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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 D.murphy


    hi every one i want to do Science - Wood & Technology in UL but i am worried about job prospects. i want to get a decent well paid job at the end of it. i have a huge interest in wood and construction studies. is there any further studies from this course or good job prospects i would get out of it??

    also any other possible courses that would benefit my needs??
    any advice of comments would be much appreciated.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 killarney09


    i am going into 2nd year law and accounting and would like to know about the modules i will be doing in 2nd year from students have already completed them? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭Jamie Starr


    This isn't a question about courses in UL, but I didn't want to start a new thread, and there's an "info" in the title, so I consider this to be 100% legit, yo: I was wondering what weeks the Autumn midterm break usually occurs in. I'm planning a holiday for around October and it'd be great if someone with a better memory than me could help me out here. Thanks!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    This isn't a question about courses in UL, but I didn't want to start a new thread, and there's an "info" in the title, so I consider this to be 100% legit, yo: I was wondering what weeks the Autumn midterm break usually occurs in. I'm planning a holiday for around October and it'd be great if someone with a better memory than me could help me out here. Thanks!

    Autumn midterm? :confused:

    Academic Calendar 12-13 doesn't mention anything...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭Jamie Starr


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    Autumn midterm? :confused:

    Academic Calendar 12-13 doesn't mention anything...

    I know, I checked the calendar, but I don't trust it, it's a silly. I was almost certain we get a week off around Halloween time, or maybe I'm just gone abso crackers altogether.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    D.murphy wrote: »
    hi every one i want to do Science - Wood & Technology in UL but i am worried about job prospects. i want to get a decent well paid job at the end of it. i have a huge interest in wood and construction studies. is there any further studies from this course or good job prospects i would get out of it??

    also any other possible courses that would benefit my needs??
    any advice of comments would be much appreciated.

    TBH lad Wood Science isn't the greatest degree, maybe look into woodwork teaching? Even if you don't go into teaching it's a much better qualification.
    I know, I checked the calendar, but I don't trust it, it's a silly. I was almost certain we get a week off around Halloween time, or maybe I'm just gone abso crackers altogether.

    Yes, yes you have. :P
    The only day we get off in Semester 1 is the October bank holiday Monday!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    Yes, yes you have. :P
    The only day we get off in Semester 1 is the October bank holiday Monday!

    He had me thinking I'd been asleep for the past two years and had totally forgotten about random weeks off. :pac:

    We get the day off for the open day IIRC? :cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭Jamie Starr


    SarahBeep! wrote: »

    Yes, yes you have. :P
    The only day we get off in Semester 1 is the October bank holiday Monday!

    Ah, I can't say I'm surprised. I have a habit of inventing days/weeks off for my own benefit. Well, then...ahem... let me take this opportunity to announce "Imaginary Holiday Week", in honour of not wanting to contemplate final year...yes, that'll do.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭OhMSGlive


    I usually just take the whole semester off.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    Yes, yes you have. :P
    The only day we get off in Semester 1 is the October bank holiday Monday!
    I was gutted when I only realised this during Halloween last year, you'd really want more than a day at that stage!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    Would love to hear from anyone doing Applied Languages (LM044)! Or anyone studying French, Spanish or Japanese in any course for that matter. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 747 ✭✭✭Aragneer


    Togepi wrote: »
    Would love to hear from anyone doing Applied Languages (LM044)! Or anyone studying French, Spanish or Japanese in any course for that matter. :)

    Are you wishing to study it at beginners level or the advanced level?

    I study German at beginners level and from what I've heard, most of the languages are studied in the same way and taught in the same way so i'd be happy to help if you have any questions :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    Aragneer wrote: »
    Are you wishing to study it at beginners level or the advanced level?

    I study German at beginners level and from what I've heard, most of the languages are studied in the same way and taught in the same way so i'd be happy to help if you have any questions :)

    French at advanced level, Spanish at beginners' level, and possibly Japanese at beginners' level too! Are they taught very differently from the way they would be in school?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 747 ✭✭✭Aragneer


    Togepi wrote: »
    French at advanced level, Spanish at beginners' level, and possibly Japanese at beginners' level too! Are they taught very differently from the way they would be in school?

