[PictureFrame]

Points:
520. Points have increased by 15 points each year for the last 3 years so 2013 entry could possibly be 530-535.

Number of Students:
Around 20 accepted each year into the Undenominated Psychology course (MH106), my class consists of 18 students, 13 girls and 5 lads. However lectures in 1st year have around 200 people as some students choose to study Psychology through Arts (MH101) or through Science (MH209) at reduced points but aren't guaranteed their place in 2nd year through the MH101 course.

Hours:
For Psychology modules, you're looking at around 4 hours a week (3 lectures and 1 tutorial). In 1st year, you choose 2 other subjects to study with Psychology and the combination of these subjects will add (in some cases) considerably to your overall number of hours. I study English & Sociology along with Psychology and have a total of 9 hours a week including tutorials for both of my additional subjects. This brings my overall hours to 13 a week which is very handy!

Content:
Ok, so I won't discuss my Arts subjects here, i'm just going to talk about Psychology (if anyone wants me to discuss English and/or Sociology drop me a PM).

Ok so in first year, you take 4 main Psychology Modules:

1. Biological and Developmental Psychology (Semester 1)
2. Research Design and Psychological Statistics (Semester 1)
3. Social and Cognitive Psychology (Semester 2)
4. History and Methodology of Psychological Research (Semester 2)

Summary:
Psychology is an interesting course, I don't know if I love it yet, only time will tell if it is the 'perfect' course for me. However most people don't realise that Psychology is a fantastic started degree and opens a lot of doors for future careers which are seemingly 'unrelated' to the field of Psychology. For example Research, Science, Management, Social Work, Teaching etc.

[yournerd]

Anyone do Law?

[XxMCRxBabyxX]

Originally Posted by yournerd

Anyone do Law?

Where are you looking for? I do law in Maynooth if you have any qs? I have a post a few pages back as well

[paddyzk]

Is anyone doing law in tcd ?

[yournerd]

Just wants law like I want to do it in trinity or UCD or maynooth

[Found This Fork Sir]

Anyone doing CS & IT in NUIG?

[XxMCRxBabyxX]

Originally Posted by yournerd

Just wants law like I want to do it in trinity or UCD or maynooth

Well here's my post on Maynooth:

Originally Posted by XxMCRxBabyxX

Course: Law and Arts (History) in Maynooth

Points: 460
However I got into Law by doing Arts and taking Law as one of my subjects. Got a 2.1 (60) in Law and was able to transfer into the Law degree. Arts is 370.

Website: http://law.nuim.ie/
http://gomaynooth.ie/lecturers.html
http://gomaynooth.ie/students.html
www.nuim.ie/courses
http://history.nuim.ie/

Number of students: I think there is about 90 in my class although that has probably gone up

Hours: About 14 hours of lectures/tutorials and plenty more with reading and assignments!

Course Content:
First Year: In first year you will study Law with two other Arts subjects (whether you're in Arts or the Law degree). In Law you will study Contract Law, Constitutional Law and Administrative Law. The first two are over both semesters while Admin is only in Sem 2. You may have a dreaded triple class on Fridays...
I believe that the history course has changed but I think that they still have Practicing History 1 and 2 which are a bit like the basics of History that you studied in you JC
I also did Sociology that year which I hated! And I can't actually remember what I studied that year other than Politics of the European Union.

Second Year: I got into Law and Arts in 2nd year and so I dropped Sociology. In Law I studied EU Law, Criminal Law, Tort Law and Evidence Law. In History I studied Early Modern Europe in Sem 1 and Early Modern Ireland and England and Sem 2. In 2nd year History you also get to choose 30 credits of elective modules so I chose History of Medicine and an Art History module.

Third Year: In third year you have three choices: Go on to final year, study abroad for a year or go on work placement for a year. I went for the work placement option in one of Ireland's top five law firms. It was an absolutely amazing experience and I even ended up having my contract extended by 2 months. I was also offered a training contract at the end of it which was brilliant to have.

Fourth Year: I have yet to start fourth year but I will be studying Land Law, Company Law, Equity and Jurisprudence in Law and Ireland in the Modern World and Europe in the 19th and 20th Century as the compulsory modules in History. I haven't picked my electives yet.

Assessment: About half of the modules will have some form of continuous assessment. All of the History compulsory modules both include a couple of assignments which will make up about two thirds of the final marks for that module with an exam making up the rest of the marks. The electives are nearly all marked entirely by continuous assessment. Some only have one big essay while others will include small tests, book reviews or presentations as well as the essay. There is no definite system for the CA in Law but some lecturers will give it. Often they will be case summaries or an assessment of a certain aspect of the Law.

