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Is anyone here applying for weird uni courses?

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thats a relief! i can always study rock pool marine biology haha!
Original post by InadequateJusticex
Actually, if you were being facetious then you wouldn't have felt the need to include the contents of your spoiler.


I definitely was, you do not dictate what my intentions were. Considering I never use terms like quirky or goofball, I also italicised the words 'Biological Sciences' and I referred to biology as "boring, old, regular".

My usual manner of speech is nothing like that. These are clear, tell-tale signs.
I applied for natural sciences

That's a bit different. Most people pick a straight science

One of my choices was also biological sciences with music. Weird again.
Original post by InadequateJusticex
Lol why are you talking as if I've even spoken to you before? You expect me to understand that you don't use those terms like 1. I am familiar with your writing style and 2. like you're some TSR big shot that everyone knows of

Do you not see the flaw in your silly attempt at making me look silly?

:lol:


Well, I would hope nobody over the age of 12 would write in such a way, which would be once again, a tell-tale sign.

I am not trying to make you look like anything.
SO for TSR that's basically not economics, medicine and law :unsure:
Original post by Dinasaurus
Well, I would hope nobody over the age of 12 would write in such a way, which would be once again, a tell-tale sign.

I am not trying to make you look like anything.


We're on TSR. Do I need to say anything more? :lol:
Original post by InadequateJusticex
You do realise Biology and Biological sciences are the same.

Sorry. You're not actually quirky...


Not really.

Biological sciences often allows you do specialise in things like biochemistry - covering content not necessarily present in a straight biology degree.
Original post by InadequateJusticex
We're on TSR. Do I need to say anything more? :lol:


As much as I'd like to be I am not a prodigious 12 year old who has applied to university yet, and I assumed most weren't.
Original post by Kvothe the arcane
Not really.

Biological sciences often allows you do specialise in things like biochemistry - covering content not necessarily present in a straight biology degree.


The core contents are the same. You would just presumably have more choice of topics to choose from in second and third year...

So in theory you could pick the exact same topics as someone doing a straight biology course.
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Original post by morgan8002
Since when was marine biology considered weird?


I dont know, but there is definitely something a bit fishy about it.
Original post by Quilverine
It's only offered as a postgrad course now through Stafford. Westminster do a scientific and technical photography degree that would be a good way into a trainee medical photography post.
In a typical day I might photograph some derm and plastic patients in the studio then head to wards to photograph ulcers or trauma injuries. Sometimes children need safeguarding photos or I will produce memorial photos of stillborns or go to theatre. When I am not holding a camera I produce posters, do some corporate graphic design work and print runs for the hospital.

It's fascinating and I work with amazing people.

Www.imi.org.uk

That sounds like an amazing job :yes:
Just because these are subjects that are not offered at A level does not make them 'weird'.

Surfing Studies. Golf Course Management. Yes, now that IS weird.
Tibetan Sock Weaving. :wink:
Horse management... I'll let you discover at what university. :wink:
Original post by XxKingSniprxX
Horse management... I'll let you discover at what university. :wink:


That sounds really interesting - what made you decide to study that?
Original post by InadequateJusticex
The core contents are the same. You would just presumably have more choice of topics to choose from in second and third year...

So in theory you could pick the exact same topics as someone doing a straight biology course.

In some places yes.
But others, the Biology has more focus on zoology, ecology and plant sciences (ewww) and Biological sciences, microbiology, genetics and biochemistry.

I still think it's incorrect to say they're necessary identical. It depends on the uni. Liverpool, for example, has no distinct biology course.

Similar things happen with other courses. Take game development vs comp sci. At some places, identical for first two years and in the 3rd, you veer off. But in others, from the first year, the game devs start learning that stuff.

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Original post by PQ
That sounds really interesting - what made you decide to study that?

He isn't :tongue:

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Original post by Kvothe the arcane
He isn't :tongue:

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I was hoping people were actually answering the question and not just trying to turn this into yet another "lol your course is different and therefore stupid" thread :nope:
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Original post by PQ
I was hoping people were actually answering the question and not just trying to turn this into yet another "lol your course is different and therefore stupid" thread :nope:


TSR...
Original post by Kvothe the arcane
In some places yes.
But others, the Biology has more focus on zoology, ecology and plant sciences (ewww) and Biological sciences, microbiology, genetics and biochemistry.

I still think it's incorrect to say they're necessary identical. It depends on the uni. Liverpool, for example, has no distinct biology course.

Similar things happen with other courses. Take game development vs comp sci. At some places, identical for first two years and in the 3rd, you veer off. But in others, from the first year, the game devs start learning that stuff.

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Yes I knew that, it was just bad wording on my part. Obviously I didn't mean completely identical; I meant that the difference in the two weren't significant enough to make it sound like two distinctly separate courses.

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