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Not doing a science subject?

  • 02-09-2012 6:18pm
    #1
    jazz101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭


    Hi, I have french, history, business and geography as my choice subjects. Ideally I would have liked to add either Biology or Physics to this, but the timetable in my school made this impossible.

    What sort of disadvantage am I putting myself in in not doing one? I want to go into either I.T., or do political science in college. Am I closing myself off from major career opportunities in future? Should I study a science subject by myself outside of school?


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  • #2
    Canard
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    They're the exact subjects I did! :P I don't think many, if any, colleges require them to matriculate...and I don't think political science requires it.
    You're not really closing off anything I don't think. Like I qualified for TCD Science because I did geography and HL maths, and so will you if you're doing both at HL... :pac: I didn't need one to get into UCD. Most people just have one as a bit of a token thing, but not a lot of people do a business subject in comparison, so I don't think it actually matters. You could always do one outside school, but I don't think you need to.


  • #3
    jazz101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭jazz101


    Thanks for your response patchy. So you got into a science in college without doing one? I just want to make sure I'm not shutting myself off from a plethora of job opportunities. Does undenominated science require one?


  • #4
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    jazz101 wrote: »
    Thanks for your response patchy. So you got into a science in college without doing one? I just want to make sure I'm not shutting myself off from a plethora of job opportunities. Does undenominated science require one?
    No problem :) No no, I'm doing languages, but what I mean is that if I'd had a sudden change of heart I could have done TCD science because they accept geography as one and maths as another (higher level though), but UCD might require a lab science. They list requirements, and the traditional sciences like physics and chemistry are listed of course, but they're not the only ones they take - though you'd probably be a bit stuck without them. But if you're not interested in doing science in college, chances are you won't need one, it's not the same as not having a third language or anything. :)


  • #5
    Togepi
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    jazz101 wrote: »
    I want to go into either I.T., or do political science in college.

    In that case I definitely recommend doing a science subject. I'd advise you to look into doing physics or phys/chem, if you think you'd like those subjects. Maybe you could do a science subject in school if you dropped one of the four subjects you've picked, it would depend on your timetable of course.

    Alternatively, you could get a phys/chem book and do minimal (and I mean minimal! :P) study in the subject by yourself in order to get a D3 at ordinary level, which would qualify you for most science courses. It's very easy to get an ordinary level pass in the subject, even in less than a year, so it's worth considering if you don't want to drop a subject. :) Just make sure phys/chem counts as a science subject for the courses you're interested in though, I believe there are a few where it isn't allowed for matriculation.


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