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Do I Need To Take Economics?
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Its that time again, I am starting to think about what papers I need to take for next semester.
So far what I have decided to do is:
Pricing and Distribution Management
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Integrated Marketing Communications
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And my third option could be one of these:
Accounting 102
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Economics
https://www.business.otago.ac.nz/econ/courses/econ111.htm
Or another subject, any paper I want really but it has to be in the second semester.
Reasons I don't want to do Accounting:
I have already done Accounting 101 [inactive link removed] and found it to be kind of boring and therefore hard. I was planning to have a minor in accounting but I have decided I don't it like much. The reason I decided to try it out was because the day after I changed my major to marketing the university changed the papers that are need to get a marketing degree. ( but since I changed to marketing before the change was made I am exempt). I decided to give it a try anyway.
Reasons I don't want to do Economics
Another paper that was added was Econ 111 (see link above).
I was thinking about doing economics as well since I didn't have any other papers that I wanted to do. So I went and TRIED to have a chat with the lecturer for Econ 111 and find more about the paper.
When I went to his office and tried to talk with him about what the paper could offer to me in terms of marketing he YELLED at me and told me that "It is a prerequisite and there is no way f***ing way to get out of it.You are stuck with it". When I tried to explain to him that I was exempt from it he didn't believe me.
So I pose the question, Do I need this paper, or would I be better off just buying a first year econ text book and reading it then just asking any questions in the forum?
Or should I risk taking the paper and having a horrible time just to get the knowledge?
Would it matter for overseas employers if I didn't have much Economics knowledge?
If I don't need it then can you suggest to me some subjects which I could take?
There are not more 2nd year marketing papers that I can take as I already have "Product and Brand Management" under my belt and the "Sports marketing" paper is not being offered in the second semester.
Thanks for your time
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