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Masters & HDip at the same time? Advice?

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  • 14-04-2011 5:13pm
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    An Cuinneach
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    Hey there,

    I'm applying for a one-year, full-time Masters in September.

    However I've also come across a part-time, almost completely on-line, two-year Higher Diploma course that I would also love to do.

    I was just wondering if anyone thought that doing both at the same time would be too much?

    Thanks-


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    Monotype
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    There's usually a lot of project work in masters but it depends on the subject areas.
    Given that the HD is online, I think that you wouldn't be under as much pressure without having to travel.

    I think you would have to find out how flexible and much notice you'd get for projects as collision would mean a very heavy workload.

    Keep in mind that there's huge variance across the amount of work involved in a masters throughout colleges and courses. In my opinion, ask previous attendees, if possible, paying particular attention to the assignments.


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    An Cuinneach
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭An Cuinneach


    Cheers for the advice! The Masters is in Linguistics in UCD. I've no idea what there exam/projects workload is like, so I may throw another post specifically about that up-


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    dory
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    Is the part time one in translation by any chance? I'm doing that at the moment, if that's what you're thinking of let me know and I can give you more info. I'm doing the Dip in education next year so I may be doing two at once as well, but will hopefully be allowed defer the translation for a year.


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    An Cuinneach
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭An Cuinneach


    dory wrote: »
    Is the part time one in translation by any chance? I'm doing that at the moment, if that's what you're thinking of let me know and I can give you more info. I'm doing the Dip in education next year so I may be doing two at once as well, but will hopefully be allowed defer the translation for a year.


    Hi Dory, yeah I was looking at the Ard-Dioplóma in Aistriúchán. What's the course like to do? The online aspect would suit me perfectly if I were to be accepted into the Masters, but I wasn't sure on how tough the workload was.


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