    It depends how you were taught. At beginner's level, you are usually gradually introduced to the language but your lecturers and tutors will try and take as much of the language as they can to you.
    In German we have this set of classes:
    1 hour of literature a week - reading a children's book in German to help with vocab.
    1 hour of grammar a week - to get the structure of the language and the verbs.
    2 hours of textbook work - working from books with simple exercises, usually completely spoken in the language you're learning.
    1 hour of pronunciation a week - helps with speaking.
    1 hour lecture a week - history, culture and media aspects of the country.

    So most of the hours are built on your languages and you usually never have a day off from the language so it drums into your head!
    You also have orals and aurals like in school with an exam and occasionally assignments or homework every night!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    @Aragneer aw that sounds pretty cool. :) Are the orals and aurals worth much for exams? And yay, homework... :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 747 ✭✭✭Aragneer


    Togepi wrote: »
    @Aragneer aw that sounds pretty cool. :) Are the orals and aurals worth much for exams? And yay, homework... :P

    Yeah it is quite good but you have to be prepared to not just sit around in class, you have to participate :) The orals are usually worth from 15% to 20%. My first semester i think they were worth 15 and second it was 20 :) The aurals vary from 10% to 15% and are usually pretty easy :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    Aragneer wrote: »
    Yeah it is quite good but you have to be prepared to not just sit around in class, you have to participate :) The orals are usually worth from 15% to 20%. My first semester i think they were worth 15 and second it was 20 :) The aurals vary from 10% to 15% and are usually pretty easy :)

    Doesn't sound too bad. :) Still not sure if I'll do languages or not, but thanks for all that, it's a big help. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 djbraveheart


    guys i have a question. i applied for UL and they accepted me within 4-5 days then they sent me a conditional offer letter it was about the payment and english profiency tests. it says minimum toefl 80 and minimum ielts 6.5 in 6.0 in all components. but i have 79 toefl and 6.0 ielts in all components and overall 6.0 again. will they accept it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 BTDOD95


    Chemical and Biochemical Engineering,how does it compare to process and chemical engineering in UCC and what is the course like and what type of people does it suit? Basically anything about the course would be greatly appreciated! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Mavis93


    Could someone PLEASE shed some light on my predicament?! http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80301659


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 jessoneal34


    I am currently a US resident but am planning on studying my Master's at UL. Does anyone have any information, suggestions, advice about the Project Management degree? Thanks all!

    Jessie from Maryland, USA


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭Arse Biscuits!


    LM087: Bsc. Energy: I went into this course through Science choice, and I can tell you straight away that I am regretting it. It is impossible to get COOP (currently in 3rd year and should be on COOP at the moment, despite looking for my own coop and the coop office also "helping"). No matter how high your QCA is, it appears that you are unemployable and you're very very lucky if you find coop. There are no graduates as of 2013, the first graduates are due to emerge this year so we'll see where they go. Companies only appear to want graduates that are SPECIALIZED IN ONE AREA, whereas Energy are a mixture of: Pharmaceutical and industrial Chemistry, Applied Physics, Electronics and Environmental Science. Despite having MANY modules in common with these courses, we appear to be unemployable by the same companies that hire these students. At present, 8/37 (21%) of our class has found coop, the majority of other courses have fully been placed. Last year, approx 10/28 (36%) of the class got employment. The coop office do not help, only 3 students have found paid placement through the coop office (each getting approx €18k for 8 months) so if you are very lucky, you will be ok but don't get your hopes up. They will offer you random unpaid placements which will cost you more in living expenses unless you live near to the workplace, essentially you end up paying the company to work for them if it's unpaid placement.
    Modules are alright, the choice of science/engineering maths is good. Engineering maths allows you to enter all four streams of energy (power, science, management, markets) whereas doing science maths only allows you to enter either science or management. Those doing management appear to be the most employable. There's a lot of chemistry (physical chemistry, organic chemistry, general chemistry and other random chemistry in modules), a lot of physics (mechanical energy, fluid dynamics, thermal physics, general physics, nuclear etc..) and a lot of weird environmental modules that are actually fairly enjoyable. The modules are challenging (some of them) but if you work at them you will get good grades. UL uses pointless names for the modules we do, they call fluid dynamics "process technology", mechanics "mechanical energy" etc. This, to me, only confuses the employer more about what our course actually do.
    People say there is a huge market for energy graduates, well from my experience there appears NOT to be, unless you are incredibly lucky or have pull with a company. That being said, it's a good course and you get a great education. What good is that though if you can't get a job?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭biohaiid


