Biological and Chemical Sciences

chemistry7890

Hi all,

I'll be transferring into the Biological and Chemical Degree for 2nd year from another Level 8 course which has a lot of chemistry and biology.

I want to transfer into the pure chemistry degree; not the forensic or pharmaceutical compound one; and wondering what it's like, the hours, difficulty, class size etc?

Would you also know what module codes they study so I can look up exactly what they study year in year out. And what's the story with the 'Electives' as well which I noticed from the prospectus.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :-)

Aoi

CM2001 - CM2008 (8 modules, 5 credits each) plus for second year, 20 credits of electives, then it's all chemistry from there.
here is the relevant page, since the website is a little hard to navigate sometimes

chemistry7890

Hey Aoi, thanks a lot for that link, really appreciated and helpful. Never found it when searching through the website.

A lot of exams then for 2nd year, around 12 maximum.

Anyone have any experience doing this course?

Aoi

I'd be in the same boat as you there, I know that there are restrictions on numbers in some modules, you would probably be doing 12 exams, have loads of labs, so if it's the chemistry degree you're doing then try pick electives that you find easy, and that have no labs. (if you're mathematical, do maths, it's not supposed to be too hard if you did higher level leaving cert). I'm hopefully doing the pharmaceutical compounds choice next year, there is a huge overlap in modules, so there'll probably be around 100 in most of your classes.

Bloody Nipples

Biomed is the only module that really has restrictions on how many can do it. And the vast, vast majority of students head down the biological route anyway.

Aoi

Bloody Nipples wrote: »

Biomed is the only module that really has restrictions on how many can do it. And the vast, vast majority of students head down the biological route anyway.

Biomed isn't part of biological & chemical. I got mixed up there all right, it's the degree choices that have quotas.

Bloody Nipples

Aoi wrote: »

Biomed isn't part of biological & chemical. I got mixed up there all right, it's the degree choices that have quotas.

Yeah I only found that out after I'm showing my age. I'm just finished 4th year micro and in my day (:P) you did biomed by choosing it as a module in the bio stream in 2nd year and didn't make up a class with your CIT counterparts until 3rd year. So disregard anything I've said...

Aoi

I wish it were the same way now, sort of, I only decided biochem over biomed because of having to go to cit. Would have liked the choice though.

Parsley

Just finished 3rd year of Chemistry with forensics. Pretty Much the same as straight chem, just a couple different electives. 2nd year isn't too bad, just some decent hours of labs, and the reports can be a bit of a dose but apart from that it's not too bad as long as you can grasp the chemistry.

3rd year is a bit more taxing with more continuous assessment and more labs but everything sort of comes together more, it's not all that bad really it just requires some more effort but it is enjoyable as you can sort of see the direction your degree is taking and how it's all shaping up.

Next year now is mainly research and advanced chemistry afaik. Apparently easier than 3rd year. We'll see!