!essentially!you!have!to!adopt!a!
much!more!mature!approach!to!learning.! !This!can!be!quite!difficult!for!many!students!to!
handle!in!their!first!year!of!study.!
This!is!why!ECOMS!is!here!to!help!you.!As!students!ourselves,!and!having!been!through!the!
rigors!of!our!fresher!year,!we!are!here!to!offer!you!support!and!guidance.!We!want!to!make!
the!transition!as!smooth!as!possible!and!get!you!running!on!your!feet!right!from!day!one.!
To! cater! to! your!every!need,!we!have!a! section!of! the! committee!dedicated! to! just! that,!
Education.! Headed! up! by! the! Education! VP,! followed! by! the! Education,! Equity! and!
Competitions!officers,!and!new!for!this!year,!the!Education,!Competitions!and!Equity!SubO
Committees.!You!can!be!confident!you!will!have!all!the!support!you!need!in!2012!!!
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Representation*ECOMS!takes!student!representation!very!seriously!and!is!committed!to!ensuring!that!you,!
as!business!school!students,!have!the!opportunity!to!achieve!to!your!maximum!potential!in!
your!educational!pursuits.!
!We!aim!to!assist!you!in!situations!where!you:!
h!!!!!!!!!Believe!you!may!have!been!treated!unfairly!
h!!!!!!!!!Disagree!with!a!decision!that!the!university!has!made!
h!!!!!!!!!Have!any!issues!relating!to!the!quality!of!your!learning!environment!
h!!!!!!!!!Have!any!ideas!that!you!believe!could!assist!in!raising!the!quality!of!learning!
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It!is!important!you!bring!these!issues!to!our!attention!as!it!is!likely!that!other!students!may!
be!experiencing!similar!problems!in!their!first!year!of!study.!Be!it!a!simple!question!or!more!
serious!issue,!we!are!here!to!help!and!if!we!cannot!be!of!assistance,!we!will!gladly!point!you!
in! the! right! direction! as! we! have! strong! ties! with! the! Business! School! and! the! wider!
university!community.!
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Some!of! the! formal! channels!we! adopt! to! improve! the! learning! experiences! for! business!
school! students! include:! the! Teaching! and! Learning! Committee;! Guild! Education! Council;!
and!new!for!2012!–!the!Business!School!Student!Advisory!Council.!
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Teaching*and*Learning*Committee*ECOMS! sends! representatives! to! attend! the!monthly!meetings! held! by! the! Teaching! and!
Learning!Committee.!This!committee!is!a!combination!of!the!University!management!staff,!
academic! teaching! staff! and!members!of! the! student!body.!The!committee!deals!with!all!
issues!related!to!teaching!and!learning,!such!as!unit!assessment,!teaching!practices!and!unit!
scheduling.!!
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Guild*Education*Council*meetings*Representatives! from! ECOMS! also! attend! the!monthly! Guild! Education! Council,! which! is!
attended!by!all!of! the! faculty! societies!of! the!university.! The!purpose!of! the! council! is! to!
compare! and! evaluate! educational! practices! across! different! faculties! with! the! aim! of!
improving!the!overall!standard!of!education.!
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*Business*School*Student*Advisory*Council*A!new! initiative! for!2012,! the!Business!School!Student!Advisory!Council! is! comprised!of!a!
diverse!range!of!students,!from!first!years!through!to!honour!students!studying!a!variety!of!
different!degree!structures.!The!aim!of!this!council!is!to!understand!the!issues!that!may!be!
affecting!you,!from!a!student’s!perspective!and!devise!solutions.!ECOMS!strongly!supports!
this!wonderful! initiative! and! believes! that! through! its! representation! on! the! council,! can!
better!serve!the!needs!of!our!members.!
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Competitions*ECOMS! strives! to! provide! you! with! opportunities! to! further! grow! at! university! through!
various! competitions.! Competitions! provide! those! students! who! want! to! go! above! and!
beyond!an!opportunity!to!excel.!Furthermore!they!look!excellent!on!a!Resume!to!potential!
employers!as!they!show!you!extend!yourself! O!often! it! is! the!case!that!many!students!get!
towards! the! end! of! their! degrees! and!wish! they! had! done!more! extraOcurricular! actives.!
Through!our!links!with!the!academic!and!business!communities,!ECOMS!helps!students!get!
involved!in!these!fantastic!events.!!
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Mannkal*Economic*Education*Foundation*Essay*Competition*Mannkal! Economic! Education! Foundation! is! a! registered! nonOprofit! “think! tank”!
organisation!aimed!at!exploring!free!market!ideology.!!Over!the!past!few!years,!ECOMS!and!
Mannkal!have!worked!together!to!bring!students!an!opportunity!to!express!their!ideas!on!a!
variety!of! free!market! issues! via! an! essay! competition.! This! competition! gives! students! a!
chance! to! think! outside! the! standard! university! syllabus! and! at! the! same! time! be! in! the!
chance!to!win!loads!of!prize!money!!
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Other! educational! competitions! ECOMS! members! have! been! involved! in! include! the!
Charted!Accountants!Student!Challenge,!Deloitte!Dream!Team!competition,!DCM!Blue!Lake!
Portfolio!competition!and!Momentum!Partners!consulting!challenge!just!to!name!a!few.!
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Our! goal! is! to! keep! you! in! touch! with! what! is! going! on! in! the! competitions! front!!!
Furthermore,! check! your! student! emails! regularly,! check! out! our! website! and! Facebook!
page!and!keep!an!eye!out!on!the!poster!board!of!the!business!school!!
