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List of course that i could do with 1 science sub

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  • 07-02-2014 5:33pm
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    Helenm98
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I'm gonna do LC biology and I'm not planning to do the other 2 so I wanna know what science related course that doesn't need Chemistry or 2 studied
    science sub for entry requirement And also the career opportunities out of it. Thank u :)


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    djpbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    Helenm98 wrote: »
    Hi,
    I'm gonna do LC biology and I'm not planning to do the other 2 so I wanna know what science related course that doesn't need Chemistry or 2 studied
    science sub for entry requirement And also the career opportunities out of it. Thank u :)
    Broadly speaking, if you want to work in science, then you're going to find your options very limited if you're not prepared to study physics and/or chemistry.


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    Filibuster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭Filibuster


    I did Engineering (Civil) in Trinity. The subject with the highest failure rate was chemistry in 1st year - we had to do physics and chemistry. If you don't wont to learn chemistry then you can forget about a job in the science field.


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    Little Acorn
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    If you are just talking about entry requirements to a college science course then I think most if not all colleges will accept just one science subject in the leaving cert.
    Example: Minimum entry requirements for science in NUI Galway:
    Minimum HC3 in two subjects and Passes in four other subjects at H or O Level in the Leaving Certificate including: Irish, English, Mathematics, a laboratory science subject (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural Science and any two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

    I just did biology for leaving cert and it didn't effect my choice of courses.
    However you are almost guaranteed to have to study chemistry and maybe physics in some form in a college course.
    They told us at the start that they start of teaching at a level where they assume that you have NOT done it for leaving cert.
    Obviously the people who did a subject for leaving cert have the edge at the start but by the end of first year everyone should be closer to an even keel.


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    apkmbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 166 ✭✭apkmbarry


    It's better doing First Year Chem without having done Chem for LC. Alot of people I had experience with having done the LC in my course has been terrible, it's hindered them so much as they think one way, but then realise it was all lies and wishy washy material they were actually taught.

    You'd be fine to pick Chem up. Physics is another matter, I did it for a week, and that was enough! :)


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    djpbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    apkmbarry wrote: »
    Alot of people I had experience with having done the LC in my course has been terrible, it's hindered them so much as they think one way, but then realise it was all lies and wishy washy material they were actually taught.
    Leaving Cert chemistry is all lies? What are you talking about?

    I did chemistry for my LC and it helped me breeze through the chemistry module I did in first year during my undergrad.

    Maybe you just had a crap teacher?


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    apkmbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 166 ✭✭apkmbarry


    We walked in in first year, and were told to forget everything we ever learned, and that what we were taught for LC was lies.. Thankfully I hadn't done Chemistry.


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    djpbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    apkmbarry wrote: »
    We walked in in first year, and were told to forget everything we ever learned, and that what we were taught for LC was lies..
    So Charles' Law and Boyle's Law, for example, are lies?


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    apkmbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 166 ✭✭apkmbarry


    Ask my Chemistry lecturers. I'm just relaying what they said.

    Everything at LC Level is waffle, apparantly.


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    J.O. Farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,431 ✭✭✭J.O. Farmer


    djpbarry wrote: »
    Broadly speaking, if you want to work in science, then you're going to find your options very limited if you're not prepared to study physics and/or chemistry.

    Broadly speaking you will probably have to study physics or chemistry in 1st year of any science course. However that will be taught on the assumption that not everyone will have studied them for LC.
    As you progress through your studies you will become more specialised within science and more specifically within the discipline. Biology is a huge area but employment opportunities are mostly in biochemistry or microbiology.
    There is more opportunities perhaps with chemistry but to be successful you need to follow a path that interests you not just where you think you might get a job. Obviously the latter has also to be considered but there's no point in studying chemistry through to 4th year and being bad at it if you are naturally better with a biological discipline.
    If you're unsure of what area of science interests you the most any of the undenominated degrees are good as you specialise as you go on.


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