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Absolute Zero wrote: »Thank you for the reply michelleman, just in regards to the european studies, how does the erasmus program work in year three and say if i do spanish where abouts in spain do i go to? and will the things that you study there be the same as was thought in nui maynooth?
If you take European studies then Erasmus is Compulsory, if you do it through arts, like me, then you can choose whether you go or not (I am and most of the non-european studies people in my french classes are going).
So, you'll do first and second year here and then go to Spain. Where in Spain you go is entirely up to you. The international office has a list of universities on their website that have a learning agreement with NUIM, this just means that there is an arrangement between those colleges and Maynooth to send and receive students between them. You choose from these universities, providing they teach the subjects you're looking for and off you head for the year.
With regards to Spanish and what classes you have to take I'm not sure. I know in French you have to take a minimum of 30 credits in French over the course of the year (15 in each semester - half of all your credits) and then you are free to use your other 30 credits within whichever field you like, providing you clear it with the department of the other subject you take in Maynooth (though this is generally assumed to be just a courtesy and they won't actually stop you or force you to take their subject - I'd probably recommend it though).
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Michellenman wrote: »If you take European studies then Erasmus is Compulsory, if you do it through arts, like me, then you can choose whether you go or not (I am and most of the non-european studies people in my french classes are going).
So, you'll do first and second year here and then go to Spain. Where in Spain you go is entirely up to you. The international office has a list of universities on their website that have a learning agreement with NUIM, this just means that there is an arrangement between those colleges and Maynooth to send and receive students between them. You choose from these universities, providing they teach the subjects you're looking for and off you head for the year.
With regards to Spanish and what classes you have to take I'm not sure. I know in French you have to take a minimum of 30 credits in French over the course of the year (15 in each semester - half of all your credits) and then you are free to use your other 30 credits within whichever field you like, providing you clear it with the department of the other subject you take in Maynooth (though this is generally assumed to be just a courtesy and they won't actually stop you or force you to take their subject - I'd probably recommend it though).
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Hey thanks for the reply once again, i have done ordinary level spanish for the leaving cert so i would be definatly thinking of taking the Ab initio programme for beginners. One thing that im not to sure about though is that by the end of second year would you have a good enough grasp of your language that when you go off to another country that you are able to communicate properly, like do they throw you into a class with spanish students or are you put into a seperate class for erasmus students?
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Absolute Zero wrote: »Hey thanks for the reply once again, i have done ordinary level spanish for the leaving cert so i would be definatly thinking of taking the Ab initio programme for beginners. One thing that im not to sure about though is that by the end of second year would you have a good enough grasp of your language that when you go off to another country that you are able to communicate properly, like do they throw you into a class with spanish students or are you put into a seperate class for erasmus students?
Well I know from friends that have taken spanish that by the time you're finished first year they assume those who took beginners spanish are at the same or similar level as those took the other class.
The idea of the erasmus programme is to put you in to an environment where everyone is speaking the language you're studying, total immersion in to it, and as a result you're forced to pick up bits and pieces and it snowballs from there. It's not assumed that when you're going over that you perfect spanish or are semi-fluent, it's assumed that you have enough to get by for the first few weeks and that while there you'll learn more.
In french universities they have a programme called CIREFE which is basically for erasmus students, designed to make up your 30 credits, and to improve you language proficiency. There might be something similar with Spanish universities too. These classes are with other erasmus erasmus students, it's likely though that french will be the only communal language so you'll be forced to speak it.
Also, the university I'm going to have a buddy system, where they team you up with a french student there, and they help you for the first week with things like finding your way around campus, setting up a bank account etc. So you won't be just thrown in at the deep end 0 -
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Thank you for the reply guys,
So ive put Arts down as first on my CAO followed by the european studies, how does choosing the subjects to do work in maynooth? do i have to pick them before semester starts or is there any chance you can attend lectures from every subject to see what they entail?
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Hey Absolute Zero you should check out the Maynooth International Society
http://www.maynoothinternationals.com/about
and perhaps you'll find some Spanish people that are coming to NUIM next year.
It would be really cool if you could do tandem lessons with them, (30mins English, 30mins Spanish).
That's what most people did on my Erasmus year this year in Czech.
You'll get free Spanish lessons and get the chance to get some language teaching experience
which is very useful if you want to continue with an international career.
Also pop into the international office on campus and see if they can pair you with a Spanish student.
I'm getting paired with a Czech student this year as I want to improve my Czech and just continue with the international student mentality.
