Freshers: Post your questions about UCC here!

rebel girl 15

GSOIRL wrote: »

Cheers

So gotta wait till the 9th for computer registration. Already sorted the Mardyke, I'll be down later

What course are you going doing??

GSOIRL

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

What course are you going doing??

Sports Studies

rebel girl 15

GSOIRL wrote: »

Sports Studies

I'm heading into third year of it! Excellent course, any questions don't hesitate to ask!

GSOIRL

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

I'm heading into third year of it! Excellent course, any questions don't hesitate to ask!

Cheers. You may regret making that offer. I'll wreck your head

The girl working in the Mardyke has just finished it.

Where are you gonna do your placements?

rebel girl 15

GSOIRL wrote: »

Cheers. You may regret making that offer. I'll wreck your head

The girl working in the Mardyke has just finished it.

Where are you gonna do your placements?

You won't wreck my head at all! First year has changed a bit since I did it There is another guy working in the Mardyke that has finished it as well. Just don't be afraid to ask questions, thats the main thing!

I don't know where I'll be doing them, we're placed in the schools, rather than us choosing them, three weeks of teaching practise this year! You'll have to come to a few of the boards coffee mornings as well!!!

The Paws

Those of you who are going into 1st/2nd/3rd etc and is hunting for college books see link

There are a lot of great value for money on books lately - try get them first cos many of them will be gone by 2nd week of college!!

Good luck!

ANarcho-Munk

I was just about to ask here about book lists actually... I'm starting first year and so far I've only been able to find a booklsit for Sociology. I'll be doing History, Sociology, Studies in Psychology and either Politics or Economics...

Does anyone know what the main first year books are, in particular for history and studies in psychology? Or know of anywhere I could send an email to get the list?

Am really looking forward to starting in UCC too by the way, this thread has been a great help so far.

pirateninja

ANarcho-Munk wrote: »

I was just about to ask here about book lists actually... I'm starting first year and so far I've only been able to find a booklsit for Sociology. I'll be doing History, Sociology, Studies in Psychology and either Politics or Economics...

Does anyone know what the main first year books are, in particular for history and studies in psychology? Or know of anywhere I could send an email to get the list?

Am really looking forward to starting in UCC too by the way, this thread has been a great help so far.

From what i remember you get the required reading for psychology in you introductory lecture. When I did it we only had to get one book, can't for the life of me remember the name of it though! I'm not too sure about history but I'd say it's the same. As for politics you'll need three books. One about Irish politics, one about political philosophy and one about international politics. They'll give you the titles in your lecture because some of them change year to year. Economics didn't have any required reading when I did it although we were advised to buy freakonomics...I'm not sure if that still the case.

TanG411

Last year for Psychology we needed to get two books:

- Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour. By Passer and Smith.

- Classic Sources Psychology. By Pettijohn.

I hate advertising ads, but I'm selling them on adverts.ie because I'm not keeping on Psychology in 2nd year. Just in case they're the same books that will be used.

Also the Sociology book wasn't compulsory and students I talked to said it was a waste of money. I didn't buy it myself. But don't take my word for it, the course may have changed which requires you to get a book.

ANarcho-Munk

pirateninja wrote: »

From what i remember you get the required reading for psychology in you introductory lecture. When I did it we only had to get one book, can't for the life of me remember the name of it though! I'm not too sure about history but I'd say it's the same. As for politics you'll need three books. One about Irish politics, one about political philosophy and one about international politics. They'll give you the titles in your lecture because some of them change year to year. Economics didn't have any required reading when I did it although we were advised to buy freakonomics...I'm not sure if that still the case.

That's excellent, thank you. I think I may wait until the introductory lessons in that case then just so I don't buy a book I may not end up getting much use out of or one that isn't being referenced by the lecturer.

Do you mind if I ask you another question too pirateninja (or anyone else for that matter:)). I'm in a pickle between choosing either politics or economics at the moment. I think my greater interest lies in politics and international relations but a good grounding in economics seems very desirable to me as well.

So out of the two, which course did you find more interesting? Does one course have significantly better/more interesting lecturers than the other or anything like that?

ReacherCreature

ANarcho-Munk wrote: »

I was just about to ask here about book lists actually... I'm starting first year and so far I've only been able to find a booklsit for Sociology. I'll be doing History, Sociology, Studies in Psychology and either Politics or Economics...

Does anyone know what the main first year books are, in particular for history and studies in psychology? Or know of anywhere I could send an email to get the list?

Am really looking forward to starting in UCC too by the way, this thread has been a great help so far.

When I did History (in '07) there was no required text book, may still be the same. The lecturers give you books that are reccommended reading during lectures and on assignment sheets.

Also, your question about Politics. It's worth trying in 1st year, it does indeed have an International Relations section. Sadly, Dr. Whelan passed away, he lectured it and was fantastic so I don't know how good it'll be good under new guidance. What ever the result, in Politics second year you'll get much more diversity and direct modules to IR if I recall correctly. Hope that makes sense!

ricadoo

MaggieNF wrote: »

I was wondering for science courses, (I'm doing Chemical Sciences) where you have to put in lab time. do you have to buy supplies for the labs like lab coats and goggles?

