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Just finished it on Thursday
I loved it overall. It is very challenging and leaving everything till the last minute won't do.
The hours are ok, i think you may have Friday off in 1st year with the rest of the classes all over the place.
You can look up timetables for last years 1st years on the website.
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Im just after doing first year, I really liked it. Word of warning though if you really really dont like maths do the business and accounting course instead The maths end of it is tough, but if your willing to put the work in you will be ok. If you want to pm me anymore questions work away
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Im just after doing first year, I really liked it. Word of warning though if you really really dont like maths do the business and accounting course instead The maths end of it is tough, but if your willing to put the work in you will be ok. If you want to pm me anymore questions work away
Agree with you on the maths
i worked really hard at it and did really weel but it's tough enough. You don't have to do it in 2nd or 3rd year tho. 0 -
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Absolute Zero wrote: »Hi Can anybody Please give a detailed description of the european studies course and the geography course. i might be doing them in september so please reply , thank you
European studies is exactly the same as Arts, same classes, everything, except in first year you have one extra lecture per week and in second year you have one extra lecture every two weeks.
Geography in first year you take 4 compulsory modules, two in human geography, two in physical geography. Physical is grand, I'd say 50% is the same kind of topics as leaving cert just in much more detail, the rest are new topics.
Human geography is quite interesting, could possibly be compared to sociology/anthropology. Entire course is stuff you most likely won't have studied before. Second semester is totally continuous assessment (well it was when I did it two years ago) where as the first semester is half CA (two ica's) half exam.
By putting any amount of effort in to first year geography it is easy to do well.
Second year geography there are loads of different modules you can take.
Political, Natural hazards and disasters, cultural, urban, historical and colonial, social, hydrology, economic, it goes on and on. There are 2 compulsory modules (one in each semester - if you are doing european studies then you don't take these classes) which are entirely CA. Revolves primarily around a semester long project which you then present/write up (depending on the class) Really interesting course and well taught.0 -
Michellenman wrote: »European studies is exactly the same as Arts, same classes, everything, except in first year you have one extra lecture per week and in second year you have one extra lecture every two weeks.
Geography in first year you take 4 compulsory modules, two in human geography, two in physical geography. Physical is grand, I'd say 50% is the same kind of topics as leaving cert just in much more detail, the rest are new topics.
Human geography is quite interesting, could possibly be compared to sociology/anthropology. Entire course is stuff you most likely won't have studied before. Second semester is totally continuous assessment (well it was when I did it two years ago) where as the first semester is half CA (two ica's) half exam.
By putting any amount of effort in to first year geography it is easy to do well.
Second year geography there are loads of different modules you can take.
Political, Natural hazards and disasters, cultural, urban, historical and colonial, social, hydrology, economic, it goes on and on. There are 2 compulsory modules (one in each semester - if you are doing european studies then you don't take these classes) which are entirely CA. Revolves primarily around a semester long project which you then present/write up (depending on the class) Really interesting course and well taught.
Thank you for the reply michelleman, just in regards to the european studies, how does the erasmus program work in year three and say if i do spanish where abouts in spain do i go to? and will the things that you study there be the same as was thought in nui maynooth?
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Absolute Zero wrote: »Thank you for the reply michelleman, just in regards to the european studies, how does the erasmus program work in year three and say if i do spanish where abouts in spain do i go to? and will the things that you study there be the same as was thought in nui maynooth?
If you take European studies then Erasmus is Compulsory, if you do it through arts, like me, then you can choose whether you go or not (I am and most of the non-european studies people in my french classes are going).
So, you'll do first and second year here and then go to Spain. Where in Spain you go is entirely up to you. The international office has a list of universities on their website that have a learning agreement with NUIM, this just means that there is an arrangement between those colleges and Maynooth to send and receive students between them. You choose from these universities, providing they teach the subjects you're looking for and off you head for the year.
With regards to Spanish and what classes you have to take I'm not sure. I know in French you have to take a minimum of 30 credits in French over the course of the year (15 in each semester - half of all your credits) and then you are free to use your other 30 credits within whichever field you like, providing you clear it with the department of the other subject you take in Maynooth (though this is generally assumed to be just a courtesy and they won't actually stop you or force you to take their subject - I'd probably recommend it though).
