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Tell me everything about Applied LanguagesI'm able to give anyone information about Applied Languages and even a bit of info about Languages, Literature and Culture [or whatever it's called nowdays] and Language Education.
Particularly if you did French, German or Gaeilge.
Is it stressful changing between the different languages all the time? It's my biggest worry.
Also how "applied" are the languages or is it a lot of literature?
Any help would be class.0 -
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Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, if it has I couldn't find it.
Anyway, I'm hoping to do one of these courses next year and was wondering if I could get the opinions of people who are doing either course as to which one is better suited for me as in either course I will be majoring in computers. Also just general opinions of the courses would be brilliant! Any responses would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
[Just for clarification the courses are Electronic & Computer Engineering (LM118) and Computer Systems (LM051)]0 -
Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, if it has I couldn't find it.
Anyway, I'm hoping to do one of these courses next year and was wondering if I could get the opinions of people who are doing either course as to which one is better suited for me as in either course I will be majoring in computers. Also just general opinions of the courses would be brilliant! Any responses would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
[Just for clarification the courses are Electronic & Computer Engineering (LM118) and Computer Systems (LM051)]
Hi. I just finished first year Electronic and Computer Engineering. LM118 shares 1 module (programming) with LM051. I'm not too sure about anything else to do with Computer systems.
The other modules I have done so far are engineering maths (slightly more tricky than leaving cert higher level maths, but not by much), Digital systems (digital gate circuits, and binary/hex-decimal numbers), circuit analysis (DC and AC circuits, using resistors, capacitors and inductors), physics in the first semester(similar to leaving cert higher level) and semiconductor devices in the second semester (transistors, n-p and p-n junctions).
LM118 is really a mix of programming and electronics. If you're not sure which you prefer, it probably is the course for you. In third year, you can split into electronic engineering, computer engineering, robotic engineering, electrical energy engineering, or a general option, which allows you to pick modules from the other ones.
There are ~45 people in my year. There are 4 labs a week, 10 lectures, and 3 tutorials a week. Maths is the only module where there is no lab work. Labs make up 20-50% of your final grade in the other modules.
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LM118 shares 1 module (programming) with LM051. I'm not too sure about anything else to do with Computer systems.
So is that module in the Computer Science building or the main building? I must say, one weird pull towards Computer Systems for me is the attractiveness of the Computer Science building inside compared to the main building!
Thanks for the info, how many hours would you spend on the work in a week; the lectures, tutorials and stuff and also studying and projects?0 -
So is that module in the Computer Science building or the main building? I must say, one weird pull towards Computer Systems for me is the attractiveness of the Computer Science building inside compared to the main building!
Thanks for the info, how many hours would you spend on the work in a week; the lectures, tutorials and stuff and also studying and projects?
It varies. Lectures can be in any building. They were in the main building and the foundation building for me. The labs for it were in the top floor of the main building, near all of my other labs. There were some support labs ran in the CSIS building for the first few weeks of programming, but other than that, I have never had anything in there.
Each lecture is 1 hour long, as are tutorials, while all of my labs were 2 hours long. In the case of programming, whatever you didn't get finished at the lab had to be completed at home, and could take up to a few hours. Other labs had varying reports to be done, more often than not being different each week.
There weren't too many projects in first year. We had to build a circuit to measure a persons reaction time, but were given almost all the circuit diagrams to do it. In programming, we had to make a screensaver, which was fun. There was probably another one, but I can't remember.
You could spend anywhere between 1 and 15 hours a week studying, completing lab reports and programming. It really depends on the week, as some weeks you have very little work to do, and others, you have too much. Hand written lab reports can take quite some time, while word documents can take only a matter of minutes.0 -
It varies. Lectures can be in any building. They were in the main building and the foundation building for me. The labs for it were in the top floor of the main building, near all of my other labs. There were some support labs ran in the CSIS building for the first few weeks of programming, but other than that, I have never had anything in there.
