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Picking my elective...

  • 10-09-2012 10:56PM
    #1
    fkt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭


    ...Is a 'mare!

    Three electives show up no matter what search I do and they're all uninteresting and also conflict with my schedule.

    I'm studying arts and don't even know what electives WERE available. I really don't know what to do... I want to do something in finance. Would it be worth popping over to the business school and seeing if they can sort something? Again, I don't even know if there were finance electives avilable at the start!

    At a loss... :/ Any advice appreciated!


Comments

  • #2
    Maldesu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Maldesu


    Are you selecting the ALL function when you do your search, or is it selected to In Program. That could be your problem


  • #3
    fkt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭fkt


    Maldesu wrote: »
    Are you selecting the ALL function when you do your search, or is it selected to In Program. That could be your problem

    Yea Ive been searching all. Is there another search setting I might have made a mistake with? I cant see anything obvious :/


  • #4
    Pandoras Twist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Pandoras Twist


    Whatever you do, dont do principles of finance


  • #5
    fkt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭fkt


    Pandoras Twist wrote: »
    Whatever you do, dont do principles of finance

    Sounds like my sort of thing :P

    Why?


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,923 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fkt wrote: »
    ...Is a 'mare!

    Three electives show up no matter what search I do and they're all uninteresting and also conflict with my schedule.

    I'm studying arts and don't even know what electives WERE available. I really don't know what to do... I want to do something in finance. Would it be worth popping over to the business school and seeing if they can sort something? Again, I don't even know if there were finance electives avilable at the start!

    At a loss... :/ Any advice appreciated!
    there's always loads ,of spaces in languages and film modules if they take your fancy. I found an easy one last year in the school of nursing called social history of Irish healthcare.

    Better to just search by time if there's schedule conflicts and see if there's anything there. As said above, be sure you're searching all.


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  • #7
    Maldesu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Maldesu


    Maybe try searching by module code if you have it.


  • #8
    fkt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭fkt


    Riiiiiiight well I've got the thing to search properly anyway!

    Now I wanna do some Chinese... But, it tells me there are 20 avilable in both the semester 1 and 2 modules. However, when I try to register for semester 1 modules, all the spaces are 'full'. There is space on the semester 2 modules... But none for the first.

    Any ideas?

    Cheers :)


  • #9
    Pandoras Twist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Pandoras Twist


    fkt wrote: »
    Sounds like my sort of thing :P

    Why?

    Bloody awful subject. Taught really badly. Gives you no understanding of the subject at all. Do a few searches on the subject in this forum and you'll see the reviews.


  • #10
    misslt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭misslt


    Pandoras Twist wrote: »
    fkt wrote: »
    Sounds like my sort of thing :P

    Why?

    Bloody awful subject. Taught really badly. Gives you no understanding of the subject at all. Do a few searches on the subject in this forum and you'll see the reviews.

    +1 to this.

    Possibly the worst module I've ever taken.

    If you want to take a finance module, look at advanced corporate finance.

    It sounds hard, but I think they know they have to re-teach everything that you should have done in principles of corporate finance.


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