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Electives 2015/2016

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    #122
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    Fiona G wrote: »
    Does it make any sense to be taking the Foundations of Physics module and the Fields, Waves and Light module both in semester 1? Fields,Waves,Light is a Level 2 module which I assume means it contains a lot more advanced content than I'd be studying in the foundation module.

    If you did LC higher physics, then taking both is fine, plenty of people in my year took both in 1st year.


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    #123
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    Dair76 wrote: »
    Can I ask you guys who've done STAT10050, where would this type of math be used? That is, what are its applications?

    Well in the sciences in any field it is useful i.e. experimental data, hypothesis testing, when sampling from distributions, quantum physics, just to name a few.

    It is also useful for any area that conducts studies like clinical trials etc

    The maths in the module is just LC level so a lot of it is just standard math. Its a good introduction to the basics of statistics and how to think statistically, its not too challenging at all if have any interest in statistics.


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    #124
    Maldesu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Maldesu


    FITZA wrote: »
    Thanks for that Maldesu...she checked the red x and Information Society Papyrus conflicts with two seminars that run alternating weeks, Foundations of Sociology and Introduction to Sociology.The other, Digital Judgement, clashes with a lecture on Foundations of Sociology.

    Looks like Digital Judgement is out then, but she can see about moving the seminar times to free up the other module.
    I'm assuming the semester 2 modules are the ones that you said were full, but this will probably change so tell her to keep checking back. If any jump I'd expect Information Design to move since there is a lecture on Friday.


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    #125
    Maldesu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Maldesu


    Dair76 wrote: »
    I'll be calling the programme office on Tuesday, but in the meantime can anyone shed some light on this? On my Credit Statement it says "During the course of their programme, all undergraduate students are required to complete: No more than 10 credits at Level 0"

    However, I have to do three introductory modules (which are naturally level 0). Does this mean that I'll only get credits for two of the modules?

    Really?? Three level 0 modules? Does the module code actually have the 0 at the start of the code or are you just assuming intro modules are level 0? Mainly asking because level 0 are few and far between and for one person to get 3 of them is fairly surprising


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    #126
    cathalio11
    Registered Users Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭cathalio11


    I am doing Commerce International and must wait until after Semester 1 to choose my options for Semester 2, which is between French and Chinese.

    It doesn't allow me to register now but it has one of the option French modules down as FULL.

    Surely this doesn't mean that Bcomm Int students looking to continue French won't be allowed to?


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    #127
    Fiona G
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭Fiona G


    One of my electives (Computer Sci for Engineers 1) isn't showing up on my Blackboard modules list. But it's coming up on my sisweb as registered and the times are in my sisweb timetable. Does anyone know if this is an issue I need to address or do modules appear on Blackboard gradually? It's not starting until semester 2.


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    #128
    The_N4sir
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭The_N4sir


    Fiona G wrote: »
    One of my electives (Computer Sci for Engineers 1) isn't showing up on my Blackboard modules list. But it's coming up on my sisweb as registered and the times are in my sisweb timetable. Does anyone know if this is an issue I need to address or do modules appear on Blackboard gradually? It's not starting until semester 2.

    I'm having the same issue aswell. I also chose that as an elective but I think it will update itself on Blackboard gradually.


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    #129
    nerd95
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭nerd95


    Fiona G wrote: »
    One of my electives (Computer Sci for Engineers 1) isn't showing up on my Blackboard modules list. But it's coming up on my sisweb as registered and the times are in my sisweb timetable. Does anyone know if this is an issue I need to address or do modules appear on Blackboard gradually? It's not starting until semester 2.