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*Activities/Publications*We!at! ECOMS!do!our!best! to!make!University!more! than! just! a! learning! institution.!As! a!
member! of! ECOMS,! we! strive! to! keep! you! well! informed;! hence! we! have! a! number! of!
publications!aimed!at!doing!just!that!!
The!Bull!and!the!Bear!(Semester*1,*Semester*2)*In!2011,!ECOMS!published!its!very!first!Academic!Journal,!The!Bull!and!The!Bear,!which!can!
be!found!online!at!http://issuu.com/ecoms.uwa,!and!obtained!at!no!charge!from!the!
ECOMS!Office.!The!journal!is!a!showcase!of!the!talent!that!resides!within!the!UWA!Business!
School,!since!students!and!staff!alike!are!free!to!contribute.!It!also!is!a!fantastic!instrument!
for!students!to!attain!research!experience!before!finishing!their!undergraduate!courses!and!
pursuing!further!education,!Honours!and!beyond,!domestically!or!around!the!world.!This!
year,!we!will!be!publishing!two!Volumes,!with!deadlines!for!articles!3!weeks!before!the!end!
of!semester.!You!can!write!an!informal!article,!or!enter!an!essay!that!will!be!featured!
alongside!those!of!the!staff.!!
*Alternative*Faculty*Handbook*(Semester*1)!Sometimes!there!are!slight!in!discrepancies!between!reported!information!and!reality.!
This!is!where!ECOMS!comes!to!the!rescue.!We!“reOwrite”!the!Business!school’s!Faculty!
handbook!in!a!way!that!is!intended!to!give!you!the!cold!hard!truth.!This!is!achieved!through!
collaboration!of!past!and!present!student!experiences!all!morphed!together,!aimed!at!
assisting!you!when!it!comes!to!making!those!important!decisions!regarding!the!path!you!
want!to!take!in!your!university!degree.!!
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Be!sure!to!keep!an!eye!out!for!these!marvellous!publications!in!2012!!
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Equity*and*Diversity*ECOMS’!responsibilities!as!a!Faculty!society!also!mean!that!we!take!care!of!all!students!at!
UWA!regardless!of!their!background.!To!promote!Equity!and!Diversity,!we!hold!a!number!of!
events!and!participate!in!fundraising!activities!like!Relay!for!Life.******
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*Careers*Events*
Business*Breakfast*This!is!ECOMS'!flagship!Business!event!of!
the!year.!Enjoy!eating!breakfast!while!
networking!with!industry!representatives!
from!your!area!of!interest.!This!year!our!
keynote!speaker!is!Dr!Fiona!Wood;!if!
nothing!else!you!should!come!down!for!
the!opportunity!to!meet!her!*
Career*Cocktail*Opportunistically!timed!to!fit!in!the!recruitment!period!for!most!major!firms,!this!event!is!a!
must!to!find!out!what!they're!looking!for.!Ask!representatives!from!a!large!variety!of!firms!
about!careers!in!a!relaxed!networking!environment!and!enjoy!a!cocktail!or!two.!Last!year!
had!reps!from!firms!as!diverse!as!KordaMentha,!Merryl!Lynch,!Momentum!Partners,!PwC,!
and!EYO!just!to!name!a!few!*
Speed*Interview*Night!Polish!your!interview!skills!and!be!in!the!running!for!a!$200!prize!!Last!year!featured!
representatives!from!Momentum,!PwC,!and!Deloitte,!each!asking!students!interviewOstyle!
questions!in!5Ominute!rounds.!This!is!the!best!chance!you'll!get!to!find!out!what!firms!ask!
and!what!they!want!to!hear!!!
Women*in*Business*Ladies,!this!oneOonOone!mentoring!scheme!links!you!with!a!successful!woman!in!business!to!
answer!any!questions!you!can!think!of!!We!run!multiple!events!through!the!year!to!help!
you!build!ties!with!your!mentor.!2011!saw!students!paired!with!representatives!from!
Deloitte!and!PwCO!stay!tuned!for!more!in!2012.*
ECOMS*Careers*Fair!The!annual!Careers!Fair!kicks!off!the!Business!events!for!the!year,!and!features!all!of!the!
main!employers!in!each!of!the!facets!of!commerce,!accounting,!economics,!and!business;!
and!some!of!the!lesser!ones!too.!It's!a!free!event!held!in!the!Business!school!foyer!in!mid!
March:!come!down!to!find!out!what!employers!are!looking!for!in!graduates,!and!to!pick!up!
your!copy!of!the!Careers!HandbookO!a!super!useful!production!for!everything!Business!
related.*
Skills*Workshops*and*Barbeques*There's!no!such!thing!as!a!free!lunch...but!here!the!price!of!your!BBQ'd!lunch!is!just!to!have!
a!chat!with!representatives!from!different!firms.!Skill!workshops!run!in!conjunction!with!
various!firms!also!run!through!the!semester,!and!focus!on!key!skills!like!resume!writing,!
interview!techniques,!and!how!to!answer!those!tricky!onOline!applications.*
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Overview*ECOMS! runs! a! number! of! vibrant! social! events! throughout! the! year.! With! over! 4500!
members!we!plan! to! run!both! the!biggest! and!best! events!on! campus.! The!many!events!
hosted!by!ECOMS!aim!to!ensure!that!your!campus!life!is!filled!with!loads!of!fun!!
No!matter!what!your!preference!is!we!have!a!wide!range!of!events!for!you!guys!to!choose!
from!–!so!make!sure!you!get!involved!!
Feel! free! to! contact! Julian! Rapattoni,! Activities! ViceOPresident,! with! any! questions! or!
[email protected].!Hope!to!hear!from!you!soon!!
