[Mr.Fun]

Originally Posted by Hermione Granger

Hi. I'm after doing my L.c. in 2012 and am seriously considering radiation therapy. I would really appreciate it if you could answer my questions .

I didn't study physics for the Leaving and didn't really like it at Junior Cert level. Is there much physics in the course and is it difficult to grasp?

Did you do any work experience in this area before you started your course ?

Is there much demand for qualified workers in Ireland?

Is the degree recognised abroad ?

From other research that I've done I found out that the oncologists basically tell you what dose of radiation to give. Is this true ? and if so does the job get a bit boring after a while ?

Thanks so much

Diagnostic radiography and radiation therapy are almost completely different for a start

[yournerd]

Why would law go up??

[biohaiid]

Originally Posted by yournerd

Why would law go up??

Demand. That's the main, maybe the only factor I'm not sure, that influences if points change.
If a lot of people apply to get into law this year, then it'll go up.

[BarrySeoighe]

Does anyone kno will culinary arts go up or down?

[XxMCRxBabyxX]

Originally Posted by BarrySeoighe

Does anyone kno will culinary arts go up or down?

Like it says above points are all based on demand. There's no real way to predict points. The only thing you can really do to make a guess of points is to find out how many people applied to the course this year in comparison to others but I'm not sure if you can do that. Anyway even then points could go the other way

[shawki]

Looking for some up to date information on Finance in Ucc. All the other threads are 3-4 years old. What are economics classes like? Where in Cork do ye go for work placements? How much do they pay? Are there any matures in your year? What's the year size? Are the lecturers okay to approach if your struggling? Any answer would be appreciated!

[Bonbon1995]

Hi guys I'm a 6th year student seriously considering applying for midwifery in UL next year so if anyone here studies midwifery in UL or generally anywhere, or has any knowledge in relation to it could you answer a few q's please?

1. How many hours a week do you have and when would your day typically start and end?

2. Is there a great deal of needles involved? Im quite petrified of them especially blood tests?

3. Does studying midwifery, especially with placement, take away from a great deal of the social life like RAG week, Christmas daze and student race day??
Thanking you all.

[Undeadfred]

Originally Posted by Aspiring

Hi, just wondering if anybody is doing Theoretical Physics in UCD and could give me an insight into how much maths is involved.

Little bit of info: I'm probably only a B maths student at the moment and I'm doing Applied Maths and honestly I'm struggling but I'm hoping to get on top of it.

I have a keen interest in quantum mechanics and the like and was hoping if somebody could delve into the course a bit and tell me what aspects of quantum mechanics it covers.

Also if anybody is doing it in TCD I'm interested but I visited TCD and honestly didn't have one positive thing to say about it just couldn't see myself studying there.

Anyway, I'm rambling now anybody with info PLEASE PM me, thank you!

Hey, i didn't see any responses to this so i thought i might tell you what i know.

I'm only in 6th year still but i plan on doing Theoretical Physics next year in either TCD or UCD. I've researched the courses quite thoroughly so i know as much about it as you can without actually being a student.

Theoretical Physics is very heavily maths based. In Trinity the course is 2/3 maths and 1/3 physics for the first 2 years, then its 50:50 for the last 2 years. consider it a TSM course with Maths and Physics.

A lot of students drop out of the course and switch to either Maths or Physics. There's something like a 40% drop out rate, one of the highest in Trinity. I've heard the workload is quite large as well, more so than maths or general science.

I don't have as much info on the UCD course as on the Trinity course since its part of the general science program in UCD, but i presume that its very similar as I've been told by a number of reliable sources that a TP grad from UCD would be at the same level as one for TCD. The good thing about UCD though is that if you dont like TP its not a big deal as you have a choice between a range of 6 subjects to study.

In general I'd say you'd have to really like maths to do Theoretical Physics. I love maths, more so than i do physics, so the course is perfect for me in that sense.

Hope this helps. If you want more info on the course you can search it on boards and you can generally find a good few threads about TP students talking about it.