Arts In Maynooth

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

It's the same with the big 5 law firms but they will look around points if the rest of your cv can really impress. It's never just clear cut.

Take this from (a very lucky) someone with less than 400 points who got in a firm who would follow the same rules as above. What I'm telling you is what was told to me.

That's actually very true . My sis is a partner in a large law establishment and recently I got her to proof read my CV, she told me that my CV was the most interesting CV she had read.

I got into a conversation with her and she told me all the interviews she does ,a lot of the people are extremely academic, fantastic grades etc but lacking in hobbies and social skills which is great, but when she gets a CV with someone who obviously has a life, she is interested straight away.

Hi, just wondering if anyone can help me out a bit!
I got offered (And accepted) a place in the Arts course in Nuim for September but originally I had planned to do primary school teaching there but at the moment I'm going to go ahead with the arts course and do teaching through that. I was just curious though, do the arts subjects I choose make any difference to the fact that I want to be a PT teacher? Are there certain combinations of subjects I should study or something?
Any help would be amazing!!
Thanks,
-Donna

Boeing777 wrote: »

I would say it would be in your best interests to choose Irish as a subject. If you want to go down the postgrad route, having Irish as an arts subject will really stand to you in the interview.

Okay, so it's not necessarily written in stone that Irish is needed? I was thinking of doing Irish anyway along with Music and Psychology but do you reckon I there're certain subjects that would increase my chances?

Boeing777 wrote: »

No absolutely not, but as I said it would be very beneficial for you in the long run. You're going to be going down the post-grad route and therefore will have to do an interview before getting a place. There is a section of the interview that assesses your Irish proficiency so having done Irish to university level you should increase your chances quite a bit.
With regard to any other subjects, no I wouldn't imagine any other would greatly improve your chances. Personally, I would opt for subjects that play a big part in the primary curriculum (i.e. English, Irish and Maths). I must say though, don't pick subjects just because you think they will give you better chances, you have to remember you're going to be studying them in depth for 3 years in college so make sure you have an interest in them at the very least.

Okay, well from what you're saying it sounds like Irish would be a good choice to keep with with the fact of having to do an interview. By any chance, is the interview through Irish? I think I'd be happy to study Psychology and Music along with Irish because music plays a massive part of my life already and I was told when I was in careers class that having a massive background of art and music would stand to me if I did become a teacher..

I know it might seem like I'm quizzing you (Which I'm sorry about btw!) but do you happen to know if the music module has performance/lessons etc included or is it just theory?

Boeing777 wrote: »

I'm not entirely sure of the ins and outs of the interview because I haven't looked into it in quite a while. Any google search or even a boards.ie search will give you some answers on whether it is through Irish or not. My guess is that it isn't, there's just an Irish segment but I could be wrong. I'm actually training to be a secondary teacher atm but I have done a lot of research about primary so that's the only reason why I'm replying. If your heart is in music then by all means choose it as one of your subjects.

Unfortunately, I have no idea about the music course in NUIM but here's the link to the course information if that's any good to you. http://www.nuim.ie/courses/?TARGET=SUBJECT&MODE=VIEW&OFFERING_CODE=U_HONS_DEGREES&QUALIFICATION_CODE=ARTS&SUBJECT_CODE=MU100&YEAR=2013

Alright okay, well i definitely appreciate all your help, I think I've finally gotten my head around it! I'll have another look into the postgrad and the music course but thanks!

mickstupp wrote: »

I thought that both Music and Psychology require you to drop two subjects when you go into 2nd year... With those three subject choices you could only do pure Music or pure Psychology in 2nd/3rd year. Irish would have to be dropped no matter what. No? I don't know. I didn't do any of those subjects. But someone knows, and they'll be along to correct me soon I hope. Maybe you could major in one, minor in Irish?

Seriously? I never knew that so thanks for bringing it to my attention. I really just picked the 3 subjects that I had the most interest in, I never realise that some subjects would require me to drop 2 others instead of 1! Like you said, someone does know and hopefully they'll comment or something so I know what I've let myself in for!

jayjayxo wrote: »

I have Just finished the Leaving cert and looking to study Arts @ Maynooth. I picked arts as im really not sure what i would like to do and i like that there is a broad range of subjects to choose from!

Im thinking of studying Social Science,Psychology, and maybe geography, also like Business but i cant study Psychology and Business together!!


A few Questions:
Anyway Can you change subjects in the first few weeks if its not working out?
Whats arts like in Maynooth overall?
I come from a small town and i picked maynooth because i dont like the sound of going to a huge uni like Ucd or Trinity, Whats Maynooth like as a college?

Thanks in advance guys:)

I have just finished an Arts degree in Maynooth, You have a few weeks at the start of the year to change subjects so just attend as many lectures as you can in subjects that your interested in, and you also have the option of changing course as well if they are places left in the course and you have the points to do it.

Dont let Woodward put you off, I was in the exact same position as you three years ago, got offered Maynooth first round and took it after only putting Maynooth on my CAO the night before it closed so I had no idea what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go.

Many people think that Arts is not a great course but I disagree, you will find that during first year you will find some parts of the subjects you choose to study very interesting and others very boring, in second year you can then choose modules in parts of the course that you found interesting in first year etc, by the end of third year you will know areas within the subjects for example that you find extremely interesting and you can then study these areas at postgraduate level.


Dont let woodward and a few other negative people on here put ye off!

By the way, Maynooths a great place and everyone is very friendly your gonna have a ball!!

mickstupp wrote: »

I thought that both Music and Psychology require you to drop two subjects when you go into 2nd year... With those three subject choices you could only do pure Music or pure Psychology in 2nd/3rd year. Irish would have to be dropped no matter what. No? I don't know. I didn't do any of those subjects. But someone knows, and they'll be along to correct me soon I hope. Maybe you could major in one, minor in Irish?

I know a girl did the primary school teaching interview for the HDip, said there was a whole Irish segment that she found quite tough. They failed her twice on that before she got in after doing extra Irish classes on the side. But she didn't do Irish as one of her degree subjects, just in the leaving.

I have few friends doing Music and French so Im sure that you dont have to drop both subjects, I think there is a choice of single or double honours with music but it is impossible to keep psychology with another module afaik

Edit: I was too lazy to read the entire thread before I replied therefore I didnt see the reply of plumpote