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Science Course, Theoretical Physics and Radiation Therapy!

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  • 02-08-2005 4:19pm
    #1
    Evernal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭


    Has anyone any information on any of these courses:

    1. Science Degree
    2. Theoeretical Physics
    3. Radiation Therapy

    Are these any good and is there any good jobs from them?


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    #2
    cuckoo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,945 ✭✭✭cuckoo


    um, broad question...

    for physics and T Physics the Insitute of Physics has career info, think the webby is www.iop.org, will check and edit later if wrong - on way out door.

    think there's stuff on the tcd science homepage as well.


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    #3
    ApeXaviour
    Registered Users Posts: 5,523 ✭✭✭ApeXaviour


    Yeah when you go into natural science in trinity, you go into a class 300 strong. You don't leave with a degree in science, you leave with a degree in any of the following:
    Biochemistry, Biochemistry with Immunology, Botany, Chemistry, Environmental sciences, Genetics, Geography, Geology, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Physics with Astrophysics, Physics & chemistry of Advanced materials, Physiology, Zoology.
    Most of which, as you can imagine, have dramatically different career prospects.

    To be honest, most of them will get you a decent paid job (especially the more physical science subjects) though not necessarily in the area you've been studying. It all the depends on what you want to do, how well you do, whether you do postgrad and (obviously for the most part) what course you chose to specialise in.

    Go here for more info: http://www.tcd.ie/Science/
    http://www.tcd.ie/Therapeutic_Radiography/
    and http://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/Theoretical_Physics/
    or http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/official/TPhysics/TPRegulations.html

    EDIT:
    My mother is a radiographer, unlike the other degrees that you mentioned, it isn't broad-ranging at all. You've very much got a set job after you graduate, like nursing, medicine, engineering etc. Whereas with Theor. physics and most of the science degrees you have way more scope. This is a good thing for some, bad for others. You should know what's best for yourself.


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    article6
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    Theoretical Physics is good, so the Theoretical Physicists tell me.

    It's sort of a high-level, combined maths-physics course, with first year being a rigorous grounding in each subject. The career options are just as broad as a regular maths degree, plus whatever extras you get from physics, as well as a "bonus" for proving your endurance through such a tough course. Which is good, because the hours are very tough - 25 to 30 a week, I think, and this year they've had the odd 8-hour day, which is a killer in college.

    But of course you get to take classes with the wonderful TSM Maths crowd, which ameliorates the situation somewhat ;)


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    Nietzschean
    Registered Users Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭Nietzschean


    Theoretical physics in first year is basically the first year physics course from natural sci minus their somewhat easier mechanics ;) , and then then the first year maths course minus statistics. (so end up with 26 - 27 hrs when i was doing it.....don't remember any 8hrs solid days...)


    As time progresses the options you do form maths become more limited to more mechanics and physics orientated maths courses(quantum fields etc..) . So its not quite the full spread of options of a maths course, at least not without further studies(you end up with none of the statistics that maths people can do). Career options though on the whole are very broad, and if ye really wanted ye could still probally get into financial maths type stuff, but would probally need a pg(but anyone who is so inclined after first or second year just swaps to maths anyway). In general its a very interesting course, but its oodles of work......and those lab reports..... eww...


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    #6
    Evernal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭Evernal


    So, if you were to leave college, what job/s could you go straight into?


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    cuckoo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,945 ✭✭✭cuckoo


    Evernal wrote:
    So, if you were to leave college, what job/s could you go straight into?

    How long is a piece of string? Lots of people end up in careers that would seem to have nothing at all to do with their degree.

    A science degree does prepare you for further study in science, to go on to do a Phd and stuff, plus you can teach science in shools if you do the HDip.


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    Nietzschean
    Registered Users Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭Nietzschean


    Evernal wrote:
    So, if you were to leave college, what job/s could you go straight into?
    technically your probally qualified for none exactly. Realistically with a decent theoretical physics degree you can get into a wide range of fields, from financial maths to programming, etc...........


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