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Missing a lecture but studying it through Moodle yourself?

  • 13-09-2012 7:58am
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    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I'm a first year BBL (Business & Law) student and am just wondering about how possible (if even) it would be to miss a lecture every week but study it through Moodle instead?

    I'm scheduled to have Contract Law at 10am on a Friday morning (and no other lectures :/) but have prior commitments to my job to work on Fridays 8am-6pm. I have to give them an answer by the end of this week so i'm just wondering does anyone think it would be possible to miss this lecture each week and catch up through the notes on moodle?

    This may be a preposterous idea, i'm just wondering if anyone thinks it's possible or just silly? Thanks.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭plumpote


    I'm scheduled to have Contract Law at 10am on a Monday morning (and no other lectures :/) but have prior commitments to my job to work on Fridays 8am-6pm.

    I don't see what the difficulty is-think i'm missing something here?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭freeze4real


    yes you can. Business is very easy. last year I had 4 business modules and I attended on the 1st and the last classes of all of the them and I came out with an average of 68.5%.

    In short its do able but I wouldn't advise you to do it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭jonevin


    Hi all,

    I'm a first year BBL (Business & Law) student and am just wondering about how possible (if even) it would be to miss a lecture every week but study it through Moodle instead?

    I'm scheduled to have Contract Law at 10am on a Monday morning (and no other lectures :/) but have prior commitments to my job to work on Fridays 8am-6pm. I have to give them an answer by the end of this week so i'm just wondering does anyone think it would be possible to miss this lecture each week and catch up through the notes on moodle?

    This may be a preposterous idea, i'm just wondering if anyone thinks it's possible or just silly? Thanks.

    Yes you are supposed to build your part time work around your college life not the other way around. Missing every lecture for that one subject is not a good Idea.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    I'm fairly sure that attendance is now compulsory at all law lectures and of all lectures I would advise not missing Prof. Gopalan's.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,462 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    I really would not advise it, particularly if Professor Goplalan is teaching Contract law due to the fact he does not put up detailed notes on Moodle. He will only put up the names of the cases, and really little else. Personally I had to go to the lectures because otherwise I would not have a clue what was going on.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    Kiwi_knock wrote: »
    I really would not advise it, particularly if Professor Goplalan is teaching Contract law due to the fact he does not put up detailed notes on Moodle. He will only put up the names of the cases, and really little else. Personally I had to go to the lectures because otherwise I would not have a clue what was going on.

    I agree, do not skip contracts. It is the hardest law module for you this semester (although you just have 2) and for many people I know and who did BBL it was their hardest module altogether. Professor Goplalan also likes to deduct 20% from your final grade if you missed more than 3 lectures what is understandable as you would be lost after skipping even one lecture.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Paczini wrote: »
    I agree, do not skip contracts. It is the hardest law module for you this semester (although you just have 2) and for many people I know and who did BBL it was their hardest module altogether. Professor Goplalan also likes to deduct 20% from your final grade if you missed more than 3 lectures what is understandable as you would be lost after skipping even one lecture.
    Really? :O.. Ok, I think i'll have to inform work about not being able to make it Fridays! Thanks guys!


  • Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭brianclown


    It really irks me when I see people asking questions like these. Unless you are studying your course on a part time basis then you are obliged to study on a full time basis. No wonder degrees are watered down and easier to obtain these days. If you didn't intend to study for five days a week then why bother applying to the cao etc in the first place?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    brianclown wrote: »
    It really irks me when I see people asking questions like these. Unless you are studying your course on a part time basis then you are obliged to study on a full time basis. No wonder degrees are watered down and easier to obtain these days. If you didn't intend to study for five days a week then why bother applying to the cao etc in the first place?

    It was only a thought, I didn't say I was going to miss the lectures, just asking for opinions like. There really is no need to be hostile to strangers on the internet bro! :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    It was only a thought, I didn't say I was going to miss the lectures, just asking for opinions like. There really is no need to be hostile to strangers on the internet bro! :rolleyes:
    Seriously, do not skip law lectures as you will get lost (unless you are prepared to do lots of boring and hard work at home to catch up)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Paczini wrote: »
    Seriously, do not skip law lectures as you will get lost (unless you are prepared to do lots of boring and hard work at home to catch up)
    Is there a lot of individual study required when doing Law Paczini? I'm thinking 3-4 hours a day, 5 times a week for my 3 main subjects.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    Is there a lot of individual study required when doing Law Paczini? I'm thinking 3-4 hours a day, 5 times a week for my 3 main subjects.

    Make sure that you keep up with all the readings that you are given. Some lecturers totally work off you having already read them and will ask you questions based on them. They are what will get you through and you won't need massive amounts of study if you do them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    Is there a lot of individual study required when doing Law Paczini? I'm thinking 3-4 hours a day, 5 times a week for my 3 main subjects.
    Well it depends on how quick can you learn but telling the truth everyone plans to do 3-4 hours of study a day but I only know 1 person who stuck to her study hours. If you are a quick learner (I am for example) and you don't have much expectations (to get higher grades for example) you don't need to study much except for right before the exam time. For Contracts and Torts there aren't many formulas or theory you have to learn but you are advised to read all cases mentioned in lectures. If you want to do it you will need couple of hours a day as some cases are even 50 a4 pages long and very often the lecturers cover 5-7 during each lecture.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Make sure that you keep up with all the readings that you are given. Some lecturers totally work off you having already read them and will ask you questions based on them. They are what will get you through and you won't need massive amounts of study if you do them.

