What electives are you doing?

delta_bravo

I know most people are having trouble getting their electives but i was wondering what everyone wants to do as their electives. I chose russian and polish for no apparent thought out reason:) So what does everyone else want to do (btw there is loads of places in russian and polish if youre interested;) )

tywy

i was thinking about doin russian but it was at 6 on a wednesday evening...chose business law instead, what it will be like I have no idea....

the evil lime

Decision Support Systems (It's a business thing) Semester 1

Game Theory (Economics) Semester 2

Pythia

I'm not able to choose electives as I'm final year, but I'd love to have continued my Ancient Greek studies and maybe some Russian too.

ball ox

I'm contemplating doing film studies, anyone do this last year???

Condoriano

At the moment ive choosen Geology, just so i have something to be enrolled for if i cant set my mind on anything. The modules are from 1st year so anyone who's done it before got any info on it?

rainbow kirby

No idea. Ask me when they've actually opened selections for 3rd science.

tribulus

where's the timetable for the language courses? couldn't find them on the ALC site

Waltons

the evil lime wrote:

Decision Support Systems (It's a business thing) Semester 1

Game Theory (Economics) Semester 2

See you in Game Theory!

I also took Labour Economics

griffdaddy

hmmm, what department or section is polish in? can 2nd years do it?

delta_bravo

tribulus wrote:

where's the timetable for the language courses? couldn't find them on the ALC site

emm im not sure. if you pick the subject you then see where you have to allot it in your calendar

yay! my 100th post

griffdaddy

what happens if a module is oversubscribed? is it first come first served or what? i'm not giving up my Yeats module without a fight!

fish-head

I decided not to do any electives and just take another major in Art History, I couldn't decide on anything else.

delta_bravo

griffdaddy wrote:

hmmm, what department or section is polish in? can 2nd years do it?

its in the applied languages section. i dont know if 2nd years can do it. its only available in 2nd semester

rainbow kirby

3rd CS elective choices suck. Basically for me it's either do language courses or do the maths physics courses I *pretty much* failed 2 years ago. Bah humbug.

And Japanese level 2 is full up in both semesters. *cry*

passive

ball ox I'm contemplating doing film studies, anyone do this last year???

I did it for first semester and enjoyed it, though it is quite a difficult course and you probably shouldn't take it on idly if you want to get good marks. I think i low C'd despite all the frightened and panicked effort i put in..

Damn history prevents me from doing any film this year too (same with 2nd semester last year). So i'm going with French & Physics to complement my English & History. Largely because i don't know what else to do... Up to what point can i change my mind?

jimi_t

If I've my 60 credits used up (10 credits BA/MA Liberal Arts, 20 English, 20 Sociology, Psych 10 Credits) - Do I have to pick electives or can I just do my minor instead?

Vector Spaces & Coding (Semester 1)
Polynomial Rings & Group Theory (Semester 2)

Raphael

Really? I signed up for that in Semester 2, Says there's only 7 enrolled to 32 places.

I'm soind Japanese Stage 1 in semester 1 and stage 2 in semester 2

tribulus

Raphael wrote:

Really? I signed up for that in Semester 2, Says there's only 7 enrolled to 32 places.

I'm soind Japanese Stage 1 in semester 1 and stage 2 in semester 2

did you not keep getting an error message at the bottom of the page saying "sec program full" or something. Also i thought places didn't get full as such but that random selection was applied? There's no way i'm doing 5lab subject electives, they can fcuk off

edit:LANG10200 5 Japanese L & C (Stage 2) Small Group SEC PROGRAM PLACES FULL

thats what came up when i tried to register for japanese level2 wtf? anyone?

tribulus

also a lot of my option modules, including the recommended ones for my subject are missing, are they not up yet or something? this is a farce

Raphael

Semester 1
CRN Mod. Code Credits Title Class Type Status Action
19681 LANG10210 5 Japanese L & C (ab initio) Small Group Chosen Drop Module
This module is not oversubscribed: 29 people have provisionally enrolled to 32 places.

Semester 2
CRN Mod. Code Credits Title Class Type Status Action
19680 LANG10200 5 Japanese L & C (Stage 2) Small Group Chosen Drop Module
This module is not oversubscribed: 14 people have provisionally enrolled to 32 places.

snickerpuss

fish-head wrote:

I decided not to do any electives and just take another major in Art History, I couldn't decide on anything else.

Whoooo art history! Anyway i'm in 3rd year so i can't take electives but i'd love to have done some architecture.

rainbow kirby

When I went to try and put down Japanese stage 2 (1st semester) and stage 3 (2nd semester) I was told they were both full... /cry

Anyways... I'm doing beginners Russian and Computational Science as my electives. Choices were ****e tbh.

fish-head

snickerpuss wrote:

Whoooo art history!

A good, it's not gonna be crap then!