Each lecture is 1 hour long, as are tutorials, while all of my labs were 2 hours long. In the case of programming, whatever you didn't get finished at the lab had to be completed at home, and could take up to a few hours. Other labs had varying reports to be done, more often than not being different each week.
There weren't too many projects in first year. We had to build a circuit to measure a persons reaction time, but were given almost all the circuit diagrams to do it. In programming, we had to make a screensaver, which was fun. There was probably another one, but I can't remember.
You could spend anywhere between 1 and 15 hours a week studying, completing lab reports and programming. It really depends on the week, as some weeks you have very little work to do, and others, you have too much. Hand written lab reports can take quite some time, while word documents can take only a matter of minutes.
It would have to be a building related to the course though right? Like, You wouldn't have a module in a place like the health science building or business building, ya?
2 hours seems like a long time for the lab, would you just be making something in the lab or would it be like a 2 hour lecture with practical work?
Why would have to hand write reports, you'd think that is kinda against the whole ethos of doing a technology course 0 -
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It would have to be a building related to the course though right? Like, You wouldn't have a module in a place like the health science building or business building, ya?
2 hours seems like a long time for the lab, would you just be making something in the lab or would it be like a 2 hour lecture with practical work?
Why would have to hand write reports, you'd think that is kinda against the whole ethos of doing a technology course
Just tuned into this conversation so not too sure what it's about exactly, but you could definitely have modules in a building not related to your course.
I often have psychology in the computer science building and the business buildings and sociology tutorials in the health science building.0 -
Just tuned into this conversation so not too sure what it's about exactly, but you could definitely have modules in a building not related to your course.
I often have psychology in the computer science building and the business buildings and sociology tutorials in the health science building.
That's very odd, interesting but odd. You're lucky to be in the Health Science Building, it's epic 0 -
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It would have to be a building related to the course though right? Like, You wouldn't have a module in a place like the health science building or business building, ya?
2 hours seems like a long time for the lab, would you just be making something in the lab or would it be like a 2 hour lecture with practical work?
Why would have to hand write reports, you'd think that is kinda against the whole ethos of doing a technology course
A tutorial for circuit analysis was held in the health science building this semester, and 2 of my 3 maths lectures were in the kemmy business school. You really can have anything anywhere.
In most of the labs, you leave when you have completed your work, and have been signed in. For the first semester, some really only took 30-45 mins. Time does fly in the labs, as you are constantly working, and it's fairly fun. The work can range from building a circuit on a breadboard, and seeing what happens at certain voltages or resistances, to typing values into MATLAB and plotting graphs, to writing several lines of code.
As for hand-written reports, I had to do them for physics (Same layout as the leaving cert) and semiconductor devices. They do take a bit of time, and might not be the most technological of things, but they're not too bad.0 -
In most of the labs, you leave when you have completed your work, and have been signed in. For the first semester, some really only took 30-45 mins. Time does fly in the labs, as you are constantly working, and it's fairly fun. The work can range from building a circuit on a breadboard, and seeing what happens at certain voltages or resistances, to typing values into MATLAB and plotting graphs, to writing several lines of code.
As for hand-written reports, I had to do them for physics (Same layout as the leaving cert) and semiconductor devices. They do take a bit of time, and might not be the most technological of things, but they're not too bad.
That's good, so 2 hours is the maximum time you're given to do the thing in the lab that day then?
Oh god I hate those write ups, they're grand but just a pain! 0 -
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shaunac123 wrote: »:DWondering does anyone know anything about science education course in UL.. never did chemistry so wonder will i manage??
I also do science ed, the biological with physics or chemistry one. I, like you, never did chemistry for the leaving cert and found the chemistry fine. If you do the biological sciences one your last semester of chemistry is semester 1 of 2nd year. Then in 3rd year you chose between physics or chemistry; I'm choosing physics.
The chemistry itself is very manageable. For my course (LM092) we did general chemistry in semester 1 of 1st year, then in sem 2 we did inorganic chemistry, which was okay enough, the lecturer just wasnt the best. 1st sem of 2nd year we did organic chemistry which I actually found pretty easy, especially considering the diabolic lecturer that we had.
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