Semester*One*
Fresher*Camp*Date:!16th718th!March!2012!If!you!feel!like!getting!your!camp!on!and!meeting!a!whole!bunch!of!first!year!students!who!
are!do!the!same!course!as!you,! then!this! is!a!once! in!your! lifetime!opportunity! (seriously!
you!can!only!kinda!do!it!once!cause!you!are!only!a!fresher!once).!This!2!night,!3!day!camp!
extravaganza! provides! you! with! funnels! of! fun! and! frivolities! with! various! activities!
including!eating!competitions,!boat!races,!beep!tests,!bus!parties,!dancing,!river!swimming,!
awesomeness,!morning!yoga!and!more!awesomeness.!If!you!want!more!info!then!feel!free!
to!email!us!and!make!sure!you!line!up!early!on!OODAY!at!the!ECOMS!Tent!because!tickets!
sell!out!fast!for!our!limited!spaces!(80!freshers).!This!is!a!not!to!be!missed!event!for!anyone!
fresher!looking!to!join!the!ECOMS!tribe!and!get!to!know!the!committee!!
Prosh*Date:!4th!April!2012!PROSH!started!as!a!small!paper!called!the!SRUSSOSRUSS,!way!back!in!1931.!Since!then!it!has!
grown! to!become!one!of! the! (b)oldest! and! (ig)noblest! traditions!of!UWA! students.! Every!
March/April! a! team! of! dedicated! writers! get! together! to! produce! the! PROSH! paper,! a!
satirical! slant! on! current! affairs! locally,! globally,! and! internationally! (no! one! is! spared).!
PROSH! is! short! for! ‘procession’!–! that! crazy!day! in!April!when!UWA!students! take! to! the!
streets!in!droves!doing!anything!and!everything!to!sell!copies!of!the!paper!to!unsuspecting!
victims.!130,000!copies!of! the!paper!are!produced,!with!all!proceeds! raised!going! to! that!
year’s! chosen! beneficiaries.! Last! year! saw! PROSH! crack! the! $140,000! mark.! Help! us!
celebrate!and!raise!money!for!charity!by!joining!in!with!the!ECOMS!theme!!
Pub*Crawl*Date:!1st!June!2012!What!classier!way!to!celebrate!the!end!of!first!semester!than!with!a!group!of!friends!in!your!
finest!business!attire,!CORPORTATE!HOE!&!CEO!style.!With!2!full!buses!pumping!the!tunes!
(and!sometimes!a!third),!we!head!around!the!golden!triangle!to!various!water!holes!straight!
after!end!of!semester!show!finishes!!Get!in!and!amongst!it.!
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*Semester*2*
Quiz*Night*Date:!TBA!Always!kicking!off!with!a!ludicrous!theme,!this!is!a!brainObusting!event!where!you!can!show!
off!how!smart!(or!dumb)!you!are!by!answering!some!ridiculously!hard!(or!easy)!questions.!
It’s! held! in! the! TAV! so!make! sure! that! you! get! a! table! of! 8! organised! and! come! to! this!
wicked!event.!Watch!out!for!when!it!is!as!this!event!always!sells!out!incredibly!fast!!
ECOMS*Ball*Date:!1st!September!2012!If!you!haven’t!already!heard!about!it,!then!you!must!have!been!living!under!a!rock.!This!is!
the! biggest! ball! held! in! the! southern! hemisphere!! BOOM!! That’s! right! –! 1350! university!
students!at!one!ridiculously!incredible!ball.!So!for!all!of!you!who!have!been!wondering,!yes!
ECOMS!has! the!biggest!balls!!With! a! ticket!price! that! includes!basically! everything! this! is!
definitely!not!an!event!that!you!want!to!miss!out!on!!Tickets!sell!out!stupidly!fast!so!keep!
an! eye! out! for!when! you! should! start! lining! up! at! 6am! (yeah! people! start! lining! up! that!
early)!!
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**What*every*first*year*should*know*You*don’t*have*to*buy*all*of*your*textbooks*Most! of! them! you!won’t! need! and!will! regret! buying,! no!matter! how!much! the! lecturer!
thinks! it’s! the!best! thing!since!fairy!bread!(how!could!anything!be!better!than!fairy!bread!
anyway…).!It’s!a!UWA!requirement!that!all!required!textbooks!have!copies!available!at!the!
library,!so!you!never!need!to!buy!a!book!if!you!don’t!want!to.!
Watch*out*for*scaling*Scaling!is!a!bit!of!a!mysterious!entity!in!university!units,!if!a!unit!is!run!well!by!the!lecturer!
there!won’t!be!any,!but!keep!in!mind!that!aiming!for!50%!might!not!cut!it!if!it’s!not.*
Go*to*all*of*your*Tutorials*(and*prepare*for*them!)*ECOMS! sets! realistic! goals.! We! understand! most! people! won’t! want! to! go! to! all! their!
lectures! and! will! prefer! to! watch! them! online.! However,! in! most! business! school! units,!
tutorials! are! an! easy! 5O10%!of! your!marks! and!preparing! for! them!will! put! you! ahead!of!
your!lazy!colleagues.!It’s!not!hard!to!take!30O45!minutes!before!each!tutorial!to!revise!the!
lectures!O!so!do!it!*
Read*the*Unit*Outlines*Unit!outlines!are!all!online!now,!so!you!won’t!be!given!one!automatically.!Be!sure!to!go!and!
find!it!though!because!it’ll!give!a!good!idea!of!the!weighting!of!all!the!assessments!(in!turn!