This way you can make contacts, and who knows you might want to study in their university and they can suggest a buddy there.
So the fun continues. =D
Hi all!!
This is my first post in this forum that I've found searching about NUIM.
I think this is a great oportunity to introduce myself, because I'm a future NUIM student of Spain on a Erasmus scholarship!
So Absolute Zero or someone wants to do a Tandem with eng/spa just tell me it!
By the way, I'd to ask you about the Electronic Engineering at NUIM. I've applied to do the Final Year Project subject, but I don't have any idea how does it works in this university, someone can help me about this???
Sorry for my english, my level is very basic, If you don't understand something, ask me about it, please!
Thanks all !
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allandanyways wrote: »The courses may have changed, I'm not sure but this is what I know from second year.
Right, here goes:
SPA205: Brilliant course, taught by COL. You do La Casa de Bernada Alba (play) by Federico García Lorca and Historias de la Artamila (collection of short stories) by the lovely Ana María Matute. Great for getting a grounding in reading Spanish books/plays and interpreting them. Highly recommend you take this course.
SPA211 is very interesting. Taught by JK, it really is his speciality, he knows everything about it. A mixture of poetry from all around the continent, it's interesting if you're into Latin America in general as well because through the poetry, you learn about different parts of the continent and the socio-linguistic impact effect of different enviroments on the poetry
SPA207 is again, another good course for getting grounded in reading and interpreting Spanish-language literature. Taught by CL/JW afaik, and continues into 2nd semester.
For what it's worth, Portuguese (and Catalan) isn't that hard to pick up and it's worth more credits than the others so if you're more focused on language-y aspects rather than essays (because there are a LOT of essays with the optional modules) then maybe you should consider the languages.
Hope that's of some use to you!
Thanks a million for that! I THINK I'm going to go with Spanish Lit and Latin American Lit because the essays would suit me better than an exam! Argh the poetry sounds really interesting too though... :mad:
I'm really confused though, according to last year's timetable, (which, according to a reliable source, remains pretty much the same year after year) SPA201 (Intermediate Spanish 1) is on at the same time as MD202 (Television Studies- Media Studies- assessment is based on attendance and in-class practical work) so does that mean I'll have to teach myself Spanish??
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princess_calico wrote: »Thanks a million for that! I THINK I'm going to go with Spanish Lit and Latin American Lit because the essays would suit me better than an exam! Argh the poetry sounds really interesting too though... :mad:
I'm really confused though, according to last year's timetable, (which, according to a reliable source, remains pretty much the same year after year) SPA201 (Intermediate Spanish 1) is on at the same time as MD202 (Television Studies- Media Studies- assessment is based on attendance and in-class practical work) so does that mean I'll have to teach myself Spanish??
Have to talk to Sinead about that. I'm sure there's away around it, I think there were 2 seperate 201/202 classes when I was in second year but that could have been because we had a big year.
When you go back in September, there will be a time to fill this out, but no, you won't have to teach yourself Spanish!0 -
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What do you want to know?
Dept. is very friendly and has a great relationship with the Music Society. Has undergone a massive restructuring of its modules etc over the last 2 years because of a new Prof. From what I can see, its far more good than bad, but others may disagree.
Personally, it was the best three years of my life, and I'm staying on to do an MA in Composition. Which means I might be tutoring you in Harmony and Theory.
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How big is the difference between first and second year? In study burden/tasks etc. I'm doing finance and economics.
Looking at the timetable, there doesn't appear to be more lectures in year two than one, but maybe there are more tutorials or just more assignments.
I hope we'll be writing some essays. It's weird, but I like essays 0 -
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Hey im thinking of doing Science with Computer Science, can anyone shed some light as to what this course is like?
How long do you plan on studying CS?
They have changed the course since I was in first year but its pretty straight forward, but I think you only study 3 modules in 1st year CS141/CS142/CS143 which the last one being a 100% CA (ie no exam at the end of the year) and over the two semesters.
I cant really comment on the modules as I never did them but by looking at the exam papers from the two of them they seem like the stuff I did in first year. You will do Java Programming, Finite Automaton and some basic Computer Architecture stuff like AND/XOR/OR gates. A lot of people drop CS as its very different from anything you learn in school but once you pick up the basics its not that difficult (well 1st yr stuff anyway)
The lectures in the CS dept are not the best but they normally give you good notes or give you a very easy exam.