    Im a first year Psych and Soc student, willing to answer any questions anyone may have about the course :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 Kate_B7


    Is the maths in the Business course very difficult? doing ordinary level maths and not great at maths at all..
    also does anyone have any information on the politics and public administration course, whats it like etc?:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭Chris Martin


    Kate_B7 wrote: »
    Is the maths in the Business course very difficult? doing ordinary level maths and not great at maths at all..
    also does anyone have any information on the politics and public administration course, whats it like etc?:)

    Will be able to tell you after next semester,
    Doing Economics and Soc and have a module then..
    I hear it's not too bad though,
    Done OL Maths for LC and had Science Maths last year which was cruel,
    This is supposed to be alright though :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 Kate_B7


    Will be able to tell you after next semester,
    Doing Economics and Soc and have a module then..
    I hear it's not too bad though,
    Done OL Maths for LC and had Science Maths last year which was cruel,
    This is supposed to be alright though :)

    Thanks for the help!:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 liz123


    Hi there

    I'm new to boards.ie and was wondering if anyone would be able to help me about the post grad in education business. I have an interview and was wondering what time of question the might ask. I'm a mature student looking to go back to teaching. If anyone would know of anyone that would do interview coaching specifically aimed at coaching for interviews for teaching that would be great. I came across this on the internet so something like that that was based here.

    Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,553 ✭✭✭✭Copper_pipe


    Anyone have some info on LM080?

    Iv seen the YouTube vids but would appreciate some more info


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 marieboyle


    Any opinions on Psychology? whats the course like? is there a lot of essays? a lot of maths? are there tutorials? what are the exams like? how big are the classes? is it easy to make friends if you don't know anyone? are the lectures mixed with people doing psychology in other subjects? how does the work experience/ erasmus work? where can you go to? what sort of work experience?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 GrannySmith77


    I have applied to do the International Business degree in September with Spanish as my language choice. I would be interested to hear from anybody who is doing it this year to find out what they think of it. Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 marquez


    Could anyone give info about this course?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭April4


    I'm thinking of applying for the MA in Psychology and was wondering if anyone who is doing this course give me some idea of what the timetable is like? Thanks in advance!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭freeze4real


    Does anyone have any information about computational finance, what are the time tables like ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 lukemeany


    Hi, I'm a 6th year student living in Carlow and was thinking about going to UL to study Product Design and Technology. I was just hoping somebody in the course could help me out and give me some information on their own experiences on the course and their opinions on the course and UL as a whole. thank you.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25 Michelletarian


    snazzy wrote: »
    I'm able to give anyone information about Applied Languages and even a bit of info about Languages, Literature and Culture [or whatever it's called nowdays] and Language Education. :)
    Tell me everything about Applied Languages :D
    Particularly if you did French, German or Gaeilge.

    Is it stressful changing between the different languages all the time? It's my biggest worry.