Me too!! So what option did you pick for your modules?

vicki s

i havnt heard anything from ucc nd cant register for part 1!! my orientation is on the 8th!! anyone know whats going on or what should i do??

NicoleL88

First off, don't panic. Second, ring exams and records office Monday morning.
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vicki s

NicoleL88 wrote: »

First off, don't panic. Second, ring exams and records office Monday morning.
(0)21 4902422

thank you so much!!:D

MaggieNF

ricadoo wrote: »

Me too!! So what option did you pick for your modules?

really? i hadn't seen any other posts of people saying they were doin the course, I was gettin worried :P

I haven't registered yet, but I'm thinking option 1, you?

pirateninja

ANarcho-Munk wrote: »

That's excellent, thank you. I think I may wait until the introductory lessons in that case then just so I don't buy a book I may not end up getting much use out of or one that isn't being referenced by the lecturer.

Do you mind if I ask you another question too pirateninja (or anyone else for that matter:)). I'm in a pickle between choosing either politics or economics at the moment. I think my greater interest lies in politics and international relations but a good grounding in economics seems very desirable to me as well.

So out of the two, which course did you find more interesting? Does one course have significantly better/more interesting lecturers than the other or anything like that?

Out of the two I probably found economics more interesting! ( I do love economics though) Personally I found economics much more practical, as in I actually use what I've learned. At the same time though politics can be very interesting, political philosophy is rubbish if you ask me but everyone who does politics seems to enjoy it and it's quite easy to do well in it.

Professional Griefer

I heard from a friend that we need our passport and birth cert to complete registration.
Is this true?

Edit: Nevermind, found out we do.

Making It Bad

Choosing modules at the moment and is there anyone who's done EC1202/EC1203 who can tell me what they're like?

ReacherCreature

Ix Deadmau5 wrote: »

I heard from a friend that we need our passport and birth cert to complete registration.
Is this true?

Edit: Nevermind, found out we do.

I don't think it's absolutely essential, I forgot to bring mine with me, was grand.

TanG411

Ix Deadmau5 wrote: »

I heard from a friend that we need our passport and birth cert to complete registration.
Is this true?

Edit: Nevermind, found out we do.

You only need them if you're changing your registered name.

I needed to bring mine because my name was registered in Irish, and I wanted to change it to English.

ricadoo

MaggieNF wrote: »

really? i hadn't seen any other posts of people saying they were doin the course, I was gettin worried :P

I haven't registered yet, but I'm thinking option 1, you?

Yup im doing Chemical Sciences too! will be just the 2 of us id say :P
I was thinking option 3, but I haven't done Physics or Applied Maths before so I'm not sure i should choose it! So it's either option 1 or option 3!

MaggieNF

ricadoo wrote: »

Yup im doing Chemical Sciences too! will be just the 2 of us id say :P
I was thinking option 3, but I haven't done Physics or Applied Maths before so I'm not sure i should choose it! So it's either option 1 or option 3!

well 3 is a crowd and all that :L
ahh yeah, I haven't either so I'm gonna go with option 1, cos its more general.

i thought we didn't choose until like orientation....hmmmm

ricadoo

MaggieNF wrote: »

well 3 is a crowd and all that :L
ahh yeah, I haven't either so I'm gonna go with option 1, cos its more general.

i thought we didn't choose until like orientation....hmmmm

Well we have to choose now I think and then we are officially put down for the course on the 15th!
Option 1 is more general, but I kinda want to do Chemical Physics next year and to do that I must choose Option 3, but it just seems very difficult!

barahsug

What's on during our Fresher's Week? The Galway one looks class!

MaggieNF

ricadoo wrote: »

Well we have to choose now I think and then we are officially put down for the course on the 15th!
Option 1 is more general, but I kinda want to do Chemical Physics next year and to do that I must choose Option 3, but it just seems very difficult!

ahhh right....
i didn't know you had to choose that to do chemical physics

i wanna do chemistry with forensics, so I'm thinking option 1

ricadoo

MaggieNF wrote: »

ahhh right....
i didn't know you had to choose that to do chemical physics

i wanna do chemistry with forensics, so I'm thinking option 1

Ya im interested in either doing Chemical Physics or just pure Chemistry but Im not sure!

I just cant wait to start the course tho and see how it goes!

Dave1711

barahsug wrote: »

What's on during our Fresher's Week? The Galway one looks class!

http://www.ucc.ie/en/anml/events/freshers/

There's a brief overview!Full thing not announced yet i think

MaggieNF

ricadoo wrote: »

Ya im interested in either doing Chemical Physics or just pure Chemistry but Im not sure!

I just cant wait to start the course tho and see how it goes!

haha yeah, it's tough deciding :S

I know how ya feel. I am so excited to start :L

I'll be seeing you up there...

ricadoo

Ya see you up there on the 15th!!!!