Summary: I LOVE the course and studying in Maynooth. For me it's a great college with great people and a brilliant atmosphere. I have really enjoyed everything I have studied and I have gotten some great opportunities through both the Law and History departments. The classes are small enough to get to know your lecturers so use it to your advantage!

The Course structure nay have changed so don't take all this as definite!

Any questions about Law or History (or both!), send a PM

If you have any more Qs feel free to ask here or PM me!

[AndreaEgan]

Anybody got any information, thoughts, recommendations for Arts, either NUIG or NUIM? It would be greatly appreciated From a very undecided student!

[Bonbon1995]

Originally Posted by Poxyshamrock

If anyone needs any info about Mary Immaculate College in Limerick.

Just PM me or come to the Mary I forum here on boards.

Myself and others will only be delighted to help.

Heeeeeeeey! Just seen your post there on Boards from like a year ago but anyhoo,, haha.. just wondering whats the hours like typically for a first year B.ED with the new four year course?
Thanks!

[Liveforrugby]

Originally Posted by PictureFrame

Points:
520. Points have increased by 15 points each year for the last 3 years so 2013 entry could possibly be 530-535.

Number of Students:
Around 20 accepted each year into the Undenominated Psychology course (MH106), my class consists of 18 students, 13 girls and 5 lads. However lectures in 1st year have around 200 people as some students choose to study Psychology through Arts (MH101) or through Science (MH209) at reduced points but aren't guaranteed their place in 2nd year through the MH101 course.

Hours:
For Psychology modules, you're looking at around 4 hours a week (3 lectures and 1 tutorial). In 1st year, you choose 2 other subjects to study with Psychology and the combination of these subjects will add (in some cases) considerably to your overall number of hours. I study English & Sociology along with Psychology and have a total of 9 hours a week including tutorials for both of my additional subjects. This brings my overall hours to 13 a week which is very handy!

Content:
Ok, so I won't discuss my Arts subjects here, i'm just going to talk about Psychology (if anyone wants me to discuss English and/or Sociology drop me a PM).

Ok so in first year, you take 4 main Psychology Modules:

1. Biological and Developmental Psychology (Semester 1)
2. Research Design and Psychological Statistics (Semester 1)
3. Social and Cognitive Psychology (Semester 2)
4. History and Methodology of Psychological Research (Semester 2)

Summary:
Psychology is an interesting course, I don't know if I love it yet, only time will tell if it is the 'perfect' course for me. However most people don't realise that Psychology is a fantastic started degree and opens a lot of doors for future careers which are seemingly 'unrelated' to the field of Psychology. For example Research, Science, Management, Social Work, Teaching etc.

You must be sh1ting me, phycology here i come

[PictureFrame]

Originally Posted by Liveforrugby

You must be sh1ting me, phycology here i come

That's only for Psychology I must stress! You still have to do 2 other subjects in first year and then you drop these after 2nd year!

[Siobhnk]

1st year nurse in UCD, if anyone wants a bit of info

[Garzard]

Looking for a bit of info on Automotive Management and Technology in DIT, I might put it down as a first choice. Anyone here done it?

[deand21594]

Doing Sports MGMT & Coaching if anyone wants info

[Ellenkc]

Originally Posted by biohaiid

First year Psychology and Sociology student at the University of Limerick.

I think points this year were 495.

There's 28 in my class, although we are always mixed in with other classes such as the Bsc. Psychology class, Law Plus, Arts, Economics and Sociology etc.

I have 5 modules - Psychology and Everyday Life, Theory and Method 1, Practical Psychology 1, Introduction to Sociology 1 and Introduction to Social Research Methods. I know 3 of these modules continue after the holidays, not sure about the rest, sorry.

I only have 14 hours in a regular week, although it changes from time to time with different things.

The workload isn't too bad. As I said I don't have many hours, but there is quite a lot of independent research to be done, which is difficult enough at the start but you get used to it.

If anyone wants me to go into more detail about the course, subjects, modules, workload, university etc I'd be more than happy too.
I know I knew very little about this course when I begun, and how different it was to how I imagined, so I know how valuable this info could be.

How do you find the Sociology? I've researched this course a fair bit and while I think I've got a pretty good grip on what Psych will be like, I reckon Sociology will be completely different to what I'm imagining.
How do you think the course measures up against the single Psych course? I'm a bit wary that the points are lower, seeing as most courses with two subjects are usually much higher points-wise.