so what ones you choosing??

clickerfingers

so guys what electives have you decided to pick??

ianthefox

Gonna do Spanish 1a and 1b for absolute beginners methinks.

clickerfingers

oh cool, i have heard beginners language modules are supposed to be a good choice, but languages were never my thing!! i still cant decide on (an easy!) second semester module :S

Raemie

Id quite like to do arabic, but im not great at languages so im a little nervous. Apart from that i have no idea what to pick. I havent fully decided on my main subjects yet.

clickerfingers

lol me too, i cant decide on my archaeology options, but they wont ever fill up so i should be ok to wait and have a think about them

Raphael

IS30020 - Web Publishing
COMP10050 - Software Engineering Project 1

ANd so I continue my degree as a TP student moonlighting as a CS student...

Raemie

I was wondering as well about the how many credits in main subjects people were taking. Ucd website recommends taking 20 credits in at least one subject and maybe another. I was thinking of 20, 15, 15, and then 10 left for electives. I want to try leave my options open for taking a subject as a major.

clickerfingers

are you going into first year?

in my first yr i did 20 hist 20 arch 10 greek and roman and 10 linguistics.... i went on to do a joint major in ling and arch ......... so basically if you only do 15 in one subject you can (USUALLY.... check the appropriate subject if you want to be positive) still go ahead with it in second and third year

so basically thats a good idea as it keeps your options broader and open

Économiste Monétaire

Raemie wrote: »

I was wondering as well about the how many credits in main subjects people were taking. Ucd website recommends taking 20 credits in at least one subject and maybe another. I was thinking of 20, 15, 15, and then 10 left for electives. I want to try leave my options open for taking a subject as a major.

Check the UCD site for rules on progression with subjects. Some require that you only take 1 level one module to progress to second year - others might require you to have taken 7 specific modules in order to progress.

Xhristy

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Raemie

Ya, im going into first year, you guys must be sick of first years hijacking your threads! Arabic sounds cool, id love to do japanese too. Arabic would be very useful too id say.

clickerfingers

lol no way , im just sick of wanting to be a first year again!! lol

ah im so indecisive and cant just decide on a damn elective!!

good luck everyone

Mushy

Brain & Behaviour 1st Psychology and Financial Accounting for non-Business students...the latter sounds nice and easy after LC accounting:D...all bar the 3 hour lectures!

P_1

History of Irish Elections and I'm considering that Quantative Economics one that people are talking about.
When do we actually get the privillage of registering for these electives?

Breezer

pithater1 wrote: »

When do we actually get the privillage of registering for these electives?

In most cases either today or tomorrow. Check here for your course's date.

I'm doing German for General Purposes Stage 2. My last semester of electives /

rainbow kirby

No electives for us this year, would have been nice to have had room to squeeze in a Level 1 language course to chill out!

Dave!

pithater1 wrote: »

History of Irish Elections and I'm considering that Quantative Economics one that people are talking about.
When do we actually get the privillage of registering for these electives?

Tomorrow if you're Arts

I'll be doing 'Introduction to Physical and Forensic Anthropology', aaaaaaaannnnnddd.................... something else as yet to be decided

P_1

Breezer wrote: »

In most cases either today or tomorrow. Check here for your course's date.

I'm doing German for General Purposes Stage 2. My last semester of electives /

Cheers, hopefully it'll come online for me close to the stroke of midnight.
As for the German, easy A. Did it last semester, the main challenge is motivating yourself to actually go to the classes at 6 on a monday,

Économiste Monétaire

pithater1 wrote: »

Cheers, hopefully it'll come online for me close to the stroke of midnight.

Try around 2 - 3 a.m. and you should be safe

P_1

UCD_Econ wrote: »

Try around 2 - 3 a.m. and you should be safe

Lol! I'll prob be fast asleep by then

Breezer

Dave! wrote: »

I'll be doing 'Introduction to Physical and Forensic Anthropology'

You'll meet a few interesting characters in that one :P

rainbow kirby

pithater1 wrote: »

As for the German, easy A. Did it last semester, the main challenge is motivating yourself to actually go to the classes at 6 on a monday,

It's worse when you've been in since 9am that morning, gives you a stupidly long day!

Dave!

Breezer wrote: »

You'll meet a few interesting characters in that one :P

As long as they're not wierder than me

Raphael

My elective reg wasn't open at 6am Irish time this morning, so I tihnk they do it at 9

bnt

ARCT20020: The Indoor Environment

That's my single elective for the whole of 2nd year, Structural Engineering & Architecture. Hey, if I'm going to spend all that time studying buildings, I ought to learn a bit about what goes on inside them, right? :cool:

clickerfingers

yeah its 6am now and its not open :S

Frank Grimes

clickerfingers wrote: »

yeah its 6am now and its not open :S

It opened around 7am, at least for me anyway!
Ended up picking an extra politics module and a social policy module. Would have liked to take that Arabic module (I can read the alphabet and speak a few words already) but the times are too late, it would be nearly 10pm by the time I'd get home.

ianthefox

Mushy wrote: »

Brain & Behaviour 1st Psychology and Financial Accounting for non-Business students...the latter sounds nice and easy after LC accounting:D...all bar the 3 hour lectures!

Yeah, I was all ready to do that and then saw the three hour lecture thing. I think I'd explode.

RichTea

Was looking to pick up two Italian language modules, with a view to possibly studying in Italy for 3rd year, from the language and culture centre thing but they clash with Criminal Law on Monday mornings . So at the moment I've opted for Coaching Theory in Sports Management and General Purposes Italian from the Applied Languages Centre.

Theresalwaysone

Hey all, if a module has prerequisites does it mean you need to do them as well or before you can do it?

