Arts at UCD?

BigStupidGuy

Hey I'm interested in studying Physics and Music as part of an arts degree in either NUIM or UCD and maynooth seems like the best option. UCD's scence is supposed to be great but, I'm lead to understand that their music course is a joke.

So my question is this.
After I graduate with a joint major in Musical composition and Theoretical Physics will I be in a good position to pursue either as a career?
I mean I'd plan on doing one for post grad study for a few more years but will I be pushed aside so that normal BCs and BC(music) grads can do it before me?
Your just supposed to do what your interested in at college right? I'm really like the idea of doing both but again, should I in case I jeperdise my chance at a career in one?

lizzyvera

You can't do Physics and music in UCD, or any college that I know of! You generally have to stay within one faculty except for certain courses where you might take a language, like business and French.

You can do a diploma in music part time in the academy of music if you really want to do both. You can do a teaching diploma or a performance diploma. I'd prefer it to any college course because almost all the emphasis is on your playing. There is a good, sound, theory element to it too, and the academy offers composing classes. Maybe you can get a degree in one or two years or something after that, I don't know. Also try the other music schools, I only know the academy because I go there.

Doing the diploma would make you a favourite for mature student entry to music. Trinity and Maynooth are your best bets for music, Trinity has a lot of mature students in their 20s in music.

Science in UCD is great fun but don't specialise too early, there's no need to! Also, doing Physical Chemistry or something as well as Physics would increase your opportunities and with modularisation, wouldn't increase your workload much.

Theoretical Physics sounds very prestigious and all but Experimental is more popular among people who entered with a choice between them so don't decide too soon. There's another thread on Science.

Having two degrees wouldn't jeopardise your career in either at all, although in Physics you would be best to do a lot of post grad which might mean your music would suffer. Music and Physics seem to go together, a lot of Physics people I know are very talented musicians!

Jonny Arson

The two options open to you here in UCD are.........

you could choose Science and study Physics and choose up to 2 elective Music modules per year

you could choose Arts and study Music and choose up to 2 elective Physics modules per year

but there is absolutely no possibility of you studying a joint major degree in Physics and Music at UCD. They are two different subjects from two completely different courses. There is no allowance whatsoever to study half a science degree and half an Arts degree here in UCD, you are only allowed to choose 2 elective modules per year from outside your specified course.

Good luck with your decision!

ghostchant

in the pre-horizons days you could do mathematical phyics through arts (called mathematical physics studies i think). can't do theoretical physics that way though, that's denominated entry. (though speaking as a TP student, the maths physics part is the bulk of my degree anyway).
If it's still the case that you can do that maths physics course through arts, i think you'd need to do a diploma after your degree before they'd let you into a post grad.