TBH CS is a very boring degree and you dont really get to do any of the fun stuff until 4th year. Also any lectures with T.Dowling or C.Markham will be the most interesting stuff you will ever do but it also is really difficult.
You can also switch into CSSE after first year if you wish and its a good degree only really down side to it is, its fill with nerds and zero women.
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Accepted it this morning seems like a broad course and mainly the people that have done it that I know all have relevant jobs. Also there is the possibility to follow on to do a masters. Check out qualifax for the course content too or the NUI Maynooth website. 0
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Just thought I'd pop this in:
First Year
- Reading New Media
- Introduction to Computer Science
- Introduction to Programming
- Sound and Video Editing
- Digital Video Production
- Introduction to Computer Systems
Second Year
- Key Thinkers
- Digital Imaging
- Media Research Skills
- Programming
- Converged Media
- Humanities Computing
- Multimedia Technology
- Web Information Processing
- Databases
- New Media Cultures
- Interactive Media Authoring
Third Year
Full-year work placement*
Fourth Year
- Multimedia Project/Dissertation
- Socialisation of Technology
- Computer Networks
- Web Design
- Media Law
- Software Design
- Production Management
- Multimedia Industries
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Science elective
Then you can do the Masters in Radio and Television Production which would deffo help with ur wanted career 0 -
How long do you plan on studying CS?
They have changed the course since I was in first year but its pretty straight forward, but I think you only study 3 modules in 1st year CS141/CS142/CS143 which the last one being a 100% CA (ie no exam at the end of the year) and over the two semesters.
I cant really comment on the modules as I never did them but by looking at the exam papers from the two of them they seem like the stuff I did in first year. You will do Java Programming, Finite Automaton and some basic Computer Architecture stuff like AND/XOR/OR gates. A lot of people drop CS as its very different from anything you learn in school but once you pick up the basics its not that difficult (well 1st yr stuff anyway)
The lectures in the CS dept are not the best but they normally give you good notes or give you a very easy exam.
TBH CS is a very boring degree and you dont really get to do any of the fun stuff until 4th year. Also any lectures with T.Dowling or C.Markham will be the most interesting stuff you will ever do but it also is really difficult.
You can also switch into CSSE after first year if you wish and its a good degree only really down side to it is, its fill with nerds and zero women.
I'm doing CSSE and I'm a woman!
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Yeah, you can try out as many subjects as you want in the first few weeks (think you have to make a definite choice by the middle of October). You will have to register for 2 arts subjects when you're registering, but you can change them if you want to.Hey, I'm not really sure where I should ask this, so if it shouldn't be here feel free to move it.
I'm going into First Year doing Music Technology this year and I have to do two Arts subjects with it. I'm not sure what to pick and I think I heard somewhere that you can go to different lectures before you pick what ones you want to do. Is this true?
Also does anyone know how many hours a week Music Technology would be? Even just roughly?
Thanks.
I'm not sure how many hours Music Technology would have a week, although it would probably be something like 4-8 hours. That's usually what First Arts subjects have. Here's a link to the timetables 0 -
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Also does anyone know how many hours a week Music Technology would be? Even just roughly?
Thanks.
Last year we had 4 hours a week of lectures and then one tutorial for the computer science module (first semester they took attendance, but second semester they didn't - I ended up attending two
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Hey there,
You need to be in the top 30 of your class, excluding the ones doing psychology through science and MH106 denominated entry to psychology, and those who don't want to continue on with Psychology. If you get over 60% you should be fine (i.e. a B- in the departments marking schemes). Aim for a bit higher obviously but I think about 60 would be the bare minimum to get in.
As for the English thing... well I got an A1 in English in the leaving and I suppose it does help being able to structure an essay etc., but to be honest the style of writing for Psychology is completely different than it is for English. A concise, to the point style is favoured, rather than than the flowery narrative style one might use in an English essay.
Basic tips:
- Attend all your tutorials - free marks
- Get the books early from the library, there's not that many copies
- Study the psychology style of writing - concise, scientific, no opinion, nothing stated without a reference
- Don't be afraid of stats, it's your friend, and the easiest module to get high marks in if you just study :P
- Talk to your tutor/lecturer if you have a problem with an essay etc., they're there to help you
- Read journal articles, they're really great for getting a feel of what a professional psychology article should look like, and they make great reference material
- For essays : Address the question and don't go off on tangents, re-check for errors before you submit, make sure you have an introduction, paragraph for each main point, conclusion where you restate your points...
If you do a bit of work you should be grand! It's not as hard or as scary as it can seem at first 0 -
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