Why does McMaster Commerce have 2nd highest tuition????
01-04-2011 at 10:09 PM
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Why does McMaster Commerce have 2nd highest tuition????
Just wondering, why the heck does commerce have the second highest tuition fees? Is Mac known for its commerce program?
It's way above the average fee of $170/unit, and only a few dollars less than engineering.
(...unless you're an international student in which case everything is expensive)
Can someone provide a rational explanation. One could say engineering is expensive cause of the equipment, specialized software etc right (i dunno)? Why is commerce nearly as expensive?
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01-04-2011 at 10:11 PM
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Because the commerce professors know they can charge you that much and still get away with it. Many are presumably economists after all.
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01-04-2011 at 10:13 PM
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its simple. commerce department knows how to business while science and engineering dont XD
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01-04-2011 at 10:24 PM
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Because someone has to support all those brains that work in that department. Nick Bontis is a world renowned professor after all.....
But for real, I think commerce had this reputation as being the it degree for a while. All the kids I knew were going into commerce, so maybe the school of degroote feels like they are highly valuable, so they rip you off.
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Are there any online resources that commerce uses that Mcmaster would have to pay a 3rd party for? Like virtual stock trading or something? It's my understanding that the fancy engineering stuff is still owned by mcmaster, so they don't have to charge crazy amounts, but if commerce is paying a 3rd party the same may not be true.
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01-04-2011 at 10:27 PM
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Because they figure they might aswell try and rob commerce kids before they graduate and start robbing everyone else
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01-04-2011 at 10:48 PM
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I don't know.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the amount of government funding per student in different programs.
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01-04-2011 at 11:01 PM
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See that pretty board in the back? Plus to private lounge or whatever it is near Innis...plus whatever is on upper floors...
Suppose its important for them to keep up appearances too. Like, what kind of a program teaches you to use money on the cheap? |
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01-04-2011 at 11:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nonikhanna
commerce department knows how to business
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step 1 to learning how to business is knowing how to business |
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01-04-2011 at 11:13 PM
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isnt it purely based on number of courses u have to take.
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01-04-2011 at 11:24 PM
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We have that stock thing.
Not that I know anyone who uses it.
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Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
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01-04-2011 at 11:33 PM
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McMaster's commerce program is fairly mediocre, so maybe spending more money on it is an attempt to get it in better standings.
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01-04-2011 at 11:43 PM
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We have that stock thing.
Not that I know anyone who uses it.
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What stock thing?
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01-04-2011 at 11:46 PM
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01-04-2011 at 11:51 PM
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What stock thing?
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Trololol.
That stock screen thing.
In that room no one ever goes to. GFT, is it? 
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