2009-2010 Term Dates

Thirdfox

Hi there,

I was wondering if any of you guys could direct me to a copy of next year's academic calendar? I know things will be changed around with S&M being brought in and know holidays etc. will be changed around but does anyone know of exact dates?

The term dates apply equally for all faculty/schools right?

Thanks

Jonathan

Thirdfox wrote: »

S&M being brought in

Kinky...


http://www.tcd.ie/local/modularisation/pdf/200910_Academic_Year_Structure.pdf

gamma23

Does anyone no somewhere it appears not on the local?

Mark200

gamma23 wrote: »

Does anyone no somewhere it appears not on the local?

Try this post:

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60050674&postcount=5

gamma23

Thats exactly it mark, good man.

Thirdfox

Jonathan wrote: »

Kinky...


http://www.tcd.ie/local/modularisation/pdf/200910_Academic_Year_Structure.pdf

Thank you very much - it is nearly exactly what I'm looking for... but it only seems to mention 1 holiday (Christmas) - is that the only one we'll have?

Well the Provost is a big proponent of S&M isn't he? Some faculties didn't want it but he whipped them into line double-quick

tolosenc

Only one break, yes.

Week 7 of both terms will be a reading week, and there will be a 2 week break before exams start.

Kurtosis

obl wrote: »

Only one break, yes.

Week 7 of both terms will be a reading week, and there will be a 2 week break before exams start.

Though the reading weeks only apply for courses that already have them at the moment, right?

tolosenc

Nope, for everyone, as far as I know.

Jonathan

penguin88 wrote: »

Though the reading weeks only apply for courses that already have them at the moment, right?

Everyone has them, but courses such as engineering that do not have them already, will have no lectures, but will have lots of coursework to make up for the lack of lectures.

manicmonoliths

penguin88 wrote: »

Though the reading weeks only apply for courses that already have them at the moment, right?

Some courses will have exams in the reading weeks, not cool.

CJTobin

obl wrote: »

Only one break, yes.

Week 7 of both terms will be a reading week, and there will be a 2 week break before exams start.

That two week break will be the beginning of Trinity term. It'll go on for another 10 weeks, giving us a total of 12 weeks.

Semester 1 will be Michaelmas term and semester 2 will be Hilary term, and both will be twelve weeks long.

Sounds much fairer to have each "term" equal in length, IMHO.

gamma23

Yeah everyone will have no lectures/labs that week (provosts orders) however the maths department are certainly going to be putting on extra tutorials (and 'non formal learning sessions' - there words not mine I dunno) so for some courses it will be an almost normal week I'd say!

Larianne

So registration for noobs is 21st September. Quite late, eh? Might get a cheapo holiday in beforehand, yay!

ApeXaviour

Used to be in October, registration that is. So for us it's rather early.

Thirdfox

Mid October (if I remember correctly) in the past... awesome that everyone else was gone and we could get the long cheap vacations

p1akuw47h5r3it

Do u not get chritmas exams in Trinity, only end of year ones??

Larianne

Thirdfox wrote: »

Mid October (if I remember correctly) in the past... awesome that everyone else was gone and we could get the long cheap vacations

Really!? wow.

Not long now though, yay!

Mark200

DanDan6592 wrote: »

Do u not get chritmas exams in Trinity, only end of year ones??

I think I heard with the semesterisation, there won't be any Christmas exams. Only a few courses had Christmas exams though... at least Computer Science didn't this year, but I know that Engineering did.

CJTobin

DanDan6592 wrote: »

Do u not get chritmas exams in Trinity, only end of year ones??

Not necessarily, but it depends on the faculty/course/subject/year you're in.

Jonathan

Mark200 wrote: »

I think I heard with the semesterisation, there won't be any Christmas exams. Only a few courses had Christmas exams though... at least Computer Science didn't this year, but I know that Engineering did.

They are take the piss exams.

In first year you have a test worth 20% of a subject worth 20% of the year.
In second year you have a test worth 10% of the year.

Thirdfox

DanDan6592 wrote: »

Do u not get chritmas exams in Trinity, only end of year ones??

Don't get me started on that one :mad: the law school has decided not to go ahead with Christmas exams... but we take 3 courses for one semester and 3 for the other (we used to take 4 across the whole year). Effectively we have a 12 week gap between a course finishing and exams beginning for 3 courses, don't really see the logic of that.

wowiee

Im starting law this year do you have any idea how first year christmas exams might work? thanks

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI

Thirdfox wrote: »

Don't get me started on that one :mad: the law school has decided not to go ahead with Christmas exams... but we take 3 courses for one semester and 3 for the other (we used to take 4 across the whole year). Effectively we have a 12 week gap between a course finishing and exams beginning for 3 courses, don't really see the logic of that.