Condoriano

There's a Japanese module!?and i's full, tsk.
Where abouts is it because i didn't see it while i was looking.....

thegaffer

I just went on to see how many people have oversubscribed to one of my electives and it won't say how many are anymore. It also stated that all electives were provisional but this has also disappeared. Do this mean I've got the elective? Both my electives have appeared on blackboard and there is nothing to say that my elective choices are provisional at this stage. Both these electives had pre-requisites from last year which i've done so maybe i have a place instead of this random selection lark? I'm a 2nd year also.

fatal

Frontiers of Physics and Developmental&Biol Psychology..why??
i dunno........

BKtje

Japanese L&C stage 1
and
E-business (build a wesbite, easy peasy )

If i enjoy japenese i might take stage 2 if its not full and drop e-business. Will see after christmas tho the easy marks for e-business will be hard to loose.

jimi_t

jimi_t wrote:

Do I have to pick electives or can I just do a second minor instead?

Really need to know what the story is before it's too late...

Anyone?

gubbie

ball ox wrote:

I'm contemplating doing film studies, anyone do this last year???

I didn't do it but I did sneak into a few classes. You just watch movies every week and then in class discuss them

I wanna do Chinese (ab initio) in the first semester and Chinese (level 2) in the second semester purely cos the fact that I was over there this summer and became really interested in the language and culture.
Gonna do Tai Chi too just for the craic

dajaffa

fatal wrote:

Frontiers of Physics and Developmental&Biol Psychology..why??
i dunno........

I did Developmental&Biol Psychology last year. Good enough, kinda interesting + in the development lectures you watch loadsa cute baby videos.

I'm (now, just changed it there) doing biology in the modern world and global justice. I found it really really difficult to find stuff that I had any interest in to fit into my timetable.

Have they stopped saying if stuff is oversubscribed? Saw that yesterday but cant see it now

Feral Mutant

Damn electives. I couldn't take anything Physics related cos it always either
i) Clashed with my lectures
ii) Incompatible with Physics for Engineers
or
iii) About agriculture

abelard

1st law has 2 "electives" that aren't exactly elective. Which is pretty **** to be honest.

One of the bigest reasons for going to ucd for me was the horizons program and then we are told that there's two elective modules that are all but compulsary. Frankly I feel extremely let down, but i get the feeling that thats going to happen to me alot throughout my time here.

I might try to enrol to two excess modules when the spillover opens on monday but all i'll be left with is the dregs.

Feral Mutant

How/when do we know if we've got the electives? The application for them apparently closed an hour ago and still nothing on my Connect account.

Le Rack

hopefully doing drama, both semesters, but it was over booked the other day, so prob won't get it...although this morning when I checked there was no big red warnings on it...when do we know for sure if we've got it or not?

Feral Mutant

Just got the email. I'm doing Robotics Design Project and Graphics in Design.

dajaffa

Got my email, confirmed in global justice + biology for the modern world. Hoping to find something better than global justice, I'll see tomorrow what the other peeps in my class r doing.

Wait, woot college 2moro

Chakar

Recieved an email confirming my elective choices and I'm doing 2nd year Sociology module in Nation and Empire and a 2nd year Politics elective module in Politics of the EU.Along with my core and option choices for 2nd year Politics and Sociology.

Can't wait!

Seifer

Beginners japanese for me in semester 1 (what is it with computer nerds and japanese??) and Introduction to management in semester 2. Both confirmed

BKtje

what is it with computer nerds and japanese??

Anime

abelard

I didn't get into my 2 first law electives which are apparently as crucial as core modules. I also can't seem to drop them from my enrolment page to be able to enrol to anything else. The student desk and law program office are going to be getting an absolute roasting from me in about an hours time.

Macka

I'm doing politics (northern Ireland) and then art history (antiquity). I'm hoping that the art history module'll be a walk in the park, greek architecture you say?...I wish my classics major would provide me with some kind of background in that field of study

Garret

introduction to political theory and great management ideas

The_Minister

I'm doing one in English critical readings, and one on the history and use of rhetoric.

fatal

why is it that when i go into the"blackboard" through UCD connect that under the "courses enrolled",my two electives arent listed?Is it happening to anyone else aswell?

emeraldstar

NONE of my courses are listed...?!?! not electives, not core modules

Seifer

I wouldn't worry about Blackboard. Frist of all your lecturers might not use blackboard so then your courses won't appear there. Or secondly they're still sorting out the mess they call a registration process and your courses will start to pop up. If you're really worried email IT services but I'd say by the end of the week any courses that are supposed to be there will be.

ferdi

i'm enrolled into my core subjects but i cant choose my feckin electives cause sis is dead, there seems to bhe a major glitch in the matrix....very annoying...all my prefered electives are being filled as we speak and i cant get in to enrol...i'm going to end up with some absolute ****e why me God, WHY!??!?!

gubbie

Feral Mutant wrote:

Just got the email. I'm doing Robotics Design Project and Graphics in Design.

Robotics is so much fun... frustrating but fun... and no exam!

I still haven't got a e-mail confirming my courses... what do I do?

Le Rack

hey ferd I didn't get either of mine! Dong Childrens Lit and some other yoke now!