allowing!you!to!decide!which!ones!not!to!do).!!It!will!also!tell!you!if!you!have!assignments!
and!their!due!dates.*
Keep*track*of*Due*Dates*Assignments!with!due!dates!that!are!a!month!away!don’t!seem!so!urgent.!!However!when!it!
gets!closer!and!you!realise!that!every!unit!has!an!assignment!or!test!in!that!same!week,!
that’s!when!the!panic!sets!in.!!Start!planning!early!and!don’t!let!due!dates!creep!up!on!you.*
Go*to*Broadway*for*lunch*It’s!much!cheaper!and!tastier!than!guild!food!and!is!only!a!short!walk!from!the!Business!
school!(see!map).!We!recommend!a!makeOyourOownOroll!from!IGA,!or!a!kebab!from!Ararat!
as!the!best!value.!*
If*you’re*driving*to*uni,*park*in*the*pit*Conveniently!located!right!next!to!the!business!school,!the!pit!is!a!wonderful!place!where!
university!students!park!for!free.!(Note:!parking!is!slightly!at!your!own!risk,!as!once!a!
semester!the!Department!of!Conservation!hires!someone!to!sting!us!poor!students).*
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*Don’t*be*a*hermit;*Study*at*Uni,*not*at*home*While!we!understand!that!many!of!you!may!think!you!study!better!at!home,!often!the!best!
thing!to!do!is!to!get!a!few!friends!together!and!go!to!one!of!the!collaborative!areas!within!
the!big!libraries!on!campus.!If!you’re!all!doing!the!same!unit,!your!understanding!of!the!
coursework!should!improve!as!you!discuss!any!of!the!concepts!contained!in!lectures.!It’s!
also!a!great!way!to!get!closer!to!the!people!you’re!going!to!be!spending!quite!a!lot!of!time!
with!over!the!next!few!years.!ECOMS’!recommends!the!Science!and!Reid!Libraries,!due!to!
the!amount!of!space!available!(the!Business!school!doesn’t!have!too!much!seating,!which!
will!hopefully!change!thanks!to!our!campaigning!).*
Ask*for*Help*If!you!have!any!concerns!about!anything,!there!is!an!abundance!of!people!at!UWA!to!help!
you!out.!We!recommend!going!to!front!desk!(located!in!the!lobby!of!the!business!school)!
for!anything!relatively!simple!–!like!wanting!know!which!units!you!have!to!take!to!complete!
a!major!etc.!If!you!ever!want!anything!important!done!or!want!any!important!information!
that!you!intend!to!rely!on,!do!not!just!ask!admin!or!Business!school!front!desk,!set!up!a!face!
to!face!meeting!with!the!most!senior!staff!member!available,!(e.g.!Business!School!SubO
Dean).**
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*First*Year*Unit*Guide*
Worried!about!the!strains!of!university!academic!life?!We!have!compiled!a!guide!of!all!the!
main!units!the!business!school!offered,!so!you!are!well!versed!and!prepared!for!your!first!
semester.! Remember:! university! is! not! like! school! –! no! one! is! going! to! tell! you!when! to!
hand!in!assignments,!do!your!homework!or,!if!you’re!an!arts!student,!to!brush!your!teeth.!
Get!organised!and!involved!and!your!first!year!should!be!a!breeze!!
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ACCT1101*7*Financial*Accounting**Teaching!rating:!5/5!
Difficulty!rating:!3.5/5,!easier!in!the!first!few!weeks!if!you!have!done!year!12!accounting!
Accounting! is! not! one! of! the! most! interesting! subjects! on! the! planet,! but! it! is! not!
unbearable! as! long! as! it’s! easy,! like! this! one! is! (relatively! speaking).! Some! of! the! topics!
covered! in! this! unit,! such! as! cash! flows,! can! actually! be! interesting,! but! it! does! get! very!
boring!when!you!are!asked!to!draw!up!your!twelveOmillionth!balance!sheet.!However,!Leo!
Langa! (known! to! many! as! ‘Borat/Super! Mario’)! is! a! legend,! and! his! jokes! do! put! the!
enjoyment!factor!back!into!the!black.!The!unit’s!assignment!is!a!massive!threeOperson!endO
ofOfinancial!year!wrap!up,!which!is!a!piece!of!cake!for!organised!and!practised!groups,!but!
the! sort! of! stuff! that! left! freshers! offering! me! large! sums! of! money! for! my! completed!
assignment!book.!If!you!can!confidently!do!the!weekly!tute!prep,!then!you!will!fly!through!
the!exam,!as!the!tutes!are!where!the!bulk!of!exam!material!is!learnt.!The!practical!lectures!
are!worth!going!to!as!they!explain!how!to!do!your!tute!questions!for!the!week.!!!
The!Bottom!Line:!This!unit!is!well!taught!and!as!a!prerequisite!for!many!majors!it!is!worth!
doing!to!keep!your!options!open.!!
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ACCT1102*7*Management*Accounting*Teaching!rating:!4/5!
Difficulty!rating:!4/5!!
If! you! did! not! enjoy! Financial! Accounting,! good! news!! You! may! enjoy! this! unit! more!
because!they!are!completely!different;!however,!it!is!still!highly!possible!that!you!find!this!
unit!as!uninteresting!as!FA.!The!lecturers!Michelle!and!Vincent!both!speak!softly,!so!if!you!
like!sitting!up!the!back!in!lectures!you!probably!won’t!be!able!to!hear!much!at!all.!!The!tute!
questions!are!all!multiOchoice!and!open!book,!to!be!completed!in!your!tute.!This!may!make!
it!sound!easy,!but!make!sure!your!notes!are!up!to!date!as!you!are!expected!to!explain!your!
answers.!!It!is!highly!recommended!that!you!go!to!your!tutes,!or!at!the!very!least!get!a!copy!
of!the!tute!questions,!as!quite!a!few!of!the!exam!multiOchoice!questions!are!similar,!if!not!
identical!to!them!O!always!good!for!some!practically!guaranteed!marks.!
