[french_warwick]

(Original post by Misteryom)
French Studies Fresher, 2010/11

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
So helpful
Aah can't wait for the nightlife!

[lilnikkita]

Could anyone tell me about their experiences as postgrad student and/or specifically in the MA Writing program??

[IshotJR]

(Original post by lilnikkita)
Could anyone tell me about their experiences as postgrad student and/or specifically in the MA Writing program??

http://www.facebook.com/#!/WarwickPostgrad

[Nirgilis]

(Original post by LGrosvenor101)
Yeah, I remember being shown the level 4 undergrad labs And I've applied for just straight BSc. However, I might ask to switch to the Masters course if I do enjoy my BSc course! And thank you! I do actually have a question, what are the hours/timetable like in terms of lectures and labs every week? thanks

The straight chemistry timetabling and module system is easy to comprehend as opposed to medicinal chemistry, chemical biology and chemistry with management!

So, I'll try lay it out for you:

Summary: The weekly hours do vary immensely, however, we have a minimum of 20 hours a week (after consulting last term's timetable) if you turn up to all the compulsory lectures and the non-compulsory maths lectures (I'll explain later). Some weeks have lectures, labs, tutorials and workshops all crammed into 5 days, with several weeks a term matching or exceeding 30 hours. While 9am to 7pm with an hour for lunch is unenviable (especially with arts students on 7-9 hours a week ), those days do exist (though they're much more rare for straight chem as opposed to the option chemistry degrees) and you're definitely getting value for money.

Lectures: You will take 5 modules in the first year; organic, inorganic, physical, maths and labs. Of these you will have lectures for all of them except labs with 4-6 lectures for each module a week. Lecturers are all top quality, though the physical chemistry thermodynamics lecturer is sooooo dull, only a select few people can stay awake. However, so long as you can do the problems sets provided, you will be fine. The lecturers (other than maths and thermo) only take sets of about 8-10 lectures, so it's rare to have the same lecturer for more than 3 weeks. You will find everybody turns up to the first lectures and then attendance rates lower throughout the term, but I can guarantee that turning up is the best option.

Maths: This is a special case. Every 1st year has to pass maths with 80% or above in order to proceed to 2nd year (you get 4 attempts). This is only A2 level standard of maths, so if you have done it to A2, it's really nothing to worry about. Lectures for these are non-compulsory, however, once the syllabus for the maths exam has been taught, Professor Bon does start to explain the underlying principles of thermodynamics. But, unless you are Albert Einstein, you are probably unable to understand any of it, hence the non-compulsory nature.

Labs: Labs are tough. No way around it. Undergraduate labs are every Thursday in term 1 and every Thursday AND Friday in term 2 (first years). The evening before your labs you must complete a theory test on the upcoming labs. Try 10 times and don't get full marks, you get 0 for the experiment. The labs themselves are gruelling. Technically we get 11-4 to do all the experiment - not enough time for some of them by a long shot. However, if you are not cleaning up by 3.30, 5% will be docked for poor time keeping. This often means no lunch break, and sometimes no break for a drink! Postgraduate students are on hand in your group of 5/6 to help and answer any questions, and they will mark your write up. We also have an overseeing professor who is analogous to Professor Snape from Harry Potter - he is the essence of evil. If you don't have any idea why you just added one thing to another, you are a failed chemist and are better off becoming a chef as even they can follow experiment protocol ('recipes'). He will dock marks for poor lab practice, whether it be weighing material incorrectly or have apparatus that isn't set up securely. You can view this in two ways - he's just teaching you the labs oldschool, or he's evil . If, however, you know the experiment and can do them correctly, he's perfectly nice. He also will not take offense in asking for his assistance. It's just a matter of doing that before he gets to you . The write-ups take anywhere from 2-6 hours to complete, though you have 7 days to submit it. Overall, the labs will take up 36 credits - more than any other module, so it's best to spend some time to get the most marks.

Tutorials: You are assigned a tutor for each module. Three or four times a term, worksheets will be set for you to complete, hand in and get feedback for. This happens in your lab groups of 5/6 and are pretty much like an A-level class. The marks don't count, though you do have to try the sheets as they can refuse you entry to the tutorial and this will get recorded on your record.

Workshops: These happen with about 70 of you in a lecture theatre and they are basically large tutorials. You get given a sheet, two or three professors then wonder around giving you help should you need it! These will not be taken in and not marked.

Assessment: The entire degree is assessed by end of year exams, though there are January 'feedback' exams. Unfortunately, the first year does count (10% BSc, 5% MChem). You are required to reach 40% in each exam to pass into the 2nd year (apart from maths) and any score below 40% will require you to resit in September. If you then fail again, you cannot proceed.

While the workload is great, the course is great fun. If you would like to know anything more specific, just let me know!

