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Re: uni courses question

Wmsheep — Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:39 pm

Author: Wmsheep

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:39 pm

Fish wrote:

Hey, does anybody know where I can find a degree to suit my interests? =/ So far no one has been able to..

I'm basically into:
- Travelling
- Cultures
- Product Design
- Animals
- Languages - French
- Architecture
- Photography- Pref. Travel/Marine Photography
- Nature

Hmm...yeah. They don't need to all be brought into one degree lol, but what sort of degrees could I be looking at, that might suit these interests and be used when I complete it? Don't mind combining.

I looked at medicine...but I haven't done A-Level biology or chemistry, because my college has a reputation for being bad at it. And medicine doesn't do science foundation years at uni - as far as I know.

But please if you think you know any information that might help, say something, because I'm soooo stuck!!!

Errr, I take it you dont want to specialise then!!

Things like photography are best done through a course at night school I think. Also do as much photography as possible (ie take camera EVERYWHERE) and enter as many competitions as possible to build up a portfolio- the digital age makes this so much easier!!

as for the rest, lets see about regrouping things...

- Travelling
- Cultures
- Languages - French
all sort of go together (esp the first 2)

- Animals
- Nature
can go together

- Product Design
- Architecture
could go together (at a push)

have a look and see what the Open University can offer you!!

M

Re: uni courses question

Rhakios — Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:07 am

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:07 am

Fish wrote:

Hey, does anybody know where I can find a degree to suit my interests? =/ So far no one has been able to..

I'm basically into:
<snip>
- Animals

EEwww! Not literally, I trust.

Seriously though, how about Marine Biology, it would seem to combine several of your interests. And if you get to be any good, there will be plenty of opportunities for travel, and in many of those tropical former-colonies, French is the main language.

Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: uni courses question

wyliecoyoteuk — Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:16 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:16 pm

emyr42 wrote:

nelz wrote:

Doesn't that mean vampirology would be a study of MS business methods? I suppose the main course reading would be "How to buy friends and brainwash people".

No... vampirology would be the study of outdated networking hardware

OOOOh that brings back memories- "Vampire Taps"

And Novell Netware 3.1 apparently required dancing widdershins around a bonfire at midnight to configure the server.

Re: uni courses question

jjmac — Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:49 pm

Author: jjmac

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:49 pm

google --> deamonolgy

Some links, 3 pages, two point back here.

google --> vampireolgy

Not much, just two that point back here, and your post on linuxquestions.org

As it's googled there probably is something around to find ....
After all, where does the world think Nth Korea gets all its' tech info from ...

I'd suggest variations on those two though, such as,

google --> anamism

May be interesting, as the concept of deamons is really a later corruption, on an earlier concept involving the existence/influence of background nature spirits anyway. Christian texts are often full of monsters and blood as well. So a good read there may be productive. I can remember it used to scare the wits out of me when i was young.

Not quite sure how one would go about the practicle side of a study of vampirism, but i guess it would be something a person could get their teeth into, i guess.

(grin), couldn't help the last bi

Why deal with theories, just take psychadelics ?

works for me

jm

Re: uni courses question

1slipperyfish — Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:35 pm

Author: 1slipperyfish

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:35 pm

what about english then??
paul

Re: uni courses question

Fish — Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:17 pm

Author: Fish

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:17 pm

Why maths??
I've already started A2s anyway unless I stay longer.
Which I don't really want to..
I kept my options opened as I was unsure, and now major backfire has taken place. ><

Re: uni courses question

1slipperyfish — Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:14 pm

Author: 1slipperyfish

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:14 pm

how about doing maths??
paul

Re: uni courses question

Fish — Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:56 pm

Author: Fish

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:56 pm

Hey, does anybody know where I can find a degree to suit my interests? =/ So far no one has been able to..

I'm basically into:
- Travelling
- Cultures
- Product Design
- Animals
- Languages - French
- Architecture
- Photography- Pref. Travel/Marine Photography
- Nature

Hmm...yeah. They don't need to all be brought into one degree lol, but what sort of degrees could I be looking at, that might suit these interests and be used when I complete it? Don't mind combining.

I looked at medicine...but I haven't done A-Level biology or chemistry, because my college has a reputation for being bad at it. And medicine doesn't do science foundation years at uni - as far as I know.

But please if you think you know any information that might help, say something, because I'm soooo stuck!!!

RE: Re: RE: Re: uni courses question

emyr42 — Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:21 am

Author: emyr42

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:21 am

nelz wrote:

Doesn't that mean vampirology would be a study of MS business methods? I suppose the main course reading would be "How to buy friends and brainwash people".

No... vampirology would be the study of outdated networking hardware

Re: uni courses question

Rhakios — Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:44 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:44 pm

1slipperyfish wrote:

i think you're being a bit unfair on uncle bill, he's for the people (giving him all their money), from the people (where he gets all his money), by the people (giving him lots of money), by the seaside (enjoying your money), beside the sea (in his luxury yacht, paid for with your money)
paul

Just clarified your post a little there 1sf.

Re: uni courses question

1slipperyfish — Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:24 pm

Author: 1slipperyfish

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:24 pm

i think you're being a bit unfair on uncle bill, he's for the people, from the people, by the people, by the seaside, beside the sea
paul

RE: Re: RE: Re: uni courses question

nelz — Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:12 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:12 pm

Doesn't that mean vampirology would be a study of MS business methods? I suppose the main course reading would be "How to buy friends and brainwash people".

RE: Re: RE: Re: uni courses question

spottedcat — Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:25 pm

Author: spottedcat

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:25 pm

OK, so you've established that daemonology is the study of background processes in *nix systems. Some think that Bill Gates and his MS minions are not far from being a nest of vampires therefore, following that line of thinking, vampirology must be the study of Microsoft software. Clearly, what the OP was asking for was a recommendation for an IT course.

RE: Re: RE: Re: uni courses question

nelz — Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:01 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:01 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computer_software)

RE: Re: RE: Re: uni courses question

emyr42 — Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:15 pm

Author: emyr42

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:15 pm

How are you defining daemon?