Easy Electives?

gerry87

Are there any rediculiously easy electives out there for next term? Preferably mathsy.

I cannot find one that looks good and i dont want to be stuck with the likes of development economics like this term. Worst subject ever, first years, don't do it.

abelard

Mathsy......

last year there was "Introduction to Mechanics" which was very easy if you had done Leaving Cert Physics and/or applied maths, and not particularly difficult if you hadn't.

I don't know if it's being offered this year/semester though >_<

tywy

I'm doing an Introduction to Quantative Economics, looks pretty easy! The first few lectures seem to deal with differentiation, as in how to find the rate of change of something...I took it cuz I wanted something easy :P

Study Methods..

Based on Attendance only, its a level 0.

Teaches you how to use the library resources.

Kinda boring though

Brimmy

Deleted User wrote:

Study Methods..

Based on Attendance only, its a level 0.

Teaches you how to use the library resources.

Kinda boring though

Are you serious? There's no work involved? How many hours a week? It would be nice to figure out how to use the library while avoiding philosophy...

rainbow kirby

Not mathsy, but stage 1 language modules are insanely easy.

gubbie

There's no way someone would get into a stage one language this late. My friend was trying to sort her timetable out and the person beside her couldn't even get into beginners Russian

The_Minister

tywy wrote:

I'm doing an Introduction to Quantative Economics, looks pretty easy!

HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa. Ah.........first years.
That course had a massive fail rate last year, only 20something % passed in semester 1.

Brimmy

Brimmy wrote:

Are you serious? There's no work involved? How many hours a week? It would be nice to figure out how to use the library while avoiding philosophy...

one 2 hour lecture a week.

We had to fill in a worksheet at the end of each class about the lesson. But you could literally just sit there and ask the lecturer for every second answer, and someone else would ask all the others.

In hindsight, not a relevant elective for my course at all. But for those who are doing reasearch-heavy courses, could be quite helpful.

gerry87

The_Minister wrote:

HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa. Ah.........first years.
That course had a massive fail rate last year, only 20something % passed in semester 1.

High fail rate, but if you like maths it's actually a piece of piss. Alot of the maths type business/economics courses tend to have a high fail rate. The average mark in Micro this term was 20% :eek:

Languages and me just don't mix, at all.

Scraggs

rainbow kirby wrote:

Not mathsy, but stage 1 language modules are insanely easy.

They're all full though:( No Polish ab initio for Scraggeh...

Whelo10

But gerry i thought u were french? MIS next year is meant to be gud, id recommend that

Funky

Children's Literature, easy and interesting

the evil lime

I know maths for business was easy last year (went to 3 lectures, got 90%+).

I think there may be maths for business 2 in semester two. I haven't done it, but I doubt it's that hard.

TheVan

My brother did Children's Lit this semester and said it was very easy.

Also his friends did "Accounting for non-business students" and said it was the greatest joke ever....he's taking it next semester!

tywy

The_Minister wrote:

HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa. Ah.........first years.
That course had a massive fail rate last year, only 20something % passed in semester 1.

I'm in 3rd Elec Eng, from the modular descriptor it looks like I'll be learning how to differentiate. You don't need honours maths for this course so it does look like a piece of piss

dajaffa

I'm currently down to do Global Justice, but tbh am looking for one that's easy to pass cause my core stuff is gonna be pretty hard this semester so I just want 5 credits, + well hardly anything fits into my schedule.

These do (I think) so has anyone done them + have an idea how much work they entail etc:

Quantitive Analysis For Business (I'm only interested in this if my LC H maths covers most of the work for me)

Economics + Society

Great Management Ideas Throughout Time

gerry87

dajaffa wrote:

I'm currently down to do Global Justice, but tbh am looking for one that's easy to pass cause my core stuff is gonna be pretty hard this semester so I just want 5 credits, + well hardly anything fits into my schedule.

These do (I think) so has anyone done them + have an idea how much work they entail etc:

Quantitive Analysis For Business (I'm only interested in this if my LC H maths covers most of the work for me)

Economics + Society

Great Management Ideas Throughout Time

What year you in? Ec and society, it's a weird one, you can either find it really easy or really hard. If you're a good waffler it's not too bad.

What year is quantative analysis for business? Is it one of those part II subjects that you need part one?

LovelyHurling

I haven't read the whole way through this ridiculously short thread, but Animal Husbandry and Production is rudiculously [sic] easy

Or is it?


Hmm.

Umaro

Quantitive Analysis For Business (I'm only interested in this if my LC H maths covers most of the work for me)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!! Probably the worst subject in 1st Commerce - don't do it man, DON'T DO IT!!

the evil lime

Umaro wrote:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!! Probably the worst subject in 1st Commerce - don't do it man, DON'T DO IT!!

