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Modularisation of Taught Masters?

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  • 14-07-2009 3:33pm
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    DanCorb
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭


    I got accepted into a MBS taught masters and assumed it was the normal September to March college year with the exams in May (like it's always been)... then I get this message:

    "DUE TO MODULARISATION OF TAUGHT MASTERS DEGREES IN UCC, THE MBS (Business Information Systems) will be a full 12 month programme for the academic year 2009/2010."

    Does anyone know what the hell this means? So is it the same modules just spread out over a whole year? Then when are the exams? :confused:


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    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    What Masters is this Dan?


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    DanCorb
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭DanCorb


    razorblunt wrote: »
    What Masters is this Dan?

    CKL01 - http://www.ucc.ie/en/CKL01/


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    curlynettie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭curlynettie


    dunno, i'm doing a taught masters and its sept-march.
    i did one before and it was 9 months then exams, then 3 months in the summer for dissertation, maybe thats what it means


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    Skud
    Registered Users Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭Skud


    they changed it to 12 months this year alright. dont know what modularization means but email the course coordinator. he'll be able to tell you :)


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    donnaille
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭donnaille


    Exams are still in May as far as I know but during the course you undertake an "innovative" project, this previously was completed just after exams as far as I know. This year it will continue to run throughout the summer.


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    marty87
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    Hi Dan

    I'm a previous UL student where we use modularisation in all our undergraduate courses, it basically just means that the year is broken up into two seperate sections with two sets of final exams. The first ones probably before christmas and the next set in may or June. They only test you on the modules you have done for that "semester" (as they call it)

    As far as I know for Masters students there is a dissertation for 3 months after the exams and thats how it then adds up to a year duration.

    Modularisation is a much better system, doesn't allow a whole year of work to gather up that you have to cram for.

    Are all masters in UCC modularised? I'm doing one in Engineering, it'd be great if it was.


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