I still don't know what coarse to do.

Remmy

Is anyone in the same boat as me?
I just kept putting it on the long finger and I still dont know what to do.I reckon i did fairly well in the l.c .It's hard to guess these things but I reckon I got around 400.

Anyone doing the earth science coarse in UCD?If I didn't want to teach what could I do with an Arts degree?

Oh and help!!

snappieT

I'd suggest a spelling coarse.

AMixedBag

Remmy wrote: »

Is anyone in the same boat as me?
I just kept putting it on the long finger and I still dont know what to do.I reckon i did fairly well in the l.c .It's hard to guess these things but I reckon I got around 400.

Only you can decide what you want. So Good Luck with that.

OneArt

Both my friend and I have Arts degrees down as our choices and NEITHER of us would ever, in a million years, consider being a teacher. I think I'd shoot myself if I had to become one.

Could try mixing something like economics with a language... I saw an ad a while ago by some corporation that were "ideally" looking for people with a degree in German and Economics.

AMixedBag

snappieT wrote: »

I'd suggest a spelling coarse.

It's "course" not "coarse".

:pac:

bonnieprince

me fail english? unpossible.

AMixedBag

snappieT wrote: »

I'd suggest a spelling coarse.

Ah s**t, I just got the joke.. :pac:

Saffy

I have arts down as #1 but I need to change that but I haven't been able to access the CAO website...it won't load:rolleyes::(

errlloyd

Listen mate, if your looking for something coarse I hear DCU is in a bit of a rough area, might be coarse enough.

xOxSinéadxOx

dunno what to do either, thinking of just doing arts. think I'd like to do economics, maths and politics or something along those lines. when's the closing date goys?

Dante

errlloyd wrote: »

Listen mate, if your looking for something coarse I hear DCU is in a bit of a rough area, might be coarse enough.

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Twilightning

errlloyd wrote: »

Listen mate, if your looking for something coarse I hear DCU is in a bit of a rough area, might be coarse enough.

Here, I got your coat for you.

eVeNtInE

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errlloyd

Hm, did you like go to higher options or anything, if you have a prospectus for any college just smash it open and read up on anything that sounds interesting.

Any course that you don't know what it is (that sounds wrong) look up.

For example, maybe you see Geology, you wonder what that is, you look it up and see its the study of rocks and sand. Sand is coarse, boom your in.

emperor_krunchy

I'm on the same boat as you

but....


people on the internet can't help you
you just have to think about it
do some research etc.

eVeNtInE

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ironictoaster

snappieT wrote: »

I'd suggest a spelling coarse.

Why does everyone care about someones spelling? So the **** what.

I'm sort of in the same boat OP, starting to get worried.

Damien671

Put down whatever you want to do or sounds most appealing forget about points requirements, at the end of the day though you have to decide what you would like to do

pathway33

Remmy wrote: »

If I didn't want to teach what could I do with an Arts degree?

Employers often look at the grade of your degree rather than the subject you actually did. So if you need a 2.1 honours degree to apply for graduate programs then it will be easier to get this in subjects you are genuinely interested in rather than something you are going to struggle through for 3 or 4 years.

It's the same for many postgraduate programs and masters. It's the quality of degree they are looking at in terms of grades rather than the content. Therefore many students do a broad arts degree and then specialise in later years in college.

Some college do 3 subjects in arts in first year. I think UCC might even do 4 but I could be wrong. Then you can focus on 2 subjects as you progress.

Some arts degrees are obviously more useful in terms of job prospects than others. E.g Economics may give you a better chance of getting into banking than philosophy but then again a 2.1 in philosophy may be better than a 2.2 in economics.

Many employers are looking for transferable skills like say logic in philosophy or the ability in a history degree to research and disect information.

A few years ago there were loads of arts graduates doing 1 year postgrad diplomas in IT. Whatever sector of the economy is strong when you graduate the coleges either here on in the UK will provide 9 month postgrads to allow you to enter that.

Check out all courses on www.qualifax.ie

AMixedBag

What about taking a year out to think about what you really want to do?
I know many people that have and have benefited from this.
1) They got to see the world abit more.
2) They figured out what they wanted to do by volunteer work etc.

Might not be your cup of tea though but it does benefit different types of people.