The JS 2018/19 deadline for submitting choice forms is now closed.
Information on how to change your choice and Change Request forms are available at https://www.tcd.ie/TSM/current/sophisterchange.php.
Original Deadline: All TSM Junior Sophister students must choose their Pattern (where relevant), and if Pattern B, their Major and Minor subjects by Friday 30 November 2018. Please make sure you have read the important information below before submitting your choice. Please complete the form relevant to you (A or B) and ensure you complete your form correctly.
Some TSM subjects have pre-requisites or JS module requirements for those intending to major in their subject. Please also see our web pages on Independent Project and Dissertation Requirements. It is your responsibility to check with your department(s) if any of these issues, or any other issues, affect your eligibility for your choice, prior to submitting your choice. If you need further general information before making a decision you could contact your department(s), check your subject course handbook, the Careers Advisory Service, your Tutor, etc.
PATTERN A Both subjects are studied equally for all four years and degree results are based on examinations taken in the Senior Sophister (fourth) year.
PATTERN B Both subjects are studied equally for the first three years, and one subject only (the Major subject) is studied in the SS year. Degree results are based on examinations taken in the Junior Sophister (third) and Senior Sophister (fourth) years.
If you are not on one of the above combinations then you MUST take Pattern B and must choose your major and minor subjects.
Information on all Assessment and Progression regulations for TSM students are available at the TSM Assessment and Progression Regulations web page.
Degree Title: TSM Pattern A or B students who successfully complete the SS year achieve the degree 'Bachelor in Arts (Moderatorship (B.A. with honors)) in Subject X and Subject Y'.
Pattern A The Overall Degree result and grade is calculated on the SS year only, both subjects are weighted equally.
Pattern B The Overall Degree result and grade is based on JS and SS results in both the Minor and Major Subjects. The JS year accounts for 50% of the degree, with both subjects weighted equally. The SS year accounts for the remaining 50%. The Minor Subject is 25% and the combined Major Subject is 75% of the Overall Degree result.
Following the deadline for submission of choices the TSM Course Office will seek departmental approval for each students choice. Please check your subject requirements carefully before submitting your choice. If a department does not give approval for your choice, due to module choice or pre-requisite reasons etc, you will be informed in January 2019. Students submitting their choice forms after the 30 November 2018 deadline will not be guaranteed their choice.
There will be a change request facility which aims to assist TSM students who, for exceptional reasons, wish to request a change in their choice. IMPORTANT: NO change requests in the change request period are guaranteed! All such change requests are subject to departmental approval, based on issues such as timetabling, module choice and pre-requisite modules, preparation of module choices for SS and departmental SS planning issues etc. Information on the change request process and links to the Change Request forms is available on our Change Request page.
JS 2018/19 student on a full year or MT only exchange, should have already submitted their choice form. If you haven't submitted a form yet please contact us as a matter of urgency.
SF 2018/19 students intending on participating in an Erasmus or Study Abroad (Non-EU) exchange in their JS year in 2019/20 should submit the relevant choice form to TSM by the last day of Hilary Term 2018/19, Friday 12 April 2019. Further information and links to the forms will be emailed to all SF students in Hilary Term 2019.
19 All Junior Sophister students must choose their pattern (where relevant), and if pattern B, their major and minor subjects and submit their choice to the TSM Course Office, not later than the last day of semester one (Michaelmas term) in the Junior Sophister year. Students who are participating in a Junior Sophister exchange must choose their pattern (where relevant) and if pattern B, their major and minor subjects not later than the last day of semester two (Hilary term) in the Senior Freshman year. This choice must meet with the approval of both schools or departments".
If you have any queries please email Clodagh or Andrea on tsmadmin@tcd.ie or call into the TSM Course Office, Room 3135, Arts Building.