Electives

Sierra Oscar

Jimmy Magee wrote: »

So you have to make 50?

50/5=10 option modules?

Or can you pick some worth 5 and some worth 10 credits?

You have to make up 50 modules from your History and Psychology modules, yes that is correct and the most fundamental point. 25 credits must be History ones and 25 must be Psychology, an even split.

You can make up the 25 from each in whatever way you want - but you are still going to have to do your core modules. Most people just usually stick to the five credit modules in first year. I cant even remember there being 10 credit ones for me!

If you are in first year you are actually going to have very little choice as to what option modules you can pick because I suspect you are going to have a lot of core modules from both History and Psychology.

Jimmy Magee

Well I don't have a clue about this at all.

Thanks all the same.

Sierra Oscar

Jimmy Magee wrote: »

Well I don't have a clue about this at all.

Thanks all the same.

Have a look over this page, especially this.

Jimmy Magee

Here on Page 3

http://www.ucd.ie/students/regpdf/step%202%20pdfs/4_Reg%20Guide%20Core_Options.pdf

It says:

"Req’d tells you how many credits you need for a Stage - in this example we can see that the student is required to register to 50 Core/Option credits for Stage 1 and then 10 Elective credits."

The image beside it says req'd 100 core and req'd elective 20.


Besides that it's still no clearer.

Sierra Oscar

Jimmy Magee wrote: »

Here on Page 3

http://www.ucd.ie/students/regpdf/step%202%20pdfs/4_Reg%20Guide%20Core_Options.pdf

It says:

"Req’d tells you how many credits you need for a Stage - in this example we can see that the student is required to register to 50 Core/Option credits for Stage 1 and then 10 Elective credits."

The image beside it says req'd 100 core and req'd elective 20.

Yeah that is actually a really stupid image to show as it is something only a second or third year student will see - because stage two is second and third year. Stage one is first year, that is all you need to be concerned with.


Stage two is something you do not even have to think about whatsoever at the moment.

JaneLane

Hey guys I was wondering if someone could help me with my electives?! I'm really panicking here!
I'm studying Art History and Archaeology as my two majors. Grand. Picked two modules each for each semester. Also decided to Celtic Studies. Managed to get two modules for the first semester so that brings me to 30/30 for the first half of the year but there is only one module available (in Celtic Studies) for the second semester so I need to make up another 5 credits!
Can I just pick ANYTHING else to do this in the second semester or do I have to study something it in both semesters. I've looked all over the UCD website and it says absolutely nothing about picking two different electives per semester!
If anyone could shed some light on this I'd really appreciate it! I'd like to get some sleep before registration!
Thanks!

Conor108

JaneLane wrote: »

Hey guys I was wondering if someone could help me with my electives?! I'm really panicking here!
I'm studying Art History and Archaeology as my two majors. Grand. Picked two modules each for each semester. Also decided to Celtic Studies. Managed to get two modules for the first semester so that brings me to 30/30 for the first half of the year but there is only one module available (in Celtic Studies) for the second semester so I need to make up another 5 credits!
Can I just pick ANYTHING else to do this in the second semester or do I have to study something it in both semesters. I've looked all over the UCD website and it says absolutely nothing about picking two different electives per semester!
If anyone could shed some light on this I'd really appreciate it! I'd like to get some sleep before registration!
Thanks!

Your elective can be anything yeah. You don't have to pick something you studied the previous semester

JaneLane

Thank you so much! I was afraid I'd have to shuffle my timetable around again!

Now to go and pick something very very random!

WoollyRedHat

Trying to register and it's not letting me complete because it says cores/options still required?

I've registered all required cores and options for subjects...

lh1964

hi,similiar problem; says core/options still required, ;
also even though spanish non beginners 1a and 1b come up as core in my list even though they arent core for my course; any explanations?
is it ok to take two electives semester 1 and none semester
thanks

Irish Jester

Dunno if it will help any arts students (DN500) but when I was trying to finish my module section it always said incomplete. However I then dropped a stream so I was taking 5 instead of 6 and allocated the points somewhere else and it worked. I think I was trying to spread to few points over to much and overall you only need about 3 to 4 streams.

**Timbuk2**

According to an e-mail I got, one of my electives, which is provisional, has 2 General Elective Places and already 11 people provisionally registered to it, and the majority of students haven't even registered yet. :eek:

I think it's time to find a new elective!

Tara_Rxxx

LifesaverNiall wrote: »

Yes im definitely science, DN200 BBB

Me too! See ya there!

Laserhead

lh1964 wrote: »

Is it ok to take two electives semester 1 and none semester 2?
thanks

I was wondering the same (though in reverse); I've ended up with a 30/20 split for my core/options modules and was hoping to do both my electives in semester 2.

**Timbuk2**

Yes, it's fine to take both your electives in one semester, as long as your total credits add up to 60 for the whole year!

Bear in mind the extra exam that semester though. I did it in first year (both in the first semester) and found it ok, but the electives I picked were easy - two difficult electives in the same semester might be a challenge.

Emzer92

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Trying to register and it's not letting me complete because it says cores/options still required?

I've registered all required cores and options for subjects...

I'm encountering a simillar problem.

I'm registered for 50 credits worth of core/option modules. . . . . and yet I'm being informed that my core/option registration is incomplete! Are we supposed tro wait until we register our elective modules (thereby bringing our credits to 60 for the year) or what?

Jimmy Magee

Available Subjects / Streams

Are they limited because all the places are gone?

Musefan

I wonder could anybody confirm for me that it's okay to take extra option modules rather than electives? Registry confirmed this but I wanted to double-check.

I'm in stage 2 year 3 of Psychology.

Chet T16

You can take your option modules as electives, which is the same thing but not what you said

Musefan

Ah, so it is definitely okay to skip elective registration if you are already registered to extra options?

._.

I have 45 out of the 50 required credits for optional modules, Would it be possible for me to take 3 electives instead of picking another optional one?

teenagedream

I picked all my modules today and when I logged I saw I had been registered for some Learning for university module for 5 credits. I picked my modules for my subjects and together the with other module it equals 55 credits, I can't choose electives untill tomorrow but is it ok to only do one elective since I'm guessing I can't have 65 credits?

Sierra Oscar

._. wrote: »

I have 45 out of the 50 required credits for optional modules, Would it be possible for me to take 3 electives instead of picking another optional one?

You can only take 10 credits worth of electives - 50 credits must come from your in-programme study area.

._.

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

You can only take 10 credits worth of electives - 50 credits must come from your in-programme study area.

hmm ok thanks.

I chose intro to programming 1 for my last 5 credits.

If I like it and want to study intro to programming 2 which starts in semester 2, can I opt-in then?
Because there's no way I'm signing up to a full year of what is a very hard option without having any idea what it's like.

paramore

Emzer92 wrote: »

I'm encountering a simillar problem.

I'm registered for 50 credits worth of core/option modules. . . . . and yet I'm being informed that my core/option registration is incomplete! Are we supposed tro wait until we register our elective modules (thereby bringing our credits to 60 for the year) or what?

this is my problem!
and if i do fill the extra ten with electives, then how can i search electives?

SDTimeout

I've accepted English and Drama studies, it was a new course last year. I assume from those links that they both will be down for me due to my CAO course, however I wasn't under the impression I have to do a third subject.

Jimmy Magee

Do I have to pick 3 or 2 other subjects/streams if I have two chosen already for Arts?

Hildago

Just looking for a bit of advice....I'm a first year doing Commerce International and I'm looking at a couple of electives that I'd be interested in doing, one of them being an extra german module which I'm pretty sure I want to do but the other one is a psychology one...is it advisable to chose an elective that doesn't really have anything to with my core modules or would I be doing myself a favour if I stuck to an in-programme elective for the degree that I'm doing??

teotihuacan

How important are your elective choices?

Do they count for anything towards your final degree or are they merely there to give you option of 'tasting' other areas of UCD as a sort of break from your main subjects?

For example, will the elective i take in Year 1 have any effect upon the elective i choose in Year two, and do your elective choices become more 'serious' in years 3 &4?


There's a few questions in there, but i really am clueless and want to make the right choice tomorrow

Jimmy Magee

What time are you choosing at?