[TheTallOne]

(Original post by Nirgilis)
The straight chemistry timetabling and module system is easy to comprehend as opposed to medicinal chemistry, chemical biology and chemistry with management!

Copied the post into here, thanks

[Tsunami2011]

any for Law...

[TheTallOne]

(Original post by Tsunami2011)
any for Law...

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki...ck_Student#Law

See the wiki page

[yzarcemina]

so, in all of this thread's history, not one single person has ever written about accounting and finance.
that's just, well, sad...
is it really that boring/dull/uninteresting? or just too typical that its not worth writing about?

or are all the a&f students too busy with assignments etc to write???

[Perpetual_nomad]

Any current Warwick Engineers care to share their story. ..?

[MOTORMADX]

(Original post by Perpetual_nomad)
Any current Warwick Engineers care to share their story. ..?

hey, did you straight got an offer or did you get a invitation to the uni first.. i got an invitation and i am not sure what to do,??

[Perpetual_nomad]

(Original post by MOTORMADX)
hey, did you straight got an offer or did you get a invitation to the uni first.. i got an invitation and i am not sure what to do,??

Currently I'm a confirmed placeholder for Engineering. I'm on my gap year in Industry.
When I did apply last year I did get an invitation to come see the uni and an informal interview but no formal offer. I don't quite remember why but I didn't want to go... think I had exams at the time. So I filled out this online interview for the engineering department. And soon after an offer for AAB .

[theseeker]

(Original post by princess1729)
1st Year Maths.

Terms 1&2:

I had about 25 hours of lectures, 3 of support classes (1 teacher, about 30 students booked in, many less actually showed up), 2 of supervisions (1 4th year, 4 students, although there was usually 1/2/3 there). I occasionally went to a supervision, went to the odd support class when it for a hard module, and went to about 20 hours of lectures. Some were skippable as you can buy the notes and go through them by yourself/flick through for the first time the week before an exam. I had 9am lectures most days as they try to timetable later years modules for later in the day as they have to travel in and we're on campus. Irrritatingly, they don't have the lectures in a block, they were spaced from 9 - 7 with a few hours in between each. Plus my programming classes were 7-9pm!

Typically, I'd have 2 assignment sheets due in Monday, one Thursday and a test on Friday. All of which count towards my degree in some small way (year one is worth 10%, assignments/tests are worth about 15% of the year) so have to be done well. The weekend and wednesday afternoons (when there aren't ever lectures) would be spent working solidly. I often worked in the evenings too.

Term 3:

No lectures. Some useful revision lectures, 1 or 2 per course. Most of the time spent messing around doing nothing, until 6 weeks in when mad revision started. Then 2 weeks of absolutely nothing at the end of term.

Social Stuff

There is Top Banana, an event in the Union Monday nights which is £1 entry, £1 drinks which i usually went to. Then Thursdays the pub Varsity which is on the edge of campus has £1 entry, £1 drinks which is also a good night but not a nightclubby one. The union has various other events as do places in Coventry/Leamington Spa but these are more expensive and you have to bus to Cov/Leam and taxi back which is costly. Twice a week was enough for me! I don't do anything with societies much although they are good. I dabbled with cheerleading, pole dancing, rock climbing (AMAZING indoors wall) and I go to Christian Union stuff a fair bit which are excellent even for the nonreligious. They do nice things for people like give out free hot chocolate after Top B which is great for the cold walk back to halls!

Is it lectures every day or is it one or 2 days for MORSE?

[ills]

(Original post by yzarcemina)
so, in all of this thread's history, not one single person has ever written about accounting and finance.
that's just, well, sad...
is it really that boring/dull/uninteresting? or just too typical that its not worth writing about?

or are all the a&f students too busy with assignments etc to write???

Also noticed this, anyone nice enough to write about A&F?

[jellybeansnkmk]

Any A&F students? I just firmed Warwick like 5 minutes ago. i am excited!!

[TheIrrational]

(Original post by theseeker)
Is it lectures every day or is it one or 2 days for MORSE?

This is a very late reply, for MORSE you would almost certainly have lectures everyday. I think my friends which did MORSE had them every day.

I do maths and had them daily!

[roligankan]

(Original post by jellybeansnkmk)
Any A&F students? I just firmed Warwick like 5 minutes ago. i am excited!!

I have a offer for a&f! Where are you from?

[jellybeansnkmk]

(Original post by roligankan)
I have a offer for a&f! Where are you from?

Def not fm fm eu countries. U?


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[Ursin]

Hi, I've applied for biomed for 2013, can anyone tell me about this?
Or something similar e.g. biology.
Thank you

[Charliebartoc]

Can somebody write about PPE ? What about the workload ? The exchange opportunities ?


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[spedere]

If anyone felt inclined to share their experience of physics at Warwick, you would have my gratitude.