Do you always get your first choice in arts?

Amtmann

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Like in 1st History you study East & West in the times of Romans etc. To be completely honest I stayed away from this and was incredibly bored of it. I studied certain aspects of the course myself cos the Lecturers were awful.

You study a Modern Irish aspect of the course for the first semester which is far better and Gabriel Doherty is a great lecturer.

A matter of opinion surely, but Doctors Bracken and Scully are widely regarded as two superb medieval lecturers. By the way, the course is actually composed of the bibliographies supplied. You should not rely on lectures alone. It's good that you "studied certain aspects of the course" on your own, because that's precisely what you're supposed to do anyway.

...you'll have to focus and work hard in it cos most people who study it may have done it in the Leaving Cert.

This matters not one bit. What does matter, however, is one's interest in the subject. If you dislike big words and reading lots and lots of academic articles and books, then do not opt for History (or, indeed, Arts in general). Stay away from it. History is all about reading widely and writing competently. It mightn't be kosher here for some reason to comment critically on how certain people write, but to do well at UCC in an Arts course one should know, for example, how to use the past tense of the verb 'to do' correctly.

captainspeckle

Orizio wrote: »

Grammar Naziism is not acceptable on this forum, nor is wandering off topic. This forum is about UCC, and only about UCC, how to correctly use the English language is not up for discussion here.

also the ability to interpret and follow directions is very VERY important.

ReacherCreature

captainspeckle wrote: »

wouldnt totally agree there. most people i have bumped into or chatted to didnt do it for the leaving. i didnt even do it for the junior! but i just kinda wanted to try something new and i was told By a teacher that it was amazing, and i was quite interested, also i was kinda looking to fill a spot so took it up. kinda crazy I KNOW I wouldnt really suggest doing what i did, but it worked out well for me, love it and def keeping it to degree. it does make it a little harder as i have do some more readin to get the besic idea in SOME areas. but its mostly stuff that isnt familiar to most people. its an amazing course and you learn pretty interesting stuff.

i would def reccomend it if you have an interest otherwise give it a skip..:D

Edit: reacher creature i thought the lectuers for the east and west module were deadly, much more interesting that doherty, but i guess its all about interests!!:p

I apologise that I threw in my opinion. Just wanted to give a bit of a heads up. I've way more of an interest in Doherty and Irish History. I talked to one or two girls who never done History for the Leaving Cert and they struggled. One of my best friends found it difficult with it and I helped her out with it. Yes, it's all about personal interests.

Furet wrote: »

A matter of opinion surely, but Doctors Bracken and Scully are widely regarded as two superb medieval lecturers. By the way, the course is actually composed of the bibliographies supplied. You should not rely on lectures alone. It's good that you "studied certain aspects of the course" on your own, because that's precisely what you're supposed to do anyway.

I didn't have Scully last year. I had Jennifer Reilly - I think it's her name. What she lectured on was boring for me and a good few others who I talked to. It's a matter of opinion yes and again, I apologise.

Furet wrote: »

This matters not one bit. What does matter, however, is one's interest in the subject. If you dislike big words and reading lots and lots of academic articles and books, then do not opt for History (or, indeed, Arts in general). Stay away from it. History is all about reading widely and writing competently. It mightn't be kosher here for some reason to comment critically on how certain people write, but to do well at UCC in an Arts course one should know, for example, how to use the past tense of the verb 'to do' correctly.

In all fairness Furet, I was just helping the guy out to the best of my ability. Seriously, so what if I missed a bit of proper grammar?

Grammar Naziism is not acceptable on this forum, nor is wandering off topic. This forum is about UCC, and only about UCC, how to correctly use the English language is not up for discussion here.

Amtmann

I know and I didn't mean to offend you. It really irritates me though. Arts is always attacked by other students for being the soft option for people who just don't care. I tend to view Arts students who display bad writing skills as letting the side down. As I said on another thread, subjects like History and English are founded on writing. I don't think people have any business doing these subjects if they don't take some pride in the way they write. I'll drop it now.

ReacherCreature

Furet wrote: »

I know and I didn't mean to offend you. It really irritates me though. Arts is always attacked by other students for being the soft option for people who just don't care. I tend to view Arts students who display bad writing skills as letting the side down. As I said on another thread, subjects like History and English are founded on writing. I don't think people have any business doing these subjects if they don't take some pride in the way they write. I'll drop it now.

You didn't offend me Furet. Just trying to help a guy with subjects.

Agree with your points.

Extrasupervery

(I'm not a guy) Thank you all for your opinions! It certainly is a matter of interest and I "think" I'm interested. Terrifically vague, I know.

ReacherCreature

Extrasupervery wrote: »

(I'm not a guy) Thank you all for your opinions! It certainly is a matter of interest and I "think" I'm interested. Terrifically vague, I know.

My bad! 'Extraspervery' doesn't tell me much about your gender!

Extrasupervery

That's very true! It's a Frightened Rabbit track.

cork*girl

Would you need a high level of honours Leaving Cert Irish to keep it do it/keep it on in the Arts degree? Or what kind of level of Irish is needed/expected?