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The!Bottom!Line:!Even!though!the!final!exam!is!multiOchoice,!you!still!need!to!study!for!it!!
Don’t!rely!on!guessing!correctly!since!you!end!up!only!having!30!seconds!to!answer!each!
question.!Finally,!contrary!to!popular!belief,!there!is!no!advantage/disadvantage!to!doing!
this!unit!or!Financial!Accounting!first.!
*ECON1101*7*Microeconomics*Teaching!rating:!5/5!
Difficulty!rating:!3/5,!easier!if!you!have!done!economics!in!year!11!
This!unit! is!one!of! the!more! interesting! first! year!units!available.! The! lecturer!Dr!Andrew!
Williams!is!friendly,!approachable,!and!very!good!at!explaining!all!the!concepts.!His!funny!
jokes!and!overall!style!certainly!makes!this!unit!even!more!enjoyable.!The!tutes!are!easy!to!
do!if!you!have!attended!the!lectures!and!if!you!have!the!textbook!on!hand.!The!assignment!
is! fairly! straightforward! to!understand!what! is! required,! but! is! not! necessarily! so! easy! to!
actually! complete.! The! final! exam! has! a! question! on! each! major! topic! in! the! unit,! so! I!
suggest!that!you!make!summary!notes!on!each!topic!before!the!exam.!As!for!the!specific!
sections!of!the!unit,!game!theory!and!market!failure!were!among!my!favourites,!but!watch!
out!for!the!section!on! indifference!curves!(especially!the!graphs,!which!can!get!extremely!
messy)!O!it’s!a!bitch.!
The! Bottom! Line:! It’s! a! compulsory! unit,! so! we! can’t! really! recommend! anything! about!
whether! to! do! it! or! not! (except! maybe! to! say! do! it! in! first! semester! and! before! doing!
macro),! but! at! least! the! unit! is! fun.! Also,! if! you! ever! have! issues! with! understanding!
anything,!don’t!be!afraid!to!go!and!see!Andrew!about!it.!
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ECON1102*7*Macroeconomics*Teaching!rating:!/5!
Difficulty!rating:!3.5/5,!easier!if!you!have!done!year!12!economics!
Peter!Robinson!and!Ishita!Chatterjee!are!the!lecturers!for!this!unit.!Peter!is!not!extremely!
thrilling,!but!he!does!explain!the!topics!well!and!his!lecture!slides!are!usually!mixed!in!with!
a!good!sense!of!humour.! Ishita! is!a!bit!difficult! to!understand,!and!she!has!admitted!that!
she!is!not!a!fan!of!macro,!so!as!a!result!she!is!not!particularly!enthusiastic!about!it.!I!suggest!
that!you!still!attend!the!lectures,!but!if!you!need!further!help!just!ask!your!tutor!or!ask!her!
after!lectures!(as!she!tends!to!be!able!to!explain!things!better!oneOonOone).!Don’t!skip!the!
lectures!unless!you!have!to!though,!as!the!recording!equipment!means!that!unfortunately!
neither!of!them!have!an!especially!good!lectopiaOvoice.!Also,!you!must!attend!tutes,!as!you!
get!participation!marks.!!
The!Bottom!Line:!Do!micro!first.!Also,!try!to!study!this!unit!with!friends,!as!some!topics!can!
take!several!different!explanations!before!you!can!actually!understand!it!properly.!
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ECON1105*7*Rise*of*the*Global*Economy*Teaching!rating:!5/5!
Difficulty!rating:!4/5,!easier!if!you’ve!studied!macroeconomics!before!
This!is!the!ideal!choice!for!those!of!you!that!want!a!unit!similar!in!style!to!Year!12!macro,!
but!don’t!want!to!be!simply!repeating!what!you!already!had!to!roteOlearn!for!your!Year!12!
exams! –! although! most! of! you! probably! purged! your! minds! of! anything! and! everything!
exam! related! at! the! first! possible! opportunity.! It! is! the! semester! one! unit! of! the! two!
available! firstOyear!economic!history!units.!One!of! the! things! that! I! really! liked!about! this!
unit!was!that!it!was!very!heavily!oriented!towards!the!theory!side!of!economics,!going!into!
more!depth!on!such!topics!as!the!bond!market!and!exchange!rates.!I!found!the!stuff!on!the!
Global!Financial!Crisis!and!European!debt!crisis!to!be!especially!intriguing!(probably!helped!
that! the! news! about! the! Greek! crisis! breaking! just! as! we! were! about! to! learn! about!
government!debt,!but!moving!on).!!A!cautionary!note!though!O!you!will!need!to!learn!a!lot!
of!new!graphs,!but!most!are!quite!simple!once!you!get!the!theory!behind!them.!Once!you!
understand! the! graphs,! everything! else! mostly! just! falls! into! place! by! itself.! Professor!
Crompton!is!a!great!lecturer!and!is!more!than!happy!to!answer!any!questions!you!have!(his!
lecture! notes! are! really! good! too).! Just! remember! to! start! the! assignment(s)! early! in!
semester...but!that’s!really!the!case!with!every!unit!!
The!Bottom!Line:!Do!this!unit!!It’s!compulsory!to!do!an!economic!history!unit,!so!it!may!as!
well!be!this!one,!particularly! if!you!are!more!of!a! ‘visual! learner’.! It! is!a!great!combo!with!
