Maths Dept in NUIG?

goorty

Hey guys!

Just finished a BA in NUIM with Maths Studies.
Looking to do the two year MA in Maths in either Maynooth or Galway but Ive found that the Galway one is about €1600 cheaper per year!

Just wondering if anyone has any experiences with the math dept there... are they good/great/helpful/bad/useless etc?? I already know the maynooth dept well enough!

Also what sort of subjects are done in the first year? In maynooth its the general real/complex analysis, topology, algebra etc etc.

Thanks for any help!!

svicks

Just stay away. It's absolutely awful.

red_fox

svicks wrote: »

Just stay away. It's absolutely awful.

I see this is your first day, welcome to boards.

It would be helpful to the OP if you describe why you feel that way (but don't mention any names!) Otherwise your post comes across as something written in drunken bitterness and doesn't offer any useful or helpful information.

svicks

Fine. [unnamed] is a terrible teacher, [unnamed] is a terrible teacher, [unnamed] is a terrible teacher, etc.

You'll start the year being told that you don't learn maths by watching, but by doing. Then you'll spend the rest of the year watching [unnamed] do maths.

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaart!!!

click_here!!!

svicks wrote: »

Fine. [unnamed] is a terrible teacher, [unnamed] is a terrible teacher, [unnamed] is a terrible teacher, etc.

You'll start the year being told that you don't learn maths by watching, but by doing. Then you'll spend the rest of the year watching [unnamed] do maths.

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaart!!!

There are both good lecturers and bad ones. This happens in other universities too.

mr_november

svicks wrote: »

You'll start the year being told that you don't learn maths by watching, but by doing. Then you'll spend the rest of the year watching [unnamed] do maths.

No need to name [unnamed] after that I think! Sounds very familiar!!:rolleyes: Although in my experience in there, we were supposed to do problem sheets outside of class so it was my own fault I only watched and never "did"!:o

click_here!!!

mr_november wrote: »

No need to name [unnamed] after that I think! Sounds very familiar!!:rolleyes: Although in my experience in there, we were supposed to do problem sheets outside of class so it was my own fault I only watched and never "did"!:o

You should give us clues to who [unnamed] is. It'd be sortof like Cluedo – i.e. fun.

red_fox

Maths is something that is best studied 'hands on', the lectures are there to show you what's happening, but you should have been given references for textbooks and also problem sheets throughout the year. If most of the time you put into the course is simply attending lectures then you're not really putting in the effort that's required. It shouldn't be necessary for someone to stand there and ask you to attempt problems under supervision.

Which course did you take? I assume you dropped maths after first year if it was an option :-)

mr_november

click_here!!! wrote: »

You should give us clues to who [unnamed] is. It'd be sortof like Cluedo – i.e. fun.

Ah but that'd be violating the terms and conditions of Boards...haven't you studied the rules of this forum?!?:eek: tut tut

red_fox wrote: »

Maths is something that is best studied 'hands on', the lectures are there to show you what's happening, but you should have been given references for textbooks and also problem sheets throughout the year. If most of the time you put into the course is simply attending lectures then you're not really putting in the effort that's required. It shouldn't be necessary for someone to stand there and ask you to attempt problems under supervision.

Which course did you take? I assume you dropped maths after first year if it was an option :-)

Yep I fully agree...I just neglected that module because I hadn't much interest in it!! Nope I didn't drop it though! I'm after finishing 2nd year Arts, with Mathematics as one of my subjects!

Sorry OP, as I can't really help you regarding the Masters syllabus. I'm guessing you've read http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/arts-maths.html .

red_fox

mr_november wrote: »

Yep I fully agree...I just neglected that module because I hadn't much interest in it!! Nope I didn't drop it though! I'm after finishing 2nd year Arts, with Mathematics as one of my subjects!

Keeping on subjects you've no interest in!! :eek:

But good on you for keeping at, mathematics takes a different approach to many others subjects, and people underestimate how much of last years material feeds into the next. Ideally nobody should approach a subject with the goal of just passing the exam, but it happens that people struggle with the material they already covered and passed an exam in.

Anyway, I'm way off topic, the staff in Galway are very approachable, and for additional information on the course then there should be someone listed that you can contact (or one of the lecturers involved with the teaching of it). I can't give you a perspective on it myself though.

svicks

A good way to gauge the NUIG math department vis-à-vis other universities is to check out the individual lecturers' web presence.

goorty

yep mr november ive read it!

thanks everyone for all your feedback! really helpful!

i think i'll do that svicks