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Biomedical Engineering

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    Squeeonline
    Registered Users Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    iFreeley wrote: »
    Can anyone who has done/is doing the course give me some general information on it? Was looking at the timetable http://www.nuigalway.ie/mechbio/downloads/tt_1bg_sem_1_20132014.pdf
    the hours seem pretty intense, does everyone go to all of them or are you allocated some of them to go to?

    Haven't done the course but that looks about normal for an engineering degree.

    Don't avoid the course just because of the timetable, that's a really weak and lazy excuse. If you're thinking that, maybe it's not the course for you.


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    iFreeley
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    No I didn't mean it like that! I was looking into CS & IT too and I was told you only go to selected lectures on the timetable, was just wondering if Engineering was the same!


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    iFreeley
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    Can anybody else tell me about the course? Would you recommend it?


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    ShonyBoulders
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    I'm a third year Electronic & Computer Engineer, but that doesn't make a difference since first year is a common year anyway.
    I can tell you now that the timetable you see there is typical of an Engineering degree timetable for the first two years of your degree. In third year, we have somewhat less timetabled hours this year but they make up on it with modules being a lot tougher and having projects in the mix as well.
    Keep in mind that the timetable you linked only displays all the possible labs/lectures/tutorials that will happen throughout the semester, in reality you'll find that a certain lab might not start until a few weeks in, or tutorials may not be finalised. You'll probably find you should have at least one free hour extra.
    The course is tough, but you grow to really enjoy what you do. You'll find you'll generally be working much harder than friends doing first year Arts or Science degrees. The science subjects you do in first year are generally on par with Leaving Cert Higher level Chemistry and Biology, however if you haven't done either than I wouldn't be worried. I only did physics myself for the leaving cert, but I got on very well doing both Biology and Chemistry for the first time in first year.

    Hope that helps! If you've any more questions let me know!


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    kt_rox
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    I'm in my second year of Biomedical Engineering. The timetable looks pretty intense, it's recommended that you go to all your lectures but in reality that won't always be necessary. Most of the material is covered on slides online and you only have to attend one tutorial per module per week. You'll only have 12 weeks of classes and then there's study week and exams in first semester. You'll have a common first year where you'll learn about all the different types of engineering and even if you have specialised in biomed coming into first year you can always swap to another branch of engineering at the end of the year. In second semester you'll be making bridges out of spaghetti, designing a toy car and programming a robot which I found quite interesting.


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    Paddy Cow
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    iFreeley wrote: »
    Can anyone who has done/is doing the course give me some general information on it? Was looking at the timetable http://www.nuigalway.ie/mechbio/downloads/tt_1bg_sem_1_20132014.pdf
    the hours seem pretty intense, does everyone go to all of them or are you allocated some of them to go to?
    It's not that intense. If you look closely at the timetable, a lot of the lectures have an * on it. This marks a tutorial. Calculus and mechanics both have three tutorial times but you only have to go to one each. Also for labs the class is divided into Group A and Group B, so you can cut the number of labs in half as well. Not every subject with a lab has a lab every week eg Chemistry only has two labs in total but Graphics has one three hour lab every week.

    If you go to your lectures and do your labs and assignments, it's very doable.


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