Maths: TR031 or TR001(TSM)

I've just hit a bit of confusion with both of these courses. Would somebody please be able to tell me what exactly the differences are between the two?

Thanks.

ironclaw

Were you at the open day? I can't remember but I'll try dig out my notes. Was fairly funny when a country accent down the back piped up.. "Do you need Honors maths for this course?"

They are very hard courses and even the teacher admited the career prospects after are nil without further study.

PurpleFistMixer

Career prospects are nil? God, I thought employers wanted people with problem solving skillz. Maybe they meant if you want to work as a "mathematician", you'd want to have more than a level 8 qualification.

TR001 is the default code for TSM, so if you were doing maths in that form it'd be half maths, half something else. (There's a limited list of other subjects you can do with maths - Economics, English Literature, French, Geogrpahy, German, Music, Philosophy, and Psychology, by the looks of it).

TR031 is referring to the full maths degree, so if you chose that you'd be doing 100% maths.

ironclaw

Well, when he said Nil I believe he was refering to a pure maths degree in comparison to say an Engineer with a specialisation (Same amount of time spend studying)

But as PurpleMonkey said, one is pure maths the other is a mix, according to my notes...

ironclaw

ironclaw wrote: »

But as PurpleMonkey said...

Heh.

Thanks for your replies. Yah, thats what I thought alright. Better to make sure though when your filling out your CAO. TR031 it is so.

Were you at the open day? I can't remember but I'll try dig out my notes. Was fairly funny when a country accent down the back piped up.. "Do you need Honors maths for this course?"

Yah I was there for that alright, hilarious! Such a stupid question to ask! I wasn't listening during the maths talk, the whole physics morning just disheartened me, it was such a waste of time!

Fad

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Career prospects are nil?

Whats the difference between a large Pizza and a PHD in Maths?

A large pizza can feed a family

Id say the potential for getting a job is pretty high, maybe with a little more training.

Time Magazine

Maths graduates are very employable because they're in such (relatively) short supply.

myfatherrsson

ironclaw wrote: »

Were you at the open day? I can't remember but I'll try dig out my notes. Was fairly funny when a country accent down the back piped up.. "Do you need Honors maths for this course?"

Ahahaha!! I was there as well! so retarded!:pac:

Thanks for all your replies.

On a somewhat related topic, I noticed the erasmus programme applies to maths in TCD, does anybody know if it also applies to theoretical physics? I can't seem to find an answer on the the TCD website.

Thanks.

antiselfdual

TPs can't do Erasmus I believe (and although Maths people can I'm not sure if the School of Maths ever mentioned it to the Maths class last year, I've also not heard of anyone ever doing it). However a TP from the year ahead of me arranged to spend a year in a Russian university studying theoretical physics there after 2nd year in Trinity, and then came back this year into 3rd year, so I guess it may be possible to do something like that, I don't know how he arranged it at all actually.

antiselfdual

antiselfdual wrote: »

TPs can't do Erasmus I believe (and although Maths people can I'm not sure if the School of Maths ever mentioned it to the Maths class last year, I've also not heard of anyone ever doing it). However a TP from the year ahead of me arranged to spend a year in a Russian university studying theoretical physics there after 2nd year in Trinity, and then came back this year into 3rd year, so I guess it may be possible to do something like that, I don't know how he arranged it at all actually.

Oh right right, thanks for clearing that up. Suppose it's not the end of the world if Erasmus isn't an option!