Outside subject(s) in 1st and 2nd year *post here with questions*

Ooh, really? Thanks.

Erm.. well I was going off the compulsory courses for single honours Biology. Actually, now I'm kinda confused. Going off the information I found earlier these courses were Origin and Diversity of Life 1, Quantification in the Life Sciences 1, Environmental and Community Biology 1 and Molecules, Genes and Cells 1. I assumed these were the core classes, and these were the only courses Timetab brought up under "Biology"...

But now I cannot find that information anymore, maybe I was looking at an outdated course list? Especially considering it doesn't seem as if Edinburgh even offer single honours Biology anymore and Bio seems to be split up into constituent parts.

Hmm, I'm just confused now actually. Timetab doesn't bring up any other courses other than those four..

Edit: Oh, wait a minute.. I see. Most of the Biological Sciences course are the same. For example: https://www.star.euclid.ed.ac.uk/ipp/utbsmol.htm
The subjects only differentiate in the second and third years.. So really, yeah.. there is only a limited number of Biology courses that I could take. It only seems to be Origin and Diversity of Life which doesn't clash with my Maths courses.

Here is a link to the list of biology courses. You can have a look at that and see if it clears anything up. I think TimeTab is still on data from last year, so if there are new classes or something, they probably won't show up.

Just got mine sorted for 2nd year maths early:

Economic Principles & Applications, George Sq.
Democracy in Comparative Perspective, George Sq.

Love it!

Thank you



What did you do in your first year?

Civil Engineering. Hated it

What're you studying?

Maths, but unsure which outside courses to take. I want Biology, but a lot of them require prerequisites of other courses, so I'd have to take a lot more credits worth of courses, just to be able to take them..

I had that problem with Economics. I just went ahead and chose an Economics module which didn't lead onto anything else.

Biology's a difficult one though cause there's lab stuff, etc. etc.
I might give Philosophy a go actually.. I loved it at A Level and I'm interested in it. The Logic 1 course looks really interesting, it's just a shame they're not teaching Philosophy of Science this year.

I was going to do Logic, apparently it's really difficult! Each man to his own though You staying at Pollock? I stayed at Chalmers St. in my fresher year.

I won't have to have made up my mind by the time I meet with DoS will I? I assume I can discuss all my possible options with them rather than making the decision myself, lol.

Yeah, I'll be at Chanceller's Court. Looking forward to it!!

I think I've got this right. So I should be able to do Economics 1A, Accountancy 1A and Bussiness Studies? And is there likely to be overlap between Economics and Bussiness Studies?

Correct - that was pretty standard for Business Studies students 4 years ago. Don't forget that Accountancy is split into 1A and 1B - one in each semester - so you'll need both for the 40 credits.

Note you'll also be doing a bunch of computing tutorials (worth no credits), which are a waste of time. You sign up for them individually (i.e. can pick different times for each one).

I don't recall much overlap between Business Studies and Economics. The former essentially consists of a couple of introductory lectures from each area of the Business School (e.g. human resources, operations strategy, business economics, management science etc). Economics on the other hand is very dry, mathematical demand and supply. The School of Economics used to be part of the Management School but they split about 2 years ago - hence both are quite aware of what each other do and the fact that most of their students take courses from the other as well so overlaps and clashes should be minimal anyway.

Great! thanks for your reply
Oh I didn't realise Management was an option too, now I'm not sure which 2 out of Business Studies, Accountancy and Management to pick for my 2 outside subjects. (I applied for Economics)....

Does anyone know if it's possible to take outside courses even further in second year regardless of degrees.

my loins still brew for the tasty beverage of politics

Management is Business Studies. There's only Economics, Accountancy and Business Studies. Sorry for any confusion.

When I started there was a single school called Management School and Economics. It then split to form the separate School of Economics and the Business School (Business Studies and Accountancy). But two are still very close.

In the first and second years i'm preeeeetty sure you can switch to whatever degree combination you please, provided you have done the required modules. At least, that's the impression the first post in this thread gives - give it a quick look over. I'm also doing SocPol and also am wondering if i might want to end up with a different degree.



ALSO this made me laugh out loud. Brewing loins? Well put.

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Your belief is correct (as is my post)

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