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Arts degree question

  • 30-06-2013 4:03pm
    #1
    Elceeney
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    Hey guys.

    I've no idea the career (or field for that matter) that I would like to work in. I think it'll be something related to English, I'm not much good at anything else. Problem is; only NUIM and UCD have courses in just English and there points are out of my league (450/465). So, I've decided I'll need to do Arts. In my first year I'd like to try out certain subjects like Geography but I think in my second year I'll only want to focus on one - English. It is my understanding that you HAVE TO do 2 subjects in your second year? I know you can do something called a "BA Joint Honours" but I don't want to do this course in case I actually like the subjects I do in my first year and want to carry on with them. Is it possible to do arts for the first year then transfer in the second year to the BA Joint Honours or vice-versa?

    Also, bonus question: NUIM or NUIG (I heard Dublin's much more expensive?)


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  • #2
    randylonghorn
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    Elceeney wrote: »
    It is my understanding that you HAVE TO do 2 subjects in your second year? I know you can do something called a "BA Joint Honours" but I don't want to do this course in case I actually like the subjects I do in my first year and want to carry on with them. Is it possible to do arts for the first year then transfer in the second year to the BA Joint Honours or vice-versa?
    A BA (Joint Honours) *is* the normal way of doing Arts in most colleges, and implies that you continue with two subjects (jointly) to degree level after first year.

    A degree focusing totally on English would be Single Honours (i.e. an Honours degree in a Single subject.


  • #3
    cfc.forever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 286 ✭✭cfc.forever


    Do you like History? If so heres a course in your range Bachelor of Arts in English and History, 340 points in UL. You have the opportunity to do a work placement and study abroad. I hope this helps, it is a four year program, and the points are good.

    - cfc.forever


  • #4
    andrew369
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    I know it is possible to switch from a single degree to the arts degree or vice versa in Maynooth depending on your grades, although it may be difficult to transfer from Arts to English as English is a very high demand course and you could only probably get into it if your grades are exceptional/someone left the single degree. That is what I was told at the open day and even if you are not able to get into the full degree they are still very accommodating and can let the odd Arts person into the modules aimed at the Single English students. Think it is pretty similar at UCD as well and as both are NUI colleges NUIG would not be too different probably. :)


  • #5
    keelanj69
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    Some places let you take a major/minor in 2nd year as opposed to joint. So thats 50 credits english 10 credits history for example.


  • #6
    Nicole.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 265 ✭✭Nicole.


    In UCC you do four subjects in first year and then you can opt to do a single honors subject such as English in second year and do this for year two and three :) It's handy to have a couple of subjects in first year so you have a background in a few things especially for something like English, you have things to write about then.

    (I just did first year in UCC Arts, I did English, history, geography and politics).


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  • #7
    Benzaldahyde
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    Just say if you put down arts in UCC like I have, If i specialise in Computer science and Chinese in arts , will that still be as good as the computer science course with the Chinese add on in 2nd year? Is its still as employable as the BSc Degree?


  • #8
    Donnielighto
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    NUIG but moreso Galway itself is very good. Both student friendly. Was in UCD and the relative bureocracy there was stifiling.


  • #9
    mk6705
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭mk6705


    Benzaldahyde wrote: »
    Just say if you put down arts in UCC like I have, If i specialise in Computer science and Chinese in arts , will that still be as good as the computer science course with the Chinese add on in 2nd year? Is its still as employable as the BSc Degree?

    To answer your question, no.
    Going into third year computer science here. Have given help to students in the computer science arts module. So I'm as familiar as I need to be I think. The arts module (I don't believe you can major in it? ) in first year covers some very basic web design. In computer science in first year you have 5 modules dedicated to various computer science topics, in depth. You may get much better Chinese skills from going down the arts route, since it could be more dominant. (This I'm unsure about, don't know much about the Chinese joint honours degree) But really if you're looking to work in the computer science or IT fields then computer science or BIS is the path you'd be willing to take.


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