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Politics

  • 12-09-2009 12:37pm
    #1
    LovexxLife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I'm looking for information on this course. Is it very difficult and like very deep thinking sort of stuff? Are the lecturers good? What are career pospects like? I'm thinking of doing it with media studies. Thanks


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  • #2
    banquo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    I'm not a politics student myself, but I've heard it's straightforward enough. Not that 'lite' though if you were hoping to skimp through it. You need anthropology or music for that.


  • #3
    Kiwi_knock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,463 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    Im thinkin of doing politics as one of my arts subjects as i am foing law and arts. Sounds like it will be an interesting subject, with plenty of scope which will help me with law. All the info i have on it i took from the prospectus and the maynooth website


  • #4
    Cpt Beefheart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭Cpt Beefheart


    As far as I know politics is not an arts subject. You have to have chosen a politics degree and then put 2 arts subjects with it. I'm open to correction.


  • #5
    banquo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    I don't remember being able to pick it back in the day.

    Might be wrong.


  • #6
    Kiwi_knock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,463 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    for law and arts you can pick politics as an arts subject in place of one of the group 4 arts subjects. so i can choose it as part of my course, but you can not choose it if you are doing a normal arts degree


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  • #7
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    Bit of a late bump. I did Politics for first year, it is interesting, but I found it made my interest in politics too academic, so I'm doing my other two subjects for 2nd and 3rd year. (Comp Science & Philosophy)


  • #8
    Michellenman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,195 ✭✭✭✭Michellenman


    Jakkass wrote: »
    Bit of a late bump. I did Politics for first year, it is interesting, but I found it made my interest in politics too academic, so I'm doing my other two subjects for 2nd and 3rd year. (Comp Science & Philosophy)
    What a combo!


  • #9
    sunflowerz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭sunflowerz


    yup, u can do politics as a arts subject this year...its probably cuz the classes were getting to small!!! there are only 12 people in the politics class in third year?! its a good subject but it involves a lot of sociology....


  • #10
    LovexxLife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭LovexxLife


    sunflowerz wrote: »
    its a good subject but it involves a lot of sociology....
    Could someone explain what sociology is as it keeps appearing?


  • #11
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    Politics does not have it's own department, it falls under the Department of Sociology. As a result many of the lecturers are sociology lecturers who are effectively teaching politics. It's a relatively interesting course all the same.


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  • #12
    sunflowerz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭sunflowerz


    sociology is the study of society


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