    Thanks! :) What are 'readings' btw?


  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    Thanks! :) What are 'readings' btw?
    Cases mentioned in lectures.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    Paczini wrote: »
    Cases mentioned in lectures.

    This and also some lecturers will give you book references and articles to read too. Most will put what they want you to read up on moodle a few days before class (one of my lecturers already has!) or will announce it at the previous class.

    You don't need to ready every word but know what it's talking about and be able to discuss it.

    My personal preference study wise is to summarise all the cases and keep them together. It makes it really handy at exam time to have those and to not have to read all the cases again.

    Finally, don't buy books unless they become really essential. All you need are nutshells and the library.


  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    This and also some lecturers will give you book references and articles to read too. Most will put what they want you to read up on moodle a few days before class (one of my lecturers already has!) or will announce it at the previous class.

    To be honest I can't remember even one article for Tort and Contracts which are in first year.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    Paczini wrote: »
    To be honest I can't remember even one article for Tort and Contracts which are in first year.

    I defo had a few for Contract anyway


  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    I defo had a few for Contract anyway
    It may vary every year :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    Paczini wrote: »
    Seriously, do not skip law lectures as you will get lost (unless you are prepared to do lots of boring and hard work at home to catch up)

    Ah now that is not true at all, only if you're a bit slow.

    I never attended 1 law lecture for two modules and got sixties in both of them. But the lecturer had put notes up on moodle and I used them to study before exams


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  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    Ah now that is not true at all, only if you're a bit slow.

    I never attended 1 law lecture for two modules and got sixties in both of them. But the lecturer had put notes up on moodle and I used them to study before exams

    Did you mean Tort and Contract lectures?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    Paczini wrote: »
    Did you mean Tort and Contract lectures?

    Yes I did, the op has two law of tort lectures a week and two contract law lectures a week, and only one law of torts lecture on friday.

    I think people here are grossly exaggerating the difficulty of passing the module by missing the friday lecture. If you do decide to work on Fridays make sure to do your continuous assessment which is worth 20%

    And it would seem Suzanne Scott is teaching the law of torts and not prof Gopalan.

    Yes I know everyone should have a 100% attendance rate but that's not always possible, maybe the op needs those work hours to pay for college. So mr. brianclown get off your high horse


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    Yes I did, the op has two law of tort lectures a week and two contract law lectures a week, and only one law of torts lecture on friday.

    I think people here are grossly exaggerating the difficulty of passing the module by missing the friday lecture. If you do decide to work on Fridays make sure to do your continuous assessment which is worth 20%

    And it would seem Suzanne Scott is teaching the law of torts and not prof Gopalan.

    Yes I know everyone should have a 100% attendance rate but that's not always possible, maybe the op needs those work hours to pay for college. So mr. brianclown get off your high horse

    Suzanne Scott is only the PA, Prof. Gopalan is still lecturing. He told me himself.

    The OP doesn't have the choice to skip the lectures as attendance for them is now compulsory and he could be risking losing marks or failing entirely.


  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    Suzanne Scott is only the PA, Prof. Gopalan is still lecturing. He told me himself.

    The OP doesn't have the choice to skip the lectures as attendance for them is now compulsory and he could be risking losing marks or failing entirely.
    That's true, they introduced it last year as too many people were shipping lectures. They called in people who skipped lectures and took away marks from them. Professor Gopalan was lecturing Contracts and I think Gerard Kelly is going to lecture Tort this year (I might be wrong though) They both like to ask people that were absent on the last lecture for the summary.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    Paczini wrote: »
    That's true, they introduced it last year as too many people were shipping lectures. They called in people who skipped lectures and took away marks from them. Professor Gopalan was lecturing Contracts and I think Gerard Kelly is going to lecture Tort this year (I might be wrong though) They both like to ask people that were absent on the last lecture for the summary.

    It's Robert someone for Tort this year. You're missing out on the great Brian!


  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    It's Robert someone for Tort this year. You're missing out on the great Brian!

    Brian was a great lecturer, I just had Gerard for last few weeks so I thought he will be staying for this year.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,234 ✭✭✭Thwip!


    Just gonna say this now, no more mentioning the lecturer's names (I know we're all giving compliments now, but it only takes one grumpy a$$ to take a negative view and start badmouthing a professor which will just get people into trouble)

    Also Siomha what were the cases we studied in first year that we couldnt stop laughing at when we heard the name?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 297 ✭✭dienbienphu


    Paczini wrote: »
    It's Robert someone for Tort this year. You're missing out on the great Brian!

    Brian was a great lecturer, I just had Gerard for last few weeks so I thought he will be staying for this year.

    What happened the Flange?


  • Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Paczini


    What happened the Flange?
    He is going to US but I cant remember what is the reason. I guess some research but I will check it out in a sec.


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    What happened the Flange?

    I was gonna call him that but thought I'd get into trouble! He got a Fulbright scholarship to research in NYU for the year


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