[p.anamarija]

Hi This might be the stupidest question ever, but I am struggling to understand the module selection even though Ive read through this, so just to make sure, I decided to ask.

Im doing Psychology, which, I think, has modules: PS1001, PS1002, PS2001 and PS2002.
If I got the instructions clearly, I should select PS1001 for 1st semester, PS1002 for 2nd and that still leaves me with 80 credits for other subjects? And PS2001 & 2002 are for 2nd year?

Also, has anyone done social anthropology? Im thinking of taking that or English or IR. Any advice/past experience will be appreciated

[Ecosse_14]

(Original post by p.anamarija)
Hi This might be the stupidest question ever, but I am struggling to understand the module selection even though Ive read through this, so just to make sure, I decided to ask.

Im doing Psychology, which, I think, has modules: PS1001, PS1002, PS2001 and PS2002.
If I got the instructions clearly, I should select PS1001 for 1st semester, PS1002 for 2nd and that still leaves me with 80 credits for other subjects? And PS2001 & 2002 are for 2nd year?

Also, has anyone done social anthropology? Im thinking of taking that or English or IR. Any advice/past experience will be appreciated

You've got it spot on You will take 2 other subjects to fill up those 80 credits.
Not done SA, sorry. I know someone who took 1 of the 1st year modules of that helps

(Original post by Oh-WOW)
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[p.anamarija]

(Original post by Ecosse_14)
You've got it spot on You will take 2 other subjects to fill up those 80 credits.
Not done SA, sorry. I know someone who took 1 of the 1st year modules of that helps

Thanks Im glad I can choose two other subjects and not just one!

[Oh-WOW]

(Original post by p.anamarija)
Hi This might be the stupidest question ever, but I am struggling to understand the module selection even though Ive read through this, so just to make sure, I decided to ask.

Im doing Psychology, which, I think, has modules: PS1001, PS1002, PS2001 and PS2002.
If I got the instructions clearly, I should select PS1001 for 1st semester, PS1002 for 2nd and that still leaves me with 80 credits for other subjects? And PS2001 & 2002 are for 2nd year?

Also, has anyone done social anthropology? Im thinking of taking that or English or IR. Any advice/past experience will be appreciated

Hum. Well I took the second semester 1st year social anthropology module (just to fill a gap in my second year)
I have to say, I didn't particularly enjoy it. But I did come out with quite a good mark with not an awful lot of effort. I found it quite difficult to get my head around and I just wasn't overly interested in it. However, the reason I took it up was because I saw what my friends were doing in the first semester and it seemed great.
The tutors are great and there isn't an awful alot of reading (and the reading is interesting). I just found the lectures harder to follow. The lectures are split into 4 sections- Kinship, Hunters and Gatherers, withcraft and environmental anthropology. There are only 3 lecturers (with one covering both Hunters and gatherers and withcraft) which meant that although kinship is actually quite interesting and not that difficult because the one lecturer for that section wasn't great, I struggled with it and ended up having to do alot of extra reading before my exam to really understand it. I think the lecturers may change for next year though.
The essay structure is also changing- last year we had 3 essays per semester, which everyone agreed was too much. They're dropping it to 2 this year and adding an extra question to the exam instead.
Is there anything else in particular that you would like to know? I can only really give advice on the second semester but it was easy enough for me to pick it up even though I had never done any anthropology before.

[emmaarr]

Wondering whether anyone has done any of the linguistics modules? Specifically LI1001, as I'm thinking about taking it in September. Any idea what it's like? Thanks


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[theteenagecurse]

I was looking through the course catalogue for my third module because I can't do the one I wanted due to a timetable clash and I looked at Psychology. I'm an arts student and haven't done science or maths since GCSE so I was just wondering, how science based is the course and would I struggle at all with it if I'm not that great at science. It sounds really interesting but I was just wondering if anyone who had done it before could give me their thoughts on whether or not it would be a good choice. Thanks.

[Ecosse_14]

(Original post by theteenagecurse)
I was looking through the course catalogue for my third module because I can't do the one I wanted due to a timetable clash and I looked at Psychology. I'm an arts student and haven't done science or maths since GCSE so I was just wondering, how science based is the course and would I struggle at all with it if I'm not that great at science. It sounds really interesting but I was just wondering if anyone who had done it before could give me their thoughts on whether or not it would be a good choice. Thanks.