I understand the definition of prerequisite, but sports science 3 needs nutritional physiology which needs two others? Seems like they are impossible to do unless you are part of a course that offers all the modules?

Can anyone help me?

Économiste Monétaire

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Hey all, if a module has prerequisites does it mean you need to do them as well or before you can do it?

I understand the definition of prerequisite, but sports science 3 needs nutritional physiology which needs two others? Seems like they are impossible to do unless you are part of a course that offers all the modules?

Can anyone help me?

Here's a guide to requisites:

Pre-Requisites – students must have passed the modules listed as prerequisites in order to enrol for the module, or have achieved the required learning outcomes in approved equivalent modules or in some other way acceptable to the School

Required Modules – students have taken the modules listed as required modules in order to enrol for the module, or have attempted the required learning outcomes in approved equivalent modules or in some other way acceptable to the School

Co-Requisites – students must also take or have taken the modules listed as co-requisites in order to enrol for the module, or attempt the required learning outcomes in approved equivalent modules or in some other way acceptable to the School

Incompatible Modules – students cannot be awarded credit for the module and also be awarded credit for any of the modules listed as incompatible modules because of the similarity of their learning outcomes

Exclusions – students cannot be awarded credit for this module if they have already achieved similar educational outcomes in higher, further or secondary education as specified by the exclusion

Module requirements – students must have satisfied these requirements, which could include a minimum overall performance at earlier stages of the programme expressed as a required GPA, or a minimum performance at second level in a specified subject or subjects

Recommendations – students are recommended, but not required, to have the prior learning specified in the recommendation; this may include a recommendation to take or have taken certain modules or to have achieved the associated learning outcomes in some other way, or a recommendation expressed in more general terms of the prior learning.

You could always take the others as extra credit electives - that costs $$$, though.

ChocolateSauce

I was thinking philosophy of science, PHIL30010. I'm going into stage 3 chemistry and I'd like to complement the knowing with the thinking.

bnt

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Hey all, if a module has prerequisites does it mean you need to do them as well or before you can do it?

Before. IIRC the system won't let you register for a course if you don't have a prerequisite. Even if I'm wrong about that, it's a good idea to assume that there's a good reason for the prerequisite. (You could always enquire for more detail.)

kev_s88

hey all.

going into 1st year arts this year.decided im doing three 20 credit subjects. and this is probably gonna be a bit of a stupid question but is it still possible to take electives even if im already getting my 60 credits from my main subjects?? and if yes whats the story with passing exams and completing the year.do i still have to pass everything including the elective?? even though its gonna be 70 credits?

thanks for any answers

Économiste Monétaire

kev_s88 wrote: »

hey all.

going into 1st year arts this year.decided im doing three 20 credit subjects. and this is probably gonna be a bit of a stupid question but is it still possible to take electives even if im already getting my 60 credits from my main subjects?? and if yes whats the story with passing exams and completing the year.do i still have to pass everything including the elective?? even though its gonna be 70 credits?

thanks for any answers

You could do that but you'll have to pay around e700 to take two extra credit electives. The 60 credits (3x20 modules) will count towards stage GPA and the extra credit electives will appear on your transcript.

You need to 'pass' a minimum of 50 credits to go from year one to year two.

kev_s88

thanks for the answer

since im not paying for that, it would seem that im gonna have to change one 20 credit into a 10 credit cause i really wanna do arabic as an elective.grrrrrr i hate making decisions

lemon_sherbert

That's the joy of B&L really, no need to fuss about electives...:D

lemon_sherbert

sorry, double post

P_1

Went for History of Australia and Musicology (random but should be interesting) in the end.

kev_s88

im hoping to do arabic and chinese as my electives

Raemie

I wonder if there'll be a big increase of people wanting to do chinese after the olympics

D.Q

hello,

General Arts first year...
Economics(20), English(20), Psychology(10), Philosophy.(10)
Shud be good!!

kev_s88

Arts DN012

Music (20 credits), Drama Studies (20 credits), Philosophy (10 credits) and beginners Arabic and German as my two 5 credit electives

Tea-a-Maria

Crap,I'm beggining to get worried about electives now!Have all the first years signed up for them already??The fact that I only have dial-up means that signing up online is basically a no-no.:(

I'd like to keep up Japanese as I studied it for the Leaving.After that,I'm not sure,maybe a law elective or Classical Studies.

rainbow kirby

If you're doing Japanese having done it for the LC, you'll probably be put into level 3, which was the highest level offered when I did it.

aequinoctium

Algorithms MATH30020
and
Mathematical Biology MAPH40110

what am i thinking???

TheJeanGenie

aequinoctium wrote: »

Algorithms MATH30020
and
Mathematical Biology MAPH40110

what am i thinking???

Actually I heard about someone who did Alrgorithms and apparently they just worked things out using matchsticks

Not too sure about Mathematical Biology tho. My face would be constantly like this...:eek:

aequinoctium

TheJeanGenie wrote: »

Actually I heard about someone who did Alrgorithms and apparently they just worked things out using matchsticks

the professor is inspiring

Not too sure about Mathematical Biology tho. My face would be constantly like this...:eek:

should be good fun

rainbow kirby

TheJeanGenie wrote: »

Not too sure about Mathematical Biology tho. My face would be constantly like this...:eek:

It actually sounds quite interesting, but I think it would make my brain explode!

jealousman

Any advice for me. Doing commerce and want to go deeper. Open to all suggestions.:)

Raphael

aequinoctium wrote: »

Algorithms MATH30020
and
Mathematical Biology MAPH40110

what am i thinking???

...That's a really cool name...