Presumably largely the same material is followed in these 6 courses compared to the old four that ran across the year? So the material you were examined on at the end of year is largely the same, and had you done the exam last year, you would have drawn on knowledge that was imparted just as far back in the college year?

In 3rd year Computer Science, we had a similar arrangement, where we had 12 courses split into 2 semesters, 6 each. For us, we had Christmas and Summer exams, which I agreed with, but only on the grounds that 12 exams in one shot is fairly excessive. I don't think 6 exams is.

Anyway, you're not supposed to learn and forget, the things you learn at the start of the year are supposed to stay with you not only until the end of the year, but indeed until you graduate, and even then into your career, depending on the path you follow. I would argue that putting exams at the end of the year makes a better test of competence.

p1akuw47h5r3it

Thirdfox wrote: »

Don't get me started on that one :mad: the law school has decided not to go ahead with Christmas exams... but we take 3 courses for one semester and 3 for the other (we used to take 4 across the whole year). Effectively we have a 12 week gap between a course finishing and exams beginning for 3 courses, don't really see the logic of that.

HAHA lol... Ere can someone tell me wat S&M is... (and no sex jokes plz;))

Jammyc

Sorry if this has been asked before but do Science students have exams at christmas? Going into JF year btw.

FluffyCat

Im in pharmacy and we were told no reading week for us!! Its thing the reading week is more for the arts students and the ones that have to....read!

Liquorice

I get the feeling there won't be much time for exams between term ending and Christmas Eve. Smaller courses may organise Christmas exams, I know we had one in December in psych first year, but I don't see them happening in an official capacity. Sure they'd be on the calendar if they were.

JC06

Jammyc wrote: »

Sorry if this has been asked before but do Science students have exams at christmas? Going into JF year btw.

Nope

Acid_Violet

I thought it was 3 terms (9 weeks, 9 weeks and 6 weeks) but it appears to be just 2 12 week terms on this, wtf?

snappieT

Acid_Violet wrote: »

I thought it was 3 terms (9 weeks, 9 weeks and 6 weeks) but it appears to be just 2 12 week terms on this, wtf?

It's changing to 12 week terms as of this year, hence the discussion.

jingx3

Wtf???

I thought there would be 3. Boycott the term system, that's just not on.

Acid_Violet

snappieT wrote: »

It's changing to 12 week terms as of this year, hence the discussion.

I've since gathered =p. I'm pretty sure though that in the booklet us freshers got it said that there was still three terms. Thought I'd have all December off and actually enjoy Christmas, ah well!

snappieT

jingx3 wrote: »

I thought there would be 3. Boycott the term system, that's just not on.

Been in the pipeline for years, bit late to be protesting it now.

Thirdfox

We do have 3 terms - it's just that the last "term" lasts for 2 weeks...

Mossyman

I'm beginning a Masters there this year. Is it the exact same timetable for both under- and post-grads? And would someone be able to tell me when registration is? Cheers.

Unregistered.

Hey does anybody know if we get a midterm or anything this year? Any days off around Hallowe'en weekend (30th -2nd)? IIRC, there's a bank holiday on the last week of October, on the last monday.

snappieT

Unregistered. wrote: »

Hey does anybody know if we get a midterm or anything this year? Any days off around Hallowe'en weekend (30th -2nd)? IIRC, there's a bank holiday on the last week of October, on the last monday.

The bank holidays are always off, if I remember. There's also a reading week for the week starting November 9th, so no lectures then either.

Unregistered.

snappieT wrote: »

The bank holidays are always off, if I remember. There's also a reading week for the week starting November 9th, so no lectures then either.

Damn, other Colleges are on a midterm, some friends and i were gonna go away for a long weekend during Hallowe'en!

swingking

I always remembered that the last week of term was for Xmas exams in the past. Will that be the case this year or will lectures continue up until the end of Wk 12?

Unregistered.

swingking wrote: »

I always remembered that the last week of term was for Xmas exams in the past. Will that be the case this year or will lectures continue up until the end of Wk 12?

Yeah I actually heard we are in College on Christmas day this year.

Jammyc

Unregistered. wrote: »

Yeah I actually heard we are in College on Christmas day this year.

But doesnt week twelve end on the 18th of December?

ianmull

Jammyc wrote: »

But doesnt week twelve end on the 18th of December?

It does yeah :rolleyes:

And then back on the 18th of Jan - so a month of holidays!

Mark200

ianmull wrote: »

It does yeah :rolleyes:

And then back on the 18th of Jan - so a month of holidays!

Except for Christmas day where we have to go in for lectures. Trinity/protestant tradition