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Module Workload

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  • 29-08-2008 1:59pm
    #1
    alan4cult
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭


    When you read the module information page it says something like this under the "How will I learn?" section:
    Lectures=36
    Tutorial=6
    Autonomous Student Learning=78
    Total Workload =120
    I just want to know what is Autonomous Student Learning? I presume its your own work input but how can they possibilly know if your doing exactly 78 hours or are these figures merely guidelines?


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    #2
    Économiste Monétaire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Économiste Monétaire


    It's a guideline. Basically, it's there to satisfy ECTS requirements on hours per credit. Usually 5 credit modules require between 100-120 hours. No one will be walking around with a board ticking how many hours you do. Autonomous student learning is the study, and reading, that you do outside of the classroom environment.


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    shanegj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭shanegj


    I believe its study you do outside of lectures in your free time, its just a guideline as you said


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    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    It's a guideline used to weight different courses off one another depending on what's ideally the overall workload. So for example if you've a 'nuts and bolts' type course about basic concepts you'd have more contact time and less autonomous time than maybe a more specialised stage 2/3/4 module.


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