UCC next year..A few questions

Ricky91t

Hello all,
Finally decided about an hour ago that computer science in UCC will be my first option for my CAO.

Have a few questions,Anyone here done the course and know working due to their degree was it easy to get into work?

What's the course like?tough,easy etc?(i'm not hoping it'll be easy want something challenging,but would like a bit of free time )

What is the UCC like in general missed all the open days ,So would like to know.Is it a friendly place?
And one more,anyone know where i can get a list of soceities?

Thanks all

Edit:Found a link

RoosterIllusion

Ricky91t wrote: »

Hello all,
Finally decided about an hour ago that computer science in UCC will be my first option for my CAO.

Have a few questions,Anyone here done the course and know working due to their degree was it easy to get into work?

Hi, I did computer science in UCC and I am now doing environmental science. As with most science degrees in UCC you have a full timetable (4 or 5 lectures a day for the most part) and mandatory laboratories for two to three hours twice a week at least. It it tough, and try to get information from people who are doing it or have done it rather than read the brochures or prospectus, I find the UCC literature about their courses to be very very very vague (environmental science turned out to be very different to how it was presented in the prospectus).

I hated computer science but I know others who loved it, I like maths and science and logical problem solving work, computer science is all of that but works through IT and computers instead of the kind of experiments I do in environmental science. If you are any way problem solving orientated or just like solving sums then it could be for you. It's a lot more than just programming, but that is a huge part of it obviously.

Don't let the points requirement throw you, it's certainly one of the more challenging courses that UCC do and you will find a lot of people in there who shouldn't be (like when electrical engineering dropped to 330 points from over 500 and a huge majority of the year failed spectacularly).

Hope that helped

deRanged

You'll be able to manage your own time to a fair extent too. You'll have plenty of practical sessions and work to hand in, but a lot of the work you can do in your own time. The labs are available weekdays from 9am till about 10, less on the weekends - scratch that. You should be in the new IT building so I don't know what the new hours will be like. (they should be the same).

It really is one of those courses where you get out what you put in. You can do lots of work, work on some cool stuff and do a fantastic 4th year project, or just cruise through doing the minimum (woohoo - another webpage for a 4th year project).

The failure rates are high, simply because the points are too low. As said above, the points do not reflect how easy/hard a course is.

You can always call in to see the department if you happen to be up around UCC. Or just wander around UCC. Most of the buildings are open access.

Ricky91t

Thanks both,anyone else?