Look at the second post of this thread for a little bit of info on the psych modules. The thing with the psychology modules is that they have changed structure and lecturers for the past couple of years so we don't really know what topics you'll do next year. Some are science based and there is a bit of biology in it (neuroscience in particular, also things like cognition) where as others aren't very science-y in its understanding such as social psychology. The labs are basically statistics classes and are quite easy to understand even if you don't have a science background.

[hayheyley]

(Original post by emmaarr)
Wondering whether anyone has done any of the linguistics modules? Specifically LI1001, as I'm thinking about taking it in September. Any idea what it's like? Thanks


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Hi, I did LI1001 & 2 last year. In fact, I'll write a proper little summary for each of them and then hopefully someone can add it to the start of the thread (although I'm not sure which section it would come under... technically they're part of ELT although probably a lot of people don't know that).



Module: LI1001 - Foundations of Language 1
Credits: 20
User: hayheyley
Year/Semester: 2011/12 S1
Lecturer(s): Lesley Thirkell, Ally Malcolm-Smith, Jonathan Harvey, Mike Orr
Review: The module is split into 3 sections- Structure of Sentences (Lesley) is about grammar, Sounds in Language (Ally) is about the sounds we make to communicate and includes a little bit about accents, Words and Meanings (Jonathan & Mike) is about categorising words and looking more philosophically at language. There is one lecture per week for each subject, and the tutorial will focus on of those subjects each week although you keep the same tutor (so 4 hours per week in class). What I particularly liked about Linguistics is that it's more relaxed than other subjects - a large part of each lecture involves discussions either with 1-2 others or as a whole lecture - and the lecturers are friendly and always happy to help or give advice. Assessment is weighted 50% on class tests (one per section) and 50% on the final exam. I found the workload for this module lighter than for my others but a very enjoyable module. I should also point out that having studied a foreign language may slightly help but it is not necessary as you only study English, however people do bring up examples from other languages in discussions which I find interesting to compare with English. Also be aware that there are only two Linguistics modules available.


Module: LI1002 - Foundations of Language 2
Credits: 20
User: hayheyley
Year/Semester: 2011/12 S2
Lecturer(s): Lesley Thirkell, Ally Malcolm-Smith, Jonathan Harvey, Kerry Tavakoli
Review: Much the same as the previous module really. Each module is standalone so you can take this module in S2 one year and then take LI1001 in S1 the following year. Assessment and structure of the module are the same as before, the three sections for this module are- Language and Society (Lesley) which is about how and why language is used differently in different situations, it also involves a lot of eavesdropping on people which is always fun ; Language and Teaching (Ally) is about the different approaches to teaching English as a foreign language; Words in the Mind (Jonathan & Kerry) is about how people learn their 1st and 2nd languages. Again, studying/having studied a foreign language is not at all necessary but I found it helped a bit - more with this module than the previous - because you can draw on more experience for discussions/essays about teaching methods or comparing 1st and 2nd languages. Another really interesting module for me and it linked really well with my other modules (Psychology and a language). Would definitely recommend Linguistics if you have any interest in language or how people use it.



emmaarr I hope that helped. There's more information here or let me know if I've missed anything you wanted to know.

[dubline]

Finally submitted my module choices as a Chemistry student. The timetable is okay, alhough I would like to take the Impact of Chemistry as well. However, it's impossible to study it with Physics, because the two modules are in the same time, but I think Physics is more important than any 1000 level Maths, Geology and Biology modules. There will be a lot of lectures, yes, but 9 hours of laboratory work weekly? There's in every taken module below. That's strange. Did I choose right? Thanks forward!

Semester 1
MH1401 Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
PH1011 Physics 1A
MT1002 Mathematics

Semester 2
PH1012 Physics 1B
CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1
CH1601 Organic and Biological Chemistry 1

[Ecosse_14]

(Original post by dubline)
Finally submitted my module choices as a Chemistry student. The timetable is okay, alhough I would like to take the Impact of Chemistry as well. However, it's impossible to study it with Physics, because the two modules are in the same time, but I think Physics is more important than any 1000 level Maths, Geology and Biology modules. There will be a lot of lectures, yes, but 9 hours of laboratory work weekly? There's in every taken module below. That's strange. Did I choose right? Thanks forward!