    Also how "applied" are the languages or is it a lot of literature?
    Any help would be class.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Hiwazup


    Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, if it has I couldn't find it.
    Anyway, I'm hoping to do one of these courses next year and was wondering if I could get the opinions of people who are doing either course as to which one is better suited for me as in either course I will be majoring in computers. Also just general opinions of the courses would be brilliant! :D Any responses would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

    [Just for clarification the courses are Electronic & Computer Engineering (LM118) and Computer Systems (LM051)]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭ricimaki


    Hiwazup wrote: »
    Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, if it has I couldn't find it.
    Anyway, I'm hoping to do one of these courses next year and was wondering if I could get the opinions of people who are doing either course as to which one is better suited for me as in either course I will be majoring in computers. Also just general opinions of the courses would be brilliant! :D Any responses would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

    [Just for clarification the courses are Electronic & Computer Engineering (LM118) and Computer Systems (LM051)]

    Hi. I just finished first year Electronic and Computer Engineering. LM118 shares 1 module (programming) with LM051. I'm not too sure about anything else to do with Computer systems.

    The other modules I have done so far are engineering maths (slightly more tricky than leaving cert higher level maths, but not by much), Digital systems (digital gate circuits, and binary/hex-decimal numbers), circuit analysis (DC and AC circuits, using resistors, capacitors and inductors), physics in the first semester(similar to leaving cert higher level) and semiconductor devices in the second semester (transistors, n-p and p-n junctions).

    LM118 is really a mix of programming and electronics. If you're not sure which you prefer, it probably is the course for you. In third year, you can split into electronic engineering, computer engineering, robotic engineering, electrical energy engineering, or a general option, which allows you to pick modules from the other ones.

    There are ~45 people in my year. There are 4 labs a week, 10 lectures, and 3 tutorials a week. Maths is the only module where there is no lab work. Labs make up 20-50% of your final grade in the other modules.

    Hope this helps.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Hiwazup


    ricimaki wrote: »
    LM118 shares 1 module (programming) with LM051. I'm not too sure about anything else to do with Computer systems.

    So is that module in the Computer Science building or the main building? I must say, one weird pull towards Computer Systems for me is the attractiveness of the Computer Science building inside compared to the main building! :p

    Thanks for the info, how many hours would you spend on the work in a week; the lectures, tutorials and stuff and also studying and projects?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭ricimaki


    Hiwazup wrote: »
    So is that module in the Computer Science building or the main building? I must say, one weird pull towards Computer Systems for me is the attractiveness of the Computer Science building inside compared to the main building! :p

    Thanks for the info, how many hours would you spend on the work in a week; the lectures, tutorials and stuff and also studying and projects?

    It varies. Lectures can be in any building. They were in the main building and the foundation building for me. The labs for it were in the top floor of the main building, near all of my other labs. There were some support labs ran in the CSIS building for the first few weeks of programming, but other than that, I have never had anything in there.

    Each lecture is 1 hour long, as are tutorials, while all of my labs were 2 hours long. In the case of programming, whatever you didn't get finished at the lab had to be completed at home, and could take up to a few hours. Other labs had varying reports to be done, more often than not being different each week.

    There weren't too many projects in first year. We had to build a circuit to measure a persons reaction time, but were given almost all the circuit diagrams to do it. In programming, we had to make a screensaver, which was fun. There was probably another one, but I can't remember.

    You could spend anywhere between 1 and 15 hours a week studying, completing lab reports and programming. It really depends on the week, as some weeks you have very little work to do, and others, you have too much. Hand written lab reports can take quite some time, while word documents can take only a matter of minutes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Hiwazup


    ricimaki wrote: »
    It varies. Lectures can be in any building. They were in the main building and the foundation building for me. The labs for it were in the top floor of the main building, near all of my other labs. There were some support labs ran in the CSIS building for the first few weeks of programming, but other than that, I have never had anything in there.

    Each lecture is 1 hour long, as are tutorials, while all of my labs were 2 hours long. In the case of programming, whatever you didn't get finished at the lab had to be completed at home, and could take up to a few hours. Other labs had varying reports to be done, more often than not being different each week.

    There weren't too many projects in first year. We had to build a circuit to measure a persons reaction time, but were given almost all the circuit diagrams to do it. In programming, we had to make a screensaver, which was fun. There was probably another one, but I can't remember.

    You could spend anywhere between 1 and 15 hours a week studying, completing lab reports and programming. It really depends on the week, as some weeks you have very little work to do, and others, you have too much. Hand written lab reports can take quite some time, while word documents can take only a matter of minutes.