    Is this a general elective or an in-programme elective? Like does it say provisional next to the elective on SISWeb?
    The reason I ask is because places in general electives are only allocated on the 4th and 5th of September. Therefore, if the elective you chose is a general elective (i.e an elective outside of your programme area) then you are not 100% registered to it until the allocation takes place because there is a chance that the module could be oversubscribed. However, you can still see it on your timetable once you complete module registration but you have to wait until the allocation to find out whether you actually got the elective or not. This happened to me last year :)


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    #130
    aleatorio
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    nerd95 wrote: »
    Is this a general elective or an in-programme elective? Like does it say provisional next to the elective on SISWeb?
    The reason I ask is because places in general electives are only allocated on the 4th and 5th of September. Therefore, if the elective you chose is a general elective (i.e an elective outside of your programme area) then you are not 100% registered to it until the allocation takes place because there is a chance that the module could be oversubscribed. However, you can still see it on your timetable once you complete module registration but you have to wait until the allocation to find out whether you actually got the elective or not. This happened to me last year :)

    The allocation was yesterday, you should get an email if about your status, so if you didnt get a place, itd say it in the email


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    #131
    Fiona G
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭Fiona G


    nerd95 wrote:
    Is this a general elective or an in-programme elective? Like does it say provisional next to the elective on SISWeb? The reason I ask is because places in general electives are only allocated on the 4th and 5th of September. Therefore, if the elective you chose is a general elective (i.e an elective outside of your programme area) then you are not 100% registered to it until the allocation takes place because there is a chance that the module could be oversubscribed. However, you can still see it on your timetable once you complete module registration but you have to wait until the allocation to find out whether you actually got the elective or not. This happened to me last year

    aleatorio wrote:
    The allocation was yesterday, you should get an email if about your status, so if you didnt get a place, itd say it in the email

    It's an in-programme elective so it doesn't say provisional on sisweb or anything. Just says registered. I'll wait another while and see if it appears on blackboard. Not too worried because it's not till semester 2 anyway :-)


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    #132
    AlfaJack
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭AlfaJack


    Fiona G wrote: »
    It's an in-programme elective so it doesn't say provisional on sisweb or anything. Just says registered. I'll wait another while and see if it appears on blackboard. Not too worried because it's not till semester 2 anyway :-)

    I'm the same except mine is in semester one xP Hopefully it's up by monday :P


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    #133
    Mr Murphy
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Mr Murphy


    Hey, does anybody know if you can graduate college early if you constantly get extremely good grades or even get moved up a year if you're really ahead? Thanks!


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    #134
    OneOfThem Stumbled
    Registered Users Posts: 934 ✭✭✭OneOfThem Stumbled


    Fiona G wrote: »
    One of my electives (Computer Sci for Engineers 1) isn't showing up on my Blackboard modules list. But it's coming up on my sisweb as registered and the times are in my sisweb timetable. Does anyone know if this is an issue I need to address or do modules appear on Blackboard gradually? It's not starting until semester 2.

    Presumably it's on moodle. Moodle > Blackboard.

    https://csimoodle.ucd.ie/moodle/

    Get password in the lecture.


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    #135
    aleatorio
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Mr Murphy wrote: »
    Hey, does anybody know if you can graduate college early if you constantly get extremely good grades or even get moved up a year if you're really ahead? Thanks!

    No


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    #136
    Mr Murphy
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Mr Murphy


    I was looking to do mathematics in UCD its entry requirements is a (Min OB3/HD3 In Leaving Cert or equivalent) but it says....Important advice: We recommend that all students in Mathematics should have a minimum Grade HB3 in Leaving Certificate Higher Level Mathematics or equivalent. I don't do Higher Maths as the class was full can i got into the degree with an A1/A2 in ordinary level? or will they not let me in because i haven't got a B3 in higher level?


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    #137
    nerd95
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭nerd95


    Mr Murphy wrote: »
    I was looking to do mathematics in UCD its entry requirements is a (Min OB3/HD3 In Leaving Cert or equivalent) but it says....Important advice: We recommend that all students in Mathematics should have a minimum Grade HB3 in Leaving Certificate Higher Level Mathematics or equivalent. I don't do Higher Maths as the class was full can i got into the degree with an A1/A2 in ordinary level? or will they not let me in because i haven't got a B3 in higher level?