Semester 1
MH1401 Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
PH1011 Physics 1A
MT1002 Mathematics

Semester 2
PH1012 Physics 1B
CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1
CH1601 Organic and Biological Chemistry 1

Seems fine to me. As long as you make sure you meet the pre-reqs for your chosen degree pathway and there are no timetable clashes.

[dubline]

Okay, thank you

[Meteorshower]

(Original post by dubline)
Finally submitted my module choices as a Chemistry student. The timetable is okay, alhough I would like to take the Impact of Chemistry as well. However, it's impossible to study it with Physics, because the two modules are in the same time, but I think Physics is more important than any 1000 level Maths, Geology and Biology modules. There will be a lot of lectures, yes, but 9 hours of laboratory work weekly? There's in every taken module below. That's strange. Did I choose right? Thanks forward!

Semester 1
MH1401 Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
PH1011 Physics 1A
MT1002 Mathematics

Semester 2
PH1012 Physics 1B
CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1
CH1601 Organic and Biological Chemistry 1

This is a good set of choices. I have never met anyone who thought impact of chemistry was particularly worthwhile so don't worry too much about that.

Also, it leaves you the option of swithcing to physics if you change your mind

[dubline]

Physics is my second favourite and success subject, maybe... Thanks, then these will be my final choices!

[emmaarr]

(Original post by hayheyley)
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emmaarr I hope that helped. There's more information here or let me know if I've missed anything you wanted to know.

thank you very much! Sounds really interesting! Think I might take it, thanks


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[emma.adams]

this also may be a stupid question but I'm very confused over module choices. So am I right in saying that I can only select 1000 module choice in the first year?

If so I'm doing art history and english. So I can only do....

AH1001 and AH1003

and for english....

EN1003 and EN1004

and together that only makes up 80 credits so where do I get my other 40 credits from?! It's probably blatently obvious but I just can't figure it out.

Please help !

[Ecosse_14]

(Original post by emma.adams)
Hello! I'm trying to figure out what modules I can do in my first year! I'm doing joint honours in art history and english. The website say we can only do 1000 modules for the first year however there are not enough 1000 courses for 60 credits for art history and only just for english! What can I do? Am I allowed to do a 2000 or 3000 course to make up credits?
I would reallllly appreciate the help! Thank you

You need to take up a 3rd subject. This can be any subject the university offers as long as you meet any pre-reqs for the module(s) and there are no timetable clashes.

[emma.adams]

Thank you again! Can I choose 2 other subjects? so 4 in total?!

[Oh-WOW]

(Original post by emma.adams)
Thank you again! Can I choose 2 other subjects? so 4 in total?!

You can choose 2 different subjects- one for each semester, if you want. but you can only do 3 modules per semester.
If you choose to do 2 different third subjects each semester, please be aware that you may not be able to then do further modules in those subjects as you normally must have both 1st year modules to carry the subject on to second year.

[mezlande]

Can anyone tell me anything about Statistics in Practice (MT1007)? For someone with no maths A level, St Andrews really appealed to me because of this option but unfortunately it clashes with a module I think I should really be taking.

[adieu]

Hi everyone,

I would be really grateful for your help; I am considering applying for English Literature at St Andrews but I have some questions about the separate unrelated modules you have to do alongside the subject that you applied for (for example, you have to take a module in two more subjects like History and Philosophy as well as English).

My question is, do the subjects that you choose have to be completely unrelated/completely different subjects, or can you choose subjects which are really closely related to one another? ie. Does St. Andrews also offer Scottish Literature, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, which you can take modules in as well if you are doing English Literature?

In other words, does St Andrews set restrictions on how closely related the module subjects you take are? Or does the scope of module subjects have to be very broad?

Also, does St Andrews allow a student to take outside modules in every subject that they teach? e.g. seeing as they offer Film Studies as a degree, does that mean that I could do Film Studies as one of my module options?

It isn't that I don't want to have some variety in my degree, it's just that I feel that I don't want to choose three completely different subjects!

Thank you so much and any replies would be much appreciated!