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History?

  • 11-06-2009 4:38pm
    #1
    RuehlTheWorld
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭


    Thinking of putting it down with Economics on the CAO.

    Anyone care to tell me what it's like? I'm not doing it for the Leaving, so would it suit me? Not doing it for the leaving was always a big regret of mine.

    Thanks guys!


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  • #2
    t0mm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭t0mm


    It's one of those courses where if you find it interesting, you'll fly through. I do history, and while I found doing it for the leaving helped, it only helped as I was able to structure my essays better, which you learn in English anyway. You don't need any historical knowledge when you start, the course is really well taught. First year is all Medieval and Early Modern Europe, in TSM you take two history modules, so that's four hours of lectures a week, plus tutorials, which are either weekly of fortnightly, depending on course. You will then be expected to write essays, two per subject in the first term and one per subject in the second term, though they may have changed that as they're moving from three terms to two semesters and changing how it all works slightly. The essays are grand, just make a note of when they're due and give yourself at least a week to research and write it, cramming an essay over a weekend is not at all fun:(

    But anyway yeah, History is great, honestly, it's good craic, not too demending and Pam, head of JF history, is the nicest person you will ever meet ever. Ever. Seriously. I had a tutorial at 10am on a tuesday, my earliest start by several hours, I asked if I could move to a later time as "I had training", she did that no bother, happy days. Really I only wanted a lie in.


  • #3
    Karlusss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Karlusss


    Relevant information here also:
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055538132

    There might be a tiny bit more work involved because you haven't got Leaving Cert history behind you... but not till second year and it's more in a background-knowledge kind of way that it won't be hard to make up.


  • #4
    lilmizzme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭lilmizzme


    t0mm wrote: »
    . First year is all Medieval and Early Modern Europe,

    There's also medieval Ireland and Britain.....Medieval Europe students tend to forget they're not the only people in the year! :D


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