    Firstly, if it says that the entry requirements are a min OB3/HD3 then you will qualify for the course if you meet these requirements (and get the points of course). The fact that they just "recommend" a HB3 does not mean it is the required entry grade. The course may be quite intensive and so they may just recommend that students should have a minimum HB3 for their own sake. However, that doesn't mean that someone who gets a HD1 or a OB1 will not be accepted into the course because they too meet the entry requirements. They just might find some aspects of the course more challenging.
    Are you planning on doing maths through science or arts in UCD? The reason I ask is because in the science programme they have an intro to maths module in first year for those who do not achieve a minimum of an A in ordinary level or C at higher level. I am currently studying science In UCD and some of my friends had to do this module last year. I'm not sure if they have a similar module in the arts stream for maths but you can always find out.


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    #138
    Mr Murphy
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Mr Murphy


    nerd95 wrote: »
    Firstly, if it says that the entry requirements are a min OB3/HD3 then you will qualify for the course if you meet these requirements (and get the points of course). The fact that they just "recommend" a HB3 does not mean it is the required entry grade. The course may be quite intensive and so they may just recommend that students should have a minimum HB3 for their own sake. However, that doesn't mean that someone who gets a HD1 or a OB1 will not be accepted into the course because they too meet the entry requirements. They just might find some aspects of the course more challenging.
    Are you planning on doing maths through science or arts in UCD? The reason I ask is because in the science programme they have an intro to maths module in first year for those who do not achieve a minimum of an A in ordinary level or C at higher level. I am currently studying science In UCD and some of my friends had to do this module last year. I'm not sure if they have a similar module in the arts stream for maths but you can always find out.

    Brilliant! thanks very much i understand now. I was going to go through it with the Science pathway but go directly into maths instead of the first year common entry, as UCD allow this eg i could go straight into neuroscience if i Put the Code DN200 BBB for the biological pathway? i think anyways correct me if i'm wrong. Would i be better of going through the common for the first year entry and then deciding? Thanks.


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    #139
    nerd95
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭nerd95


    Mr Murphy wrote: »
    Brilliant! thanks very much i understand now. I was going to go through it with the Science pathway but go directly into maths instead of the first year common entry, as UCD allow this eg i could go straight into neuroscience if i Put the Code DN200 BBB for the biological pathway? i think anyways correct me if i'm wrong. Would i be better of going through the common for the first year entry and then deciding? Thanks.

    In first year you don't decide on a subject straight away- In other words, you don't go straight into neuroscience or genetics etc. It is essentially a very general year.
    Basically, for stage 1 you choose a stream e.g BBB, CCS, MPG or no preference and there are some core modules within these streams that you have to take but you can also take modules outside the stream if you want. For instance, I am in BBB yet I took some physics modules, statistics modules etc along with my BBB cores. So, if you wish to study maths you would choose MPG and take the necessary cores (the cores for MPG will obviously be different to those for BBB etc).
    However, for second year (which I am currently in) you choose your subjects (e.g Neuroscience). You have to choose a minimum of 2 subjects but if you are taking subjects entirely within the BBB streams you must select a minimum of 3. You can also take more than 3 if your timetable allows it- one of my friends is covering herself for 5 BBB subjects because a lot of the cores within a stream tend to overlap!
    Then, in third year you specialise in one of the subjects you registered to in second year. For example, I am currently doing maths education, genetics and microbiology and then next year (third year) I would just choose one of these for my degree. So, if I choose genetics then I would purely be studying genetics for third and fourth year and I would no longer have any maths education or microbiology modules. Unfortunately, some subjects are competitive i.e the demand is greater than the number of places within that subject degree. Places are therefore allocated based on your GPA however, something like 98% of students get their first preference. I hope all this makes sense!
    I definitely think it is good that first year is sort of general because it gives you a chance to really figure out what subjects you want to do. I would never have been able to choose my subjects going straight into first year because there are so many options to choose from and on top of that, we didn't do individual topics such as microbiology in huge detail in secondary school so it wouldn't have been a fair reflection on such subjects! I really needed first year to experience different areas :)
    So basically, you can go straight into maths in first year (through MPG stream) but it will be general maths and then you slowly begin to specialise in second year by taking several maths subjects and then for third and fourth year you focus on one subject which will become your degree. Hope this somewhat clarifies everything and if you have any more questions feel free to ask :)


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    #140
    GlenHelder
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭GlenHelder


    Anyone have any recommendations for a semester 2 elective for someone in second year actuary? I'm terrible at making lectures or tutorials so looking for something like an easy Economics module where I can just catch up out of a book or something. Looking at picking Economic Policy Analysis, Economics and Society, Business Economics or even Intro to Psychology looks interesting. Anyone have any info on those please?


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    #141
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    GlenHelder wrote: »
    Anyone have any recommendations for a semester 2 elective for someone in second year actuary? I'm terrible at making lectures or tutorials so looking for something like an easy Economics module where I can just catch up out of a book or something. Looking at picking Economic Policy Analysis, Economics and Society, Business Economics or even Intro to Psychology looks interesting. Anyone have any info on those please?

    I picked FDSC10010 - Food science (online module, no physical lectures or tutorials). It looks interesting and the online lectures are a bonus


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    #142
    DreamByDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭DreamByDay


    GlenHelder wrote: »
    Anyone have any recommendations for a semester 2 elective for someone in second year actuary? I'm terrible at making lectures or tutorials so looking for something like an easy Economics module where I can just catch up out of a book or something. Looking at picking Economic Policy Analysis, Economics and Society, Business Economics or even Intro to Psychology looks interesting. Anyone have any info on those please?

    I did Economics and Society in 2013 it was extremely easy. Didn't really turn up to any lectures (I was a horrible student in first year), crammed before the exam, got an A.

    PS: This is the perspective of an Economics joint major student idk what it would be like for a student with another background.


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    #143
    GlenHelder
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭GlenHelder


    DreamByDay wrote: »
    I did Economics and Society in 2013 it was extremely easy. Didn't really turn up to any lectures (I was a horrible student in first year), crammed before the exam, got an A.

    PS: This is the perspective of an Economics joint major student idk what it would be like for a student with another background.

    Are all the notes on Blackboard or straight from a book?


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    #144
    DreamByDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭DreamByDay


    GlenHelder wrote: »
    Are all the notes on Blackboard or straight from a book?

    I don't really remember, if it's still C. Jepsen teaching it it's very notes-based I think ( = learn off the powerpoints and you'll be fine)


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    ruburd
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭ruburd


    Anyone have views on any of the following electives: Linear Algebra I, Statistical Modelling or Economics Policy Analysis?

    Concerned that statistic/math/economics modules now need within the 80th 90th percentile to get A/A+...


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    #146
    robman60
    Registered Users Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭robman60


    GlenHelder wrote: »
    Anyone have any recommendations for a semester 2 elective for someone in second year actuary? I'm terrible at making lectures or tutorials so looking for something like an easy Economics module where I can just catch up out of a book or something. Looking at picking Economic Policy Analysis, Economics and Society, Business Economics or even Intro to Psychology looks interesting. Anyone have any info on those please?

    Economics and Society is pretty easy and the lectures are very good if Jepsen is still the lecturer. Attendance isn't essential though because his slides are good. Intro to Macroeconomics may be easier for an actuary student though, and I don't think actuary do that in first year.


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    #147
    WildRosie
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    gline wrote: »
    I picked FDSC10010 - Food science (online module, no physical lectures or tutorials). It looks interesting and the online lectures are a bonus
    Do you know if you have to have free space on your timetable for the times they've set for online learning? Or can you contact the programme office and get registered even if you have a clash?

    Has anyone done philosophy and mental disorder?


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    #148
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    WildRosie wrote: »
    Do you know if you have to have free space on your timetable for the times they've set for online learning? Or can you contact the programme office and get registered even if you have a clash?

    Has anyone done philosophy and mental disorder?

    I'm not sure, your programme office would know for sure


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    #149
    domrush
    Registered Users Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭domrush


    Might be a silly question but can graduates do electives? I have a lot of free time this semester and I'd like to do an extra module to strengthen my application for another masters programme.


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    #150
    RandomName2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,570 ✭✭✭RandomName2


    domrush wrote: »
    Might be a silly question but can graduates do electives? I have a lot of free time this semester and I'd like to do an extra module to strengthen my application for another masters programme.

    Yes if your are PhD, no if you are Masters iirc.


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