BCIT Financial Management
 

Anyone have any idea what it's like in this course?? I have to know so I can shift to the right gear lol =)

p.s tomorrow is bcit orientation day :blush:

If you get your shit together, not slack off and do all your work it'll be fine. Don't bother working full time unless you're some kind of super human. If you haven't bought your textbooks yet lemme know.
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I'm volunteering at the orientation. I'll be the brown guy with the fauxhawk lol feel free to say hi
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I need some of those textbooks I'm in the same course.
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got some friends in there. Told me that the work load is brutal, but if you work hard, you'll do fine.

u need 6th gear , plan to use turbo as well.

ITMG has the same basic classes as FinMan for the first year so I can relate to this.

I went to the Orientation when I took ITMG and it was a waste of time. Pretty much you just sit in the gym, play some drums, listen to a few people talk and take a campus tour.

Be prepared to live at BCIT when you are going to school. When you aren't in class you'll be busy with meetings with your various OB or Marketing groups working on projects.

Are you going straight from high school? I went straight from highschool to BCIT Business and it murdered me because I didn't take it seriously. Not trying to scare you but be prepared to have no life for two years.

fmgt is killer. do your hmk and study.

over 60% of full time students drop out or do part time after the first semester. lots of people cannot handle the workload. but that is why a fmgt diploma is recognized so highly among employers.

i have a better job with a diploma than some friends who have BBAs .

aiightt


I GOT THIS YO

First year was pretty easy imo but 2nd year just murdered me. Do not slack off or skip whatsoever.

yeah first year is a bit of a joke if you're smart and can pick things up quickly.

You have to do alot of BS courses that are pointless, like marketing, communications, and some course i can't remember the name of where the whole term is just 1 group presentation and 1 solo presentation. basically all your marks in that course are whether or not you actually go to class to watch other peoples presentations.

Second year, first term isn't so bad, second term sucks.

Make sure to join the BCITFMA club that me and a few others started a couple years back! That'll help to get you some exposure with local employers.

http://bcitfma.com/

Just know you're sacrificing 2 years of your life. Organize yourself and enjoy the ride. Have fun in the all the group work.

BCIT - Being Crammed Into Teams

First semester isn't really that bad. Second semester gets tougher with some of the finance courses. Second year is just fucking expensive. Right now I'm forking out a grand for books and it's so stupid. Even working part time is hard with the course load.

Ajax did you go finance or accounting?

The only classes you have to worry about are accounting and tax.
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This is the key, focus on about 4 core courses and you'll be ok

I don't feel like reading communications book and organization behaviour book.. because there's so much text in there about crap that I don't give a shit about =(

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btw the 7 courses for 1st term r

accounting 1
business math
micro economics

organizational behaviour - idc
business info systems - cool, i like computer stuff
business communcations - idc, i just wanna sit at a desk all day and make money
essentials of marketing - idc

all those classes i think are weighted the same credit wise so you should do well in all of them haha. comm isn't about sitting in a desk, it teaches you how to properly do a resume cover letter. also teaches you how to write emails and what not in a proper business manner. bsys is good for learning excel and what not. any questions just ask me

I went the accounting route Mike. I'm assuming you went finance because I haven't seen you in any lectures?
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lol no man i'm in accounting too

what are the 4 main courses in first year?

accounting1/2, econ, business math/stats and mayb comm?

BCOMM was full of so much bad advice it's unreal.

they actually stated that in all circumstances you should ALWAYS WRITE THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAILS IN FULL CAPITALS.

you'll have people laughing at you pretty quick if you do that IRL.

Not Comm. Tax 1 in second semester, then Finance and Auditing will come into the mix in 2nd year in place of Stats and Econ if I remember correctly

i'll have to keep that in mind then lol

he was asking for first year. and yes finance and auditing replace stats and econ in second year

I have been working full time in accounting for 5 years but learned everything on the job rather then in school. I do have some of the business courses which I can transfer (like org behavior and business communication) from Douglas and SFU.

I was thinking about taking this program part-time. What's the required course load on part timers? Anyone know? 2 courses a semester? Or is it 3?