Courses with the most free time ?

ainrialai · 30-08-2009 12:24am #1

Just wondering is there any course in a Dublin college ,preferbly ucd or trinity,that has a course with short lecture and study hours but are still garaunteed a good job?
A bit much i know

ps.was looking at actuarial science in ucd but heard there is a lot of work in it

WesternNight · 30-08-2009 12:28pm

So, hold on, you want a course that you can put the minimum of effort into and you want a guaranteed job out of it?

That doesn't bode well for your working future.

Royale with Cheese · 30-08-2009 12:31pm

Do Arts, about 14 hours a week in 1st year, gets as low as 8 in final year. Then you can do the PDGE and take a job as a teacher where you can have 5 months holidays a year.

andrew · 30-08-2009 12:38pm

ainrialai wrote: »

Just wondering is there any course in a Dublin college ,preferbly ucd or trinity,that has a course with short lecture and study hours but are still garaunteed a good job?

Nope

Tom Dunne · 30-08-2009 1:03pm

ainrialai wrote: »

Just wondering is there any course in a Dublin college ,preferbly ucd or trinity,that has a course with short lecture and study hours but are still garaunteed a good job?
A bit much i know

ps.was looking at actuarial science in ucd but heard there is a lot of work in it

I really think you have the wrong attitude.

No qualification guarantees you a job these days.

jd83 · 30-08-2009 1:08pm

If a course is really easy to get its usually not worth having.

Dave D · 30-08-2009 3:11pm

I think you got your priorities mixed up, You should be looking for a course that interests you. Are you really going to make a choice that could possibly decide what careers you can/cant do in the future, based on the number of hours of study you have to do?

experiMental · 31-08-2009 2:57pm

maybe the OP wants a college qualification but needs to work part time for 20 hours or more to support the college life?

There are part-time courses available that can guarantee you a job. For instance, Computer Science in trinity (part-time) is run at 6 - 9 p.m for a couple of days a week (please state the exact time, whoever is doing this course).

I'd advise you to look into DIT, UL, DCU, UCC and TCD for part time courses.

ainrialai · 31-08-2009 5:39pm

spare us the moral lecture I know I have the wrong approach but I just am not that fond of work

andrew · 01-09-2009 12:35am

ainrialai wrote: »

spare us the moral lecture I know I have the wrong approach but I just am not that fond of work

The course you are looking for - it does not exist.

Col Man · 01-09-2009 1:10am

Law has very few hours for lectures. You are supposed to study for ages and ages... but if you're talented/smart/whatever-you-need-to-be-to-not-have-to-work-hard-at-law, you can get away with a lot of spare time.

If there's a subject you're ridiculously good at and the lecture hours aren't massive, naturally you won't have to work as hard.... But if that was true, you probably would have already made your decision on a course.

Don't do engineering though....

Rocky7 · 07-09-2009 10:35pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Do Arts, about 14 hours a week in 1st year, gets as low as 8 in final year. Then you can do the PDGE and take a job as a teacher where you can have 5 months holidays a year.

Assume you mean PGDE (Post Graduate Diploma in Education)? (Not PDGE).For starters, doing the PGDE isn't going to get somebody 5 months holidays. Once that is done, which isn't an easy task, you have to try to get a job as a teacher (not take a job). I heard of a maternity leave teaching job this month where there were over 500 applications (but only 1 maternity leave). That kind of blows your theory out of the water. You should only give advice on matters you know something about.

Rocky7 · 07-09-2009 10:38pm

Also, if your advice is to do the most widely recognised PGDE courses in Ireland ie. Primary ones in St. Pats or Mary Immaculate in Limerick, free time is not something you'll have very much of.

thethedev · 07-09-2009 11:03pm

ainrialai wrote: »

Just wondering is there any course in a Dublin college ,preferbly ucd or trinity,that has a course with short lecture and study hours but are still garaunteed a good job?
A bit much i know

ps.was looking at actuarial science in ucd but heard there is a lot of work in it

Christ.......

thethedev · 07-09-2009 11:25pm

ainrialai wrote: »

spare us the moral lecture I know I have the wrong approach but I just am not that fond of work

Sweet holy jesus.

You really are going places:rolleyes: So you want a course thats easy that you can get a job out of. Yet you dont want to work? Why bother at all if your not fond of work
Seriously how old are you?
I think you need a kick up the ass before you end up a complete waster, that is, unless your one already.
How about this, do your leaving and take a year off, dont work and dont study anything.
Then when you've seen poverty and the great opportunites open to you to be free from it you might realise the value of hard work, be it rehearsing in a band or shoveling ****.
This isnt some " you must be part of the system" speech.
I've never met anyone who was lazy and happy. Carry on like this and youll end up with nothing to show for your life, not even an attempt at anything.
Can anyone imagine this guy as a teacher?!?
Feckin' hell.

experiMental · 08-09-2009 9:11pm

if you're not that fond of work, then become a celebrity. Do something stupid. Try to steal a car in the middle of the city when loads of people are around, and fail at it. Wear sunglasses while it's raining. Set yourself on fire some day, for no apparent reason, and say to a passer-by that you have spontaneously combusted. Get a surfboard and try to surf on a muddy field, and then complain why you're not going anywhere. If that fails, enter the realm of 4chan. Even if that fails, then run for the basement and hope that you're not going to be found for the rest of your life.

I've given you the ingredients of a multimillion Euro bestselling autobiography, now go and do something first

ainrialai · 08-09-2009 10:19pm

let me rephrase my question as i seem to be getting "giving out to"
lets say i meant easygoing course

mickstupp · 08-09-2009 10:51pm

If you pick something you're very interested in, it probably won't feel like much work. If you pick something you don't really care about, but you think will net you a job... it'll probably be an awful and boring slog. That's my opinion anyway. There's no specific course, it depends entirely on what you're interested in.

WesternNight · 08-09-2009 11:08pm

ainrialai wrote: »

let me rephrase my question as i seem to be getting "giving out to"
lets say i meant easygoing course

Let us rephrase - we're not going to help you in your endeavors to be lazy.

We know what you meant. And in asking the question you leave yourself open to answers you don't like as well as those you do.

In any case - I think the general consensus is: "such a course does not exist".

experiMental · 09-09-2009 11:33pm

ainrialai wrote: »

let me rephrase my question as i seem to be getting "giving out to"
lets say i meant easygoing course

Allright, so this is what you meant. It kinda hurts me that you've rejected my previous reply, which took me about 5 minutes to write

.

If you want an easy-going course, go for private colleges like Griffith College, American College in Dublin and Independent College.

PhantomLimb · 10-09-2009 9:39am

Hey everyone,
I'm more than likely going to come across as quite simple and pathetic, but i'm stuck in a rut. I'm 23, 24 next April. I was in college for 1 year back when I was 18 but was unsuccessful. I've worked for the last 5 years, and have just come back from abroad. I know myself it's time to give college another go, but i'm lost, have no idea what I want to do, or where I want to go to do it. Has anyone been in this situation or can anyone advise/help me.
Thankyou.

Courses with the most free time ?

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