Macro!I.!
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ECON1111*7*Quantitative*Methods*Teaching!rating:!2/5!
Difficulty!rating:!5/5!
Quant!methods!is!a!real!bitch!of!a!unit.!It!has!weekly!assignments!that!can!take!many!hours!
to!do,!and!three!lectures!a!week,!one!of!which!fell!on!a!Friday!so!was!commonly!missed.!It!
lulls! you! into! a! false! sense!of! security,! as! you! think! you! know! the!basics! of! the! unit! and!
enough!to!pass,!and!then!the!exam! is!always!harder! than!you!think! it! is!going!to!be.!The!
textbook!isn’t!very!much!help!either,!as!the!unit!is!only!loosely!written!around!its!contents!
and! navigating! through! it! is! difficult.! Quant! makes! you! learn! things! like! multiOderivative!
calculus!and!other!Maths!with!long,!frightening!names!that!you!will!probably!only!need!to!
know!if!you!major! in!quantitative!economics.!However,! it! is!a!preOrequisite!for!commerce!
and!economics! degrees,! unless! you!did! applicable!Maths!or! higher.! Sam!Tang! is! also! the!
most! disorganized! lecturer! I! have! ever! had! the! disOprivilege! of! attempting! to! learn! from,!
and!his!strong!accent!is!harder!to!understand!than!the!3Odimensional!graphs!he!throws!on!
the!projector!halfway!through!the!semester,!and!then!never!goes!back!to.!The!best!way!to!
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pass!the!unit!is!to!repeat!the!assignments!over!and!over,!as!that!is!where!the!exam!will!be!
derived!from.!The!tutes!aren’t!compulsory,!but!are!where!most!of!the!important!learning!is!
done.!
The!Bottom!Line:!We!pity!any!poor!soul!that!has!to!do!this!unit.!It!really!sucks.!!!!
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ECON1141*7*Australian*Economic*History*Teaching!rating:!5/5!
Difficulty!rating:!4/5,!maybe!even!4.5/5!
Australian!Economic!History! is!the!semester!two!option!available!to!you!to!do!a!firstOyear!
economic! history! unit.! Aside! from! the! obvious! differences! in! subject! material,! the! main!
distinguishing! factor! between! the! two! firstOyear! economic! history! units! is! that! while!
ECON1105! was! quite! economics! theoryOintensive,! this! unit! is! very! historyOintensive,!
focusing! on! the! period! between! the! First! Fleet’s! arrival! in! 1788! to!Australia! in! the!Great!
Depression.! Really! it’s! almost! like! a! modern! history! class,! except! that! a! much! higher!
standard!of!economic!analysis!is!expected.!That!said,!you!will!definitely!have!an!advantage!
if!you’ve!studied!Year!11!and/or!Year!12!modern!history!(even!more!so!if!one!of!your!units!
was!an!Australian!history!one).!
There!were!a!couple!of!slight!negatives!with!the!unit,!such!as!the!2,500Oword!major!essay!
due!in!a!week!after!your!tutorial!presentation!on!the!same!subject,!and!the!lecture!slides!
are!very!writingOintensive.!Nevertheless,!I!found!the!unit!to!be!interesting!and!overall!great!
fun,! likely! in! no! small! part! because! of! the! very! engaging! teaching! style! of! Professor!
McClure,!who!teaches!this!unit,!as!well!as!the!only!remaining!higherOlevel!economic!history!
unit.!An!additional!plus!for!the!unit!is!that!the!‘textbook’!(“Tyranny!of!Distance”!by!Geoffrey!
Blainey)!reads!a!lot!more!like!a!novel!than!a!textbook.!
The! Bottom! Line:! I! highly! recommend! this! unit;! it! is! challenging,! but! I! still! thoroughly!
enjoyed! myself.! This! is! an! especially! good! option! if! you! like! learning! about! real! world!
history,!but!want!to!avoid!doing!too!much!maths!and!at!least!some!of!the!more!theoretical!
aspects!of!economics.! It!also!gives!you! tons!of!useful! facts!and! trivia! to!draw!on! for!quiz!
nights! and! the! like! O! if! this! aspect! is! less! of! a! draw! card,! the! analytical! skills! you! will!
gain/improve!are!considered! immensely!valuable! for!most!employers,!even!those!outside!
of!economics.!
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*EMPL1101*7*Introduction*to*Employment*Relations*Teaching!rating:!4.5/5!
Difficulty!rating:!2.5/5!
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This!unit,!when!I!completed!it!(2011,!semester!1)!the!lecturer!was!Professor!Trish!Todd.!She!
teaches!with!great!enthusiasm!for!the!topic!and!is!very!approachable!if!you!have!problems.!
The! topics!covered!are! relatively!easy! to!understand,!especially! if!you!actually!attend! the!
lectures;! reading! the! book! helps,! but! isn’t! mandatory.! In! this! unit! you! get! tutorial!
participation!marks,!two!assignments!and!an!exam.!The!first!assignment!is!easier!and!worth!
less! than! the! second! one.! Since! Trish! was! feeling! nice! when! I! did! the! unit! she! told! the!
students! what! topics! each! question! would! cover! in! the! final! exam! (it! is! rare! to! find! a!
lecturer!who!does!this);!no!guarantees!that!will!happen!for!you!though.!
The!Bottom! Line:!Definitely,! absolutely,! 100%!prepare! for! your! tutes!before!hand!!Going!
into!your!tutorial!without!even!some!basic,!borderlineOcrappy!notes!on!what!the!answers!to!
the! questions! might! be! is! a! mistake,! because! you! could! end! up! having! to! discuss! your!
answers!in!small!groups!and!writing!them!up!on!the!whiteboard!(like!I!had!too!).!