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Michellenman wrote: »If you take European studies then Erasmus is Compulsory, if you do it through arts, like me, then you can choose whether you go or not (I am and most of the non-european studies people in my french classes are going).
So, you'll do first and second year here and then go to Spain. Where in Spain you go is entirely up to you. The international office has a list of universities on their website that have a learning agreement with NUIM, this just means that there is an arrangement between those colleges and Maynooth to send and receive students between them. You choose from these universities, providing they teach the subjects you're looking for and off you head for the year.
With regards to Spanish and what classes you have to take I'm not sure. I know in French you have to take a minimum of 30 credits in French over the course of the year (15 in each semester - half of all your credits) and then you are free to use your other 30 credits within whichever field you like, providing you clear it with the department of the other subject you take in Maynooth (though this is generally assumed to be just a courtesy and they won't actually stop you or force you to take their subject - I'd probably recommend it though).
Anything else just hollar
Hey thanks for the reply once again, i have done ordinary level spanish for the leaving cert so i would be definatly thinking of taking the Ab initio programme for beginners. One thing that im not to sure about though is that by the end of second year would you have a good enough grasp of your language that when you go off to another country that you are able to communicate properly, like do they throw you into a class with spanish students or are you put into a seperate class for erasmus students?
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Absolute Zero wrote: »Hey thanks for the reply once again, i have done ordinary level spanish for the leaving cert so i would be definatly thinking of taking the Ab initio programme for beginners. One thing that im not to sure about though is that by the end of second year would you have a good enough grasp of your language that when you go off to another country that you are able to communicate properly, like do they throw you into a class with spanish students or are you put into a seperate class for erasmus students?
Well I know from friends that have taken spanish that by the time you're finished first year they assume those who took beginners spanish are at the same or similar level as those took the other class.
The idea of the erasmus programme is to put you in to an environment where everyone is speaking the language you're studying, total immersion in to it, and as a result you're forced to pick up bits and pieces and it snowballs from there. It's not assumed that when you're going over that you perfect spanish or are semi-fluent, it's assumed that you have enough to get by for the first few weeks and that while there you'll learn more.
In french universities they have a programme called CIREFE which is basically for erasmus students, designed to make up your 30 credits, and to improve you language proficiency. There might be something similar with Spanish universities too. These classes are with other erasmus erasmus students, it's likely though that french will be the only communal language so you'll be forced to speak it.
Also, the university I'm going to have a buddy system, where they team you up with a french student there, and they help you for the first week with things like finding your way around campus, setting up a bank account etc. So you won't be just thrown in at the deep end 0 -
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Thank you for the reply guys,
So ive put Arts down as first on my CAO followed by the european studies, how does choosing the subjects to do work in maynooth? do i have to pick them before semester starts or is there any chance you can attend lectures from every subject to see what they entail?
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Hey Absolute Zero you should check out the Maynooth International Society
http://www.maynoothinternationals.com/about
and perhaps you'll find some Spanish people that are coming to NUIM next year.
It would be really cool if you could do tandem lessons with them, (30mins English, 30mins Spanish).
That's what most people did on my Erasmus year this year in Czech.
You'll get free Spanish lessons and get the chance to get some language teaching experience
which is very useful if you want to continue with an international career.
Also pop into the international office on campus and see if they can pair you with a Spanish student.
I'm getting paired with a Czech student this year as I want to improve my Czech and just continue with the international student mentality.
This way you can make contacts, and who knows you might want to study in their university and they can suggest a buddy there.
So the fun continues. =D
Hi all!!
This is my first post in this forum that I've found searching about NUIM.
I think this is a great oportunity to introduce myself, because I'm a future NUIM student of Spain on a Erasmus scholarship!
So Absolute Zero or someone wants to do a Tandem with eng/spa just tell me it!
By the way, I'd to ask you about the Electronic Engineering at NUIM. I've applied to do the Final Year Project subject, but I don't have any idea how does it works in this university, someone can help me about this???
Sorry for my english, my level is very basic, If you don't understand something, ask me about it, please!
Thanks all !
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