I aggree.

delta_bravo

Clearly this thread, with it's many contradicting opinions shows that perhaps there is not any "easy" elective and that you must choose what suits you. And even, dare I say it that you must do some work for your electives:)

gerry87

delta_bravo wrote:

Clearly this thread, with it's many contradicting opinions shows that perhaps there is not any "easy" elective and that you must choose what suits you. And even, dare I say it that you must do some work for your electives:)

work? you silly... A hard elective just isn't worth the hassle, could drag down other subjects.

I wish i had people telling me to stay away from the last elective i did.

I'm just trying to find out what the general opinions are, i'm not expecting people to pick for me. Just making a shortlist.

dajaffa

gerry87 wrote:

What year you in? Ec and society, it's a weird one, you can either find it really easy or really hard. If you're a good waffler it's not too bad.

What year is quantative analysis for business? Is it one of those part II subjects that you need part one?

2nd Year, physio thou not comm r anything, am pretty stuck elective-wise. And I think there's no pre-req, thou I was rather sleepy when investigating so I could be wrong....

delta_bravo wrote:

Clearly this thread, with it's many contradicting opinions shows that perhaps there is not any "easy" elective and that you must choose what suits you. And even, dare I say it that you must do some work for your electives:)

Ok no, it all depends on how ones brain is wired I suppose. There are plenty of electives I've come across which I would consider easy, but they just don't fit into my timetable. And personally I'm trying to find one that doesn't contain a huge amount of work. I mean we all (well I do) find some subjects require less work than others from our core and basically don't want to take on one that is a great deal harder than the others on offer. Tbh the 2nd one I did last year didn't require much work because it was food stuff + I'd done home Ec from the leaving. So this year I'm interested in doing one that I'll find not too hard cause I've good LC maths behind me.

nando

LovelyHurling wrote:

I haven't read the whole way through this ridiculously short thread, but Animal Husbandry and Production is rudiculously [sic] easy

Or is it?


Hmm.

What way is it broken into electives though? They can't be doing the entire old AHP course since it was absolutely massive and took at least a year to cover. Besides, it had one of the highest failure rates of any of the subjects across the 5 years of veterinary.

LovelyHurling

nando wrote:

What way is it broken into electives though? They can't be doing the entire old AHP course since it was absolutely massive and took at least a year to cover. Besides, it had one of the highest failure rates of any of the subjects across the 5 years of veterinary.

Agreed, but the coursework itself is actually easy, it is merely voluminous, like a beautiful maiden's ample titties.
I was talking to a second year who is doing it through electives and to be honest, going by his grades tis either piss easy now or he is an intelligent mfer. And I would put money on the former.

High failure rates alright, but only because some people made the mistake of not shagging Hanlon:p.

gerry87

dajaffa wrote:

Quantitive Analysis For Business (I'm only interested in this if my LC H maths covers most of the work for me)

I took a look at the paper for this and I know 2 people advised against it but it looks fairly good, must be a taste thing. I signed up for it anyway. 3 hour lectures though ugh.

Someone just told me about history of maths in 2nd year, no final exam, just a project and continual assessment, has anyone done this subject? Any opinions?

dajaffa

gerry87 wrote:

I took a look at the paper for this and I know 2 people advised against it but it looks fairly good, must be a taste thing. I signed up for it anyway. 3 hour lectures though ugh.

This: http://www.ucd.ie/exams/pastpapers/2005/200543257.pdf

Have to say I'm tempted. Doesn't look like it's that far above LC (H) Maths standard + I absolutely LOVED probability back in the day + it is pretty much along those lines.

EDIT: Only one seat left according to SIS (which I only half believe) + it's in an offering that clashes, boo. I think there's plenty of errors though at the mo + I reckon if I have a goo next week there might be seats.

nando

LovelyHurling wrote:

Agreed, but the coursework itself is actually easy, it is merely voluminous, like a beautiful maiden's ample titties.
I was talking to a second year who is doing it through electives and to be honest, going by his grades tis either piss easy now or he is an intelligent mfer. And I would put money on the former.

High failure rates alright, but only because some people made the mistake of not shagging Hanlon:p.

Why, did you?? Anyway, what were us girls supposed to do - EPK, Prof. Roche, Mark Crowe? :eek:

If you're not from a farming backgound/particularly interested in farming some of the nutrition stuff can be a bit tedious. I was never a fan of feeding the high-yielding dairy cow, or the PDIE/PDIN value of soybean meal/brewers grain etc. I suppose repro or behaviour modules would be interesting enough though.

PrincessFiona

Any Psychology/Sociology electives are relatively easy, some may have no exam and only two assignments all year. That's a doss.. And it's interesting!!

pretty*monster

Question: If you're just looking for an easy elective we can assume that you're not terribly bothere about using UCD Horizons to 'broaden your horizons'. So why don't you just take another module in your major subject? I was under the impression that this could be done.