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FINA1221*7*Introduction*to*Finance*Teaching!rating:!4/5!
Difficulty!rating:!4/5!
In!recent!history,! Introduction!to!Finance!was!a!second!year!unit,!something!to!be!feared!
and!loathed!as!stories!of!ridiculous!fail!rates!rattled!all!business!students.!Now,!however,!it!
seems!the!business!school! is!aiming!to! improve!the!accessibility!of!the!finance!degree!for!
you!newbies.! If! it’s!anything! like! it!has!been! in! the!past!–! the!unit! is!good.! It!gives!you!a!
grounding! of! the!major! ways! in! which! firms! and! individuals! value! and! determine! future!
possible!cash!flows.!You!learn!how!most!types!of!bonds!work,!how!equity!and!the!issuance!
of!dividends!affect! stock!prices!and!a!whole!host!of!other!very!useful! aspects!of! finance.!
The!lecturers!often!change!quite!a!lot,!however,!most!are!of!a!high!quality!and!speak!with!
clarity!and!concision.!They!are!also!pretty!solid!with!returning!emails!and!offering!support.!
This!is!a!unit!you!will!almost!definitely!have!to!buy!a!textbook,!as!most!of!the!tutorial!and!
exam!content!follows!it!chapter!by!chapter.!!
The!Bottom!Line:!This!has!become!one!of!UWA’s!finest!units!and!is!a!great!grounding!on!all!
things!business.!Read!the!textbook!and!prepare!for!all!online!assessments!–!they’re!really!
easy!if!you’re!up!to!date.!
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**LAWS1104*7*Introduction*to*Law*Teaching!rating:!5/5!
Difficulty!rating:!4/5!
If!you!have!done!Political!&!Legal!Studies!in!year!11!and/or!12,!you!will!be!starting!from!a!
very!advantageous!position!with!this!unit,!as!a!lot!of!the!first!part!of!the!course!is!basically!
going!over! stuff! like! statutory! interpretation!and! the! structure!of!Australia’s! legal! system!
(Washminster!system,!doctrine!of!precedent,!the!court!hierarchy,!etc).!From!there,!the!unit!
then! looks! at! tort! law,! focusing! on! negligence! and! the! intricacies! of! the! duty! of! care!
principle.! In! my! opinion! though,! it! is! the! second! part! of! the! course! that! was! the! most!
interesting!O!namely!product! liability!and!contract! law,!which!can!be!especially!valuable! if!
you!need!to!deal!with!demanding!replacements!for!faulty!products!and!the!like.!
However,!regardless!of!what!part!of!the!unit!you!are!doing!at!the!time,!Peter!Sinden's!sense!
of!humour!is!easily!the!highlight!O!not!necessarily!because!the!subject!matter!is!boring,!but!
just!because!of!his!very!engaging!and!effective!teaching!style,!not!to!mention!his!myriad!of!
legendary! anecdotes,! hahaha!! He! is! highly! approachable! and! can! talk! to! you! about! all!
manners!of!the!law!that!interest!you!or!him.!
The!Bottom!Line:!This!is!an!absolutely!essential!unit!for!you!to!do!if!you!are!thinking!about!
starting!your!own!business.!Even!if!you!aren’t!planning!on!doing!that,!it!is!still!a!thoroughly!
intriguing! unit! and! it! is! a! very! good! introduction! to! law! for! nonOLaw! students! that! I!
recommend!very!highly!!
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MGMT1135*7*Organisational*Behaviour*Teaching!rating:!3/5!
Difficulty!rating:!3/5!
Many! think! that! this! unit! can! be! easily! passed!with! ‘common! sense’...! these! people! are!
wrong,!and!most! likely!end!up! failing! the!unit.!So!unless!you!would! like! to!be!one!of! the!
doomed!to!repeat!this!boredom!(as! it! is!a!preOrequisite! for!quite!a! few!majors),! I! suggest!
you!actually!go!to!the!lectures!and!prepare!for!your!tutes!well!in!advance.!The!lecturer,!Dr!
Catherine!Lees,!also!gives!the!impression!of!being!a!little!crazy,!but!she!does!clearly!love!OB!
(I’m!not!sure!why...).!Do!not!leave!the!assignment!until!the!last!minute!O!do!not!even!leave!
it! for! a!week! after! you! get! it.! I! started! it! a! fortnight! before! the! due! date! and! ended! up!
working!ridiculously!hard!for!that!time,!only!to!submit!the!assignment!at!4:59pm!when! it!
was!due!at!5.!Get!it!out!of!the!way!early,!as!it!tends!to!fall! in!the!same!period!as!the!due!
date! for! all! your! other! assignments.! The! online! quizzes! are!worth! taking! the! time! to! do!
properly! as! you! can! use! your! textbook,! so! they! are! easy! to! do! well,! (hint:! look! up! the!
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answer).!Overall,!the!unit!is!easy!enough!to!pass!if!you!put!the!time!and!effort!into!learning!
the!diagrams!and!theories.!
The!Bottom!Line:!Make!sure!you!know!what!the!actual!definitions!for!the!theories!are!(not!
what!you!think!is!‘logical’),!and!you!will!at!least!pass!the!unit.!
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MGMT1136*7*Management*and*Organisations*Teaching!rating:!3/5!
Difficulty!rating:!4.5/5!!
This!is!the!harder!Management!unit!of!the!two.!!You!could!right!an!autobiography!on!Alan!
