History at UCD+Are 4 AS levels needed to study at UCD

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Ok, this might be a bit long-winded.

I'm from Tyrone and I haven't applied through CAO, instead i've applied for Law in Queens University Belfast. However I'm pretty unsure about this, as wouldn't exactly be riveted by the whole Law thing, and i'm not really motivated to go to Queens Uni Belfast. I got rejected from Edinburgh pretty much because i did 3 AS levels. I dont know if i want to go to Queens, due to tuition fee loans, it's not the best university about, because job prospects in the north aren't great, because so many people in my year are going to Queens, and so on

Perhaps I could cancel the offer, and next year apply to UCD to study History, which i'm far more interested in. Trinity wants 4 AS levels, so that's out. UCD want 440 points, which is the equivalent to 3 As at A2 level, which i hope i'd get.

http://www.ucd.ie/horizons/alevel.htm

Is there any stipulation that 4 AS levels are needed? Could someone check the following link and see if it states this is required (i dont have that Adobe Acrobat thing).

http://www.ucd.ie/newstudents/prospectus_07.htm

Also, is taking a year out, and applying to UCD to do History worth it. There doesn't seem to be any league tables for the republic, so i'm a bit unsure about the whole thing. History would be more interesting for me, but Law in Queens is more of a vocational subject and might be better in the long-term. Ahhhh. Thanks for any help.

delta_bravo

Are you sure its 440 points? Im doing a BA with a joint major history and a BA is only 360. I am pretty certain you can do single honours history through CAO or also after 2nd year of the BA and you get access to the Single Honour History BA based on your grade (eg. the better you do, the more likely it is to get into the Single Honour History)

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It seems to be 440 points:

http://www.ucd.ie/horizons/alevel.htm

Chakar

news for you wrote:

It seems to be 440 points:

http://www.ucd.ie/horizons/alevel.htm

Yeah that's for a direct entry into single honours history. However if you enter Undenominated Arts (DN012) and do three subjects for first year including history, you can then apply for single honours history before the end of first year.

EDIT: I'm after checking out the Adobe Acrobat file for Single Honours History DN052. It doesn't mention AS levels at all. You'll have to write to CAO.

GusherING

The history department is very good academic wise and are very friendly people too. Great place to study in my experience. Can't you do a single honours arts degree these days through horizons? Just choose electives all from history?

burnedfaceman

GusherING wrote:

The history department is very good academic wise and are very friendly people too.

......except for that ignorant old cow of a secretary

Blut

In my experience the history department is inept administration wise (messing up tutorials, modules, exams and essay dates anyway) but 80% of the lecturers are quite good and most of the modules on offer are pretty interesting too.