    It would have to be a building related to the course though right? Like, You wouldn't have a module in a place like the health science building or business building, ya?

    2 hours seems like a long time for the lab, would you just be making something in the lab or would it be like a 2 hour lecture with practical work?

    Why would have to hand write reports, you'd think that is kinda against the whole ethos of doing a technology course :p


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭biohaiid


    Hiwazup wrote: »
    It would have to be a building related to the course though right? Like, You wouldn't have a module in a place like the health science building or business building, ya?

    2 hours seems like a long time for the lab, would you just be making something in the lab or would it be like a 2 hour lecture with practical work?

    Why would have to hand write reports, you'd think that is kinda against the whole ethos of doing a technology course :p

    Just tuned into this conversation so not too sure what it's about exactly, but you could definitely have modules in a building not related to your course.
    I often have psychology in the computer science building and the business buildings and sociology tutorials in the health science building.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Hiwazup


    biohaiid wrote: »
    Just tuned into this conversation so not too sure what it's about exactly, but you could definitely have modules in a building not related to your course.
    I often have psychology in the computer science building and the business buildings and sociology tutorials in the health science building.

    That's very odd, interesting but odd. You're lucky to be in the Health Science Building, it's epic :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭biohaiid


    Hiwazup wrote: »
    That's very odd, interesting but odd. You're lucky to be in the Health Science Building, it's epic :D

    No not so lucky.
    I changed to one in Kemmy so I wouldnt have to walk so far. :)
    It's a cool building alright though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭ricimaki


    Hiwazup wrote: »
    It would have to be a building related to the course though right? Like, You wouldn't have a module in a place like the health science building or business building, ya?

    2 hours seems like a long time for the lab, would you just be making something in the lab or would it be like a 2 hour lecture with practical work?

    Why would have to hand write reports, you'd think that is kinda against the whole ethos of doing a technology course :p

    A tutorial for circuit analysis was held in the health science building this semester, and 2 of my 3 maths lectures were in the kemmy business school. You really can have anything anywhere.

    In most of the labs, you leave when you have completed your work, and have been signed in. For the first semester, some really only took 30-45 mins. Time does fly in the labs, as you are constantly working, and it's fairly fun. The work can range from building a circuit on a breadboard, and seeing what happens at certain voltages or resistances, to typing values into MATLAB and plotting graphs, to writing several lines of code.

    As for hand-written reports, I had to do them for physics (Same layout as the leaving cert) and semiconductor devices. They do take a bit of time, and might not be the most technological of things, but they're not too bad.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Hiwazup


    ricimaki wrote: »
    In most of the labs, you leave when you have completed your work, and have been signed in. For the first semester, some really only took 30-45 mins. Time does fly in the labs, as you are constantly working, and it's fairly fun. The work can range from building a circuit on a breadboard, and seeing what happens at certain voltages or resistances, to typing values into MATLAB and plotting graphs, to writing several lines of code.

    As for hand-written reports, I had to do them for physics (Same layout as the leaving cert) and semiconductor devices. They do take a bit of time, and might not be the most technological of things, but they're not too bad.

    That's good, so 2 hours is the maximum time you're given to do the thing in the lab that day then?
    Oh god I hate those write ups, they're grand but just a pain! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭ynwa14


    Can anyone tell me about Digital Media Design? The usual like hours, what the modules are like, what you do in general, class size? I only just found out about the course and it sounds really great, so I'd like some more insight on it :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 Kate_B7


    can anyone tell me anything about the 'history/politics/sociology/social studies' course?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 in love


    Hi all. Just wondering if anyone has any info about the LLM in International Commercial Law in ul? Anyone done this course? Is the timetable manageable?

    Info will be much appreciated.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭Triona00


    Hi,

    Can anyone give me some info on the Nursing course in U.L.
    Maybe from someone who is currently studying there or who has studied there?

    Thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 Bazgina


    3rd Nursing student here, Ask away!


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