Simon,!the!lecturer,!by!the!end!of!this!unit!with!the!amount!of!personal!information!that!he!
tells!you,!most!of!which!is!about!his!home!country!of!South!Africa!which!he!loves.!!He!also!
loves! his! videos.! ! For! anyone!who! does! the! unit,! these! videos! are! important,! they! form!
majority!of! the!questions! for! the!midOsemester!and! final!exams.! !Athough! the!videos!are!
available!in!the!Reid!Library!it!is!much!easier!to!just!go!to!the!lectures!and!watch!them!and!
you!have!to!watch!them.!!The!MidOsemester!questions!are!very!specific!and!usually!appear!
in!one!line!of!a!chapter!or!one!bullet!pullet!of!a!PowerPoint!slide.!The!best!advice!is!to!learn!
the! details! of! the! topics! for! the! midOsemesters! but! the! final! exam! can! be! done! with! a!
general!knowledge!of!the!topics.!The!actual!best!advice,!don’t!sit!on!the!aisles,!he!will!walk!
around!and!make!the!people!on!the!aisles!answer!questions.!!!The!most!important!advice,!
don’t!let!your!phone!ring!(Not!that!you!would!ever!have!a!phone!on!in!a!lecture!*cough*).!
But!seriously,!he!made!one!unfortunate!student!sing!Britney!to!the!entire!lecture!because!
his!phone!rang.!!!!!
The!Bottom!Line:!The!theory!is!quite!simple!so!you!are!expected!to!know!details!but!worth!
doing!as!its!relatively!easy!to!pass.!!97%!of!people!do!as!Alan!mentioned!in!every!lecture.!!!
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MKTG1204*7*Consumer*Behaviour*Teaching!rating:!3/5!
Difficulty!rating:!4/5!
Consumer!Behaviour!has!only!just!become!a!first!year!unit.!I!did!the!secondOyear!one,!and!
that!was!probably!the!easiest!unit!of!my!life.!So!imagine!what!the!first!year!unit!will!be!like!!
There! are! two! essays! that! both! centre! around! the! same! theme,! and! the! second! one!
requires!you!to!carry!out!your!own!research.!Don’t!fret!about!these!essays!though!–!they’re!
not!extensive,!and!poor!quality!writing!can!still!achieve!a!pass.!However,!a!word!of!caution:!
attend! every! lecture! for! this! unit,! and! take! notes! on! most! things! that! are! said,! as! the!
lecturer! tends! to!deviate! from!his! lecture!notes,!causing!students!who!miss! them!a!great!
deal!of!confusion.!The!final!exam!is!made!up!of!mostly!this!extra!lecture!material.!Lectures!
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shouldn’t!be!a!real!hassle!for!you!anyway,!since!the!lectures!are!generally!informative!and!
entertaining! (as!much!as!a! lecture!can!actually!be),!and!they!are!often!captivating!due!to!
encouraged!audience!participation.!!
The!Bottom! Line:! This! should! be! a! blowover! unit! that! you! knock!over! during! a! semester!
when!you!have!many!more!difficult!courses.!
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STAT1520*7*Economic*Business*Statistics*Teaching!rating:!4/5!
Difficulty!rating:!4/5!
On!a!personal!level,!I!did!not!like!STAT1520...but!then,!I!don’t!like!any!maths!really.!‘Gopal’,!
the!lecturer!for!this!unit,!has!quite!a!thick!accent!that!often!made!it!difficult!to!hear!what!
he!was!actually!saying!(though!he!isn’t!as!bad!as!some!of!the!other!lecturers).!However,!he!
mostly!makes!up!for!this!by!providing!excellent!lecture!notes!and!he!goes!over!most!things!
at! least! twice!and!demonstrates!what!he! is!doing!on!the! lecture!slides,!so!eventually!you!
can!figure!out!what!he’s!saying.!Unfortunately,!there!are!four!(yes,!four!)!lectures!a!week,!
but!at!least!it!means!you!shouldn’t!be!rushing!through!unit!topics!like!you!do!in!some!other!
subjects.!In!spite!of!my!personal!dislike!of!almost!everything!to!do!with!maths,!it!is!actually!
a! *relatively*! easy! unit,! especially! compared! to! some! of! the! later! maths! units;!
unfortunately,!it’s!much!worse!from!here!on.!
Finally,! a! note! on! the! almost! weekly! lab! assignments:! definitely! do! them.! It! might! be! a!
boring!and!tedious!when!your!time!could!be!better!spent!elsewhere,!but!most!of!them!are!
a!very!simple!matter!of!plugging!some!data!into!an!Excel!spreadsheet!and!then!easy!marks!
and!you!can!usually!do!it!in!your!lab.!!There!worth!doing!so!you!have!a!high!average!going!
into!the!exam.!
If!you!have!the!other!lecturer!Nazim,!he!doesn’t!believe!in!Lectopia,!but!he!spends!majority!
of!the!time!writing!out!the!lecture!notes.!The!textbook!is!amazing!so!take!the!time!to!read!
it!and!probably!teach!yourself.! !But! it!gets!better,!as!he!copies!your!exam!questions!from!
past!exams,!so!spend!the!time!to!do!them!in!Study!Break.!
The!Bottom!Line:!Basically,!your!only!choice!with!this!unit!is!to!grin!and!bear!it,!as!this!unit!
is!compulsory!for!nearly!all!Commerce!majors.!!Since!it!is!compulsory,!make!sure!you!put!in!
the!effort!and!go!to!lectures!and!do!the!weekly!lab!assignments,!as!you!don’t!want!to!have!
to!do!the!unit!twice.!
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