One Year M.A in Environmental Science

banshee_bones

Hi All

Currently looking to apply to this course. I have been in contact with the course director and they have been very informative and helpful.

They have noted that i have a general abscence of science from my undergraduate degree but they said if i was willing to do any required work to bring me up to speed Im more than welcome to apply. I am familiar with SPSS for statistical anylsis so they said i should mention that aswell when it comes to shortlisting.

My question is, just exactly how much lab work, chemistry etc is involved in this course. Last time i had chemistry it was as a small part of science in the Junior Cert!

So would it be difficult for me to catch up? Do they expect all graduates to have a certain basic level of chemistry coming in to the programme?

skregs

this is the one with robin edwards, right? tbh, its a lot of chemistry, some micro-biology, geography and a lot of zoology/botany.
And we use DataDesk instead of SPSS, sorry.

What'd you do before this?

banshee_bones

skregs wrote: »

this is the one with robin edwards, right? tbh, its a lot of chemistry, some micro-biology, geography and a lot of zoology/botany.
And we use DataDesk instead of SPSS, sorry.

What'd you do before this?

Yeah it is, Robin Edwards has been the one in contact with me.
I did a four years in the B.A (Hons) in Heritage Studies, main subjects Physical Geography,Archaeology,History,Desktop Publishing, along with some business subjects!

I have absolutely no microbioolgy,zoology or botany or chemistry! What sort of backgrounds do most of the students have? Would it be very difficult to get up to speed with with these subjects? as in is it assumed that graduates already have a certain level of knowledge or is everyone treated as if its all new?!

Pet

It's assumed that everyone would have a grounding in science, but honestly, the standard is not that high. Leaving Cert chemistry and some 100-level biology [neither of which are too difficult] will be enough to get you up to speed.

Buy/borrow a copy of Campbell's Biology and read through some of the relevant sections for a month or so before you start, and you'll be fine. As for chemistry, a grind might be of some use [as it's harder to learn chemistry from a textbook]. The only stipulation [for those reading for the BA] is first year chemistry, and they usually consider people who failed it [like me], so it's not a terribly high standard of chemistry, but you do have a bit of catching up to do.

banshee_bones

Yeah Robin said if i wouldnt mind doing any necessary catching up re:chemistry i was more than welcome to apply....

closing date is june 1st I think, so when do you find out if you have been accepted... assuming i will have enough time to get grinds and up to speed!?

Rorate Caeli

MA? Wrong university.

banshee_bones

Rorate Caeli wrote: »

MA? Wrong university.

unhelpful and not pertaining to the topic....