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Alternatives to UCD Access Courses?

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  • 21-01-2016 6:18pm
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    SionnachOghma
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭


    I'm looking at applying to UCD's Access to Science, Engineering and Agriculture course (EX430, http://www.ucd.ie/adulted/prospectivestudents/accesscourses/accesstoscienceandengineering/) this year, and (hopefully) going full-time undergrad afterwards, but I want to be sure I'm not dismissing other options without being aware of them. Google has been little help, showing me only general Third Level Access courses rather than anything specific. Are there other colleges that offer courses similar to UCD Access?


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    #2
    SionnachOghma
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭SionnachOghma


    May as well add this note myself for anyone else who finds themselves asking the same question...

    Though I was looking for part-time courses, as the UCD Access is, it turns out NUI Maynooth has a full-time Foundational Science, which like the UCD course, feeds into Undergraduate degree courses. It's €900, as opposed to UCD's €1,800 (last year's prices), and has a couple more subjects.


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    ronano
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    Trinity offer the TAP programme and DIT also have an access programme. I took the UCD arts access course and found the admin, lecturers and content excellent.

    https://www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access/prospective/access/mature.php

    http://www.dit.ie/ace/access/accessfoundationprogramme/


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


    Trinity offer the TAP programme and DIT also have an access programme. I took the UCD arts access course and found the admin, lecturers and content excellent.

    https://www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access/prospective/access/mature.php

    http://www.dit.ie/ace/access/accessfoundationprogramme/


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    tcoogan
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭tcoogan


    Hi there, UCD offers scholarships to anyone on long-term social welfare payments. The Access to Science, Engineering & Agriculture course fee can be reduced to €600.
    Time is running out for application this year.
    Applications for the 2016 programme will be accepted until 12.00 p.m. on Monday, 22nd August.
    For more information and to apply online - check out the UCD website - Access and Lifelong Learning Centre.
    Application to Access to Arts & Human Sciences is on-going.


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    iochtair
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭iochtair


    I did this course and it was great. You can send an email tomorrow to apply it's not too late and you'll probably just regret it if you don't. There's a few people that posted about doing it in the top sticky.


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    SionnachOghma
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭SionnachOghma


    I actually decided to hold off until next year and get my credit union loan sorted so I can do the full-time course at Maynooth. Maynooth is more accessible, and I like the wider range of subjects. The full-time bit will be the hard part - I'll be needing a part-time job - but that's going to happen anyway if I continue to undergrad level.


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