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Possible to get reading list for 1st year subjects?

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  • 03-11-2011 12:38pm
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    ronano
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    I'm thinking of going back and doing an omnibus arts degree next year, anyone know were i could get the reading list for

    economics
    history
    politics and international relations
    sociology


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    Siuin
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    Cool yer boots, you've nearly a year before you'll even see the inside of the college :P


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    ronano
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    lol, i'm gonna have to read something so may as well read up :P


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    Siuin
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    You're better off getting a good novel, university reading lists tend not to be the most thrilling


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    ronano
    Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭ronano


    lol you want me eternally uneducated and a peasant so i wont rise up against you admit it!


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    Siuin
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    ronano wrote: »
    lol you want me eternally uneducated and a peasant so i wont rise up against you admit it!

    I'm sure those who didn't attend college will be delighted to hear that they're 'uneducated peasants' :P


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    parker kent
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    OK so serious answer time...reading lists can be awkward to get. Not all Schools produce official reading lists for the various degrees. But your best bet will be to contact the relevant School Offices. Tell them you are thinking of doing an Arts degree and would like to sample the material you would potentially be studying.
    The Arts Programme Office would also be a good place to contact.


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    AdamD
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    Wouldn't recommend it. I had read a couple of books on my list before College and it really has hurt my motivation to read them again, which if I was doing a subject where the detail is important (arts potentially (?)), I would have to as I can't remember a lot of it at this point.


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    smk89
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    ronano wrote: »
    lol you want me eternally uneducated and a peasant so i wont rise up against you admit it!

    No offence but if you are going to study sociology you aren't gonna rise anywhere!


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    Mardy Bum
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    Go to the School of English Drama and Film page on the UCD website and they have the reading list for most years. Other schools may be the same.


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    Wonderstruck
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    Well, if you want first year Intro to Political theory the three main books are:

    The Politics by Aristotle
    On Liberty by John Stewart Mill
    The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederick Engles

    And all of them are out of copyright so they are available online - Project Gutenburg has Mill, Marxists.com has the manifesto and Aristotle can be found somewhere!

    Though I think AdamD's right when it comes to reading them... though if you want to be all college studenty without the hassle of being one you should be reading the Communist Manifesto in a nicely pretentious manner while wearing a beret... ;)


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    parker kent
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    Wonderstruck wrote: »
    Though I think AdamD's right when it comes to reading them... though if you want to be all college studenty without the hassle of being one you should be reading the Communist Manifesto in a nicely pretentious manner while wearing a beret... ;)

    I imagine the poster is probably more interested in finding out what would be covered in each area to see where exactly his interests lay. So I doubt he will religiously work through every single text. It's probably just to get a taster for the subject areas.

    Plus if you genuinely found an area you love, re-reading would not be that big of a deal. It's not like they will all be dull text-books. Arts encompasses so many topics and